{"id":11146,"date":"2025-07-15T08:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11146\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:03:05","slug":"superman-box-office-sales-fly-to-125-million-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11146\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSuperman\u201d Box Office Sales Fly to $125 Million Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSuperman\u201d Box Office Sales Fly to $125 Million Opening Weekend<\/a> originally appeared on L.A. Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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David Corenswet as Superman in DC Studios\u2019 and Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u201cSUPERMAN,\u201d a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Courtesy Jessica Miglio<\/p>\n

DC Studios\u2019 and Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u201cSuperman\u201d soared to $125 million in domestic box office sales for its opening weekend, becoming the third biggest box office opening this year. Globally, the movie made $220 million, according to Variety.<\/p>\n

David Corenswet is the newest actor to play Superman and Clark Kent with Rachel Brosnahan acting as Lois Lane. James Gunn, known for his work with \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy,\u201d directed the movie.<\/p>\n

Gunn said that his version of \u201cSuperman\u201d would find a new way to grab the audience\u2019s attention. One example in the movie is a ten-minute scene with characters Kent (Corenswet) and Lane (Brosnahan) discussing geopolitics, according to The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is definitely the most unusual thing that we put in the movie,\u201d Gunn said about the scene to The Times. \u201cYes, it\u2019s about politics, but on another level it\u2019s about morality. Do you never kill no matter what \u2014 which is what Superman believes \u2014 or do you have some balance, as Lois believes? It\u2019s really about their relationship and the way different opinions on basic moral beliefs can tear two people apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunn also discussed how immigration is a core part of the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuperman is the story of America,\u201d he said. \u201cAn immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the movie may cover difficult subjects, Gunn said there is also added humor, such as Krypto, the flying, cape-wearing dog.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t make films to change the world, but if a few people could be just a bit nicer after this it would make me happy,\u201d Gunn said.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag<\/a> on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSuperman\u201d Box Office Sales Fly to $125 Million Opening Weekend originally appeared on L.A. Mag. David Corenswet as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[207,88,208,9418,206,11129,11128,5420,209,5251],"class_list":["post-11146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-david-corenswet","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-lois-lane","tag-movies","tag-opening-weekend","tag-pictures","tag-rachel-brosnahan","tag-superman","tag-warner-bros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}