{"id":767563,"date":"2026-06-28T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767563\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:05:09","slug":"supergirl-box-office-opening-weekend-sits-at-68-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767563\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergirl Box Office Opening Weekend Sits at $68 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supergirl<\/a> suffered a crash landing in theaters with a $68 million opening weekend at the global box office.<\/p>\n

The new DCU film scooped up just $38 million domestically and about $30 million internationally. It’s a split that puts the Milly Alcock superhero movie below expectations, which had Warner Bros. and DC Studios hoping to pull in $50 million across 3,600 North American theaters in its first weekend.<\/p>\n

Those early projections already set a low bar for the Supergirl movie despite its position as a highly anticipated follow-up to 2025’s Superman. Adding insult to injury is the film’s budget, which, according to Deadline<\/a>, is between $170 million and $186 million, before marketing costs. A disappointing start means the project faces a long road before it can even think about breaking even as the DCU works through what seems to be its first letdown in theaters.<\/p>\n

Poor performance at the box office could be a result of the film’s reception. Critics and fans alike aren’t quite sure how to feel about Supergirl, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> showing a 56% score for the latter while the former carries a higher rating of 77%. Most opening weekend reactions say Alcock’s Kara Zor-El and the movie’s use of practical effects are worthy of praise, while others struggled to connect with the overall story. Hideo Kojima, at least, seemed to like it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

IGN gave Supergirl a 6\/10 review<\/a> ahead of its June 26 premiere. We said, “Supergirl borrows from the best, but Milly Alcock\u2019s great take on Kara Zor-El gets lost in the spare parts from other movies used to assemble her story.”<\/p>\n

The breakdown landed the Kryptonian icon in the number two spot at the box office, falling in second to Disney’s Toy Story 5<\/a>. The long-running Pixar franchise maintained its top spot with a $70 million domestic haul in its second weekend. That’s a 56% drop from its mid-June premiere, with its domestic and worldwide totals now sitting at $297.2 million and $585 million, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Other domestic highlights from the weekend include yet another strong weekend for Obsession<\/a>, which came comfortably in third with $9.8 million after more than a month and a half in theaters, bringing its worldwide total to an unbelievable $370.109 million. Jackass: Best and Last<\/a>, which also released June 26, accumulated $8.4 million across its 2,885 North American theaters and landed in fourth. Disclosure Day<\/a> came in fifth with $8.1 million after its third weekend.<\/p>\n

For more on Supergirl, you can read our exploration of the debate at the heart of the film<\/a>. You can also see how director Craig Gillespie said the song used in its final act came together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supergirl suffered a crash landing in theaters with a $68 million opening weekend at the global box office.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-767563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}