Topline<\/p>\n
\u201cSuperman\u201d dominated the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend, bringing in an estimated $57 million\u2014turning the film into a much-needed hit for the stagnating DC Universe brand and Warner Bros.<\/p>\n
James Gunn\u2019s reboot of the iconic super hero starring David Corenswet has now grossed an estimated … More $400 million worldwide.<\/p>\n
InvisionKey Facts<\/p>\n
\u201cSuperman\u201d held on in the number one spot for the weekend of July 18, despite a standard second weekend decline of 54%, bringing in another $57 million at the domestic box office for a total of over $400 million worldwide, according to early box office estimates.<\/p>\n
Holdovers from the last month topped the box office charts, including \u201cJurassic World Rebirth,\u201d which brought in an estimated $23 million, down from its $92 million opening two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
New releases \u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer\u201d and \u201cSmurfs\u201d earned the third and fourth slots over the weekend, but mostly fell short of their projected opening ranges.<\/p>\n
Apple Studios\u2019 \u201cF1,\u201d now the tech giant\u2019s biggest hit in theaters, held on in fifth place after grossing an estimated $9.6 million.<\/p>\n
Key Background<\/p>\n
\u201cSuperman\u201d opened last weekend with an impressive $125 million at the domestic box office, beating worries that superhero fatigue and backlash from right-wing critics<\/a> would alienate audiences. The film, directed by former \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d director James Gunn, is Warner Bros.\u2019 attempt to reboot the DC Universe after years of flops, including last year\u2019s \u201cMadame Web\u201d ($15.3 million) and \u201cKraven the Hunter\u201d ($11 million). The film had an estimated budget of $225 million, The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported. The next major installment in Gunn and co-DC Studios head Peter Safran\u2019s extended universe will be \u201cSupergirl,\u201d set to release in June 2026.<\/p>\n How Did New Releases Fare?<\/p>\n New releases this weekend failed to make an impact at the box office. Sony\u2019s revival of \u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer,\u201d which saw the reunion of the 1997 original\u2019s stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., opened with only $13 million. This was behind Box Office Pro\u2019s<\/a> predicted opening range of $15 million-$20 million for the slasher flick. Paramount\u2019s \u201cSmurfs\u201d also lagged behind its predicted opening range, bringing in only $11 million. But Ari Aster\u2019s \u201cEddington,\u201d released by popular indie distributor A24, largely met its expected range after bringing in about $4.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline \u201cSuperman\u201d dominated the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend, bringing in an estimated $57 million\u2014turning the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-12190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}