‘Superman' Is About To Break A 17-Year-Old DC Curse
It's not just a 'win' for DC and the new DCU, it's something that goes well beyond that. If this happens with Superman, and it's almost certain it's about to, this will be the first time a DC movie was the highest-grossing comic book movie of a given year since 2008. Can you guess what that was? Yep, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
Of course, 2008 was also when the MCU began with Iron Man. The DCEU did not kick off until 2013 with Man of Steel, but in that five year gap there was nothing that topped Marvel (even The Dark Knight Rises), and even the biggest DCEU movie, Aquaman, did not beat out Marvel's big entry that year, Avengers: Infinity War (of course it didn't).
What's the full list? I think it's interesting to take a look at. I'm going to start at 2006 just to give a frame of reference (the previous two years were Marvel too, naturally):
Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond, this trend is unlikely to continue. If it hits its release date, the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day is likely to crush Supergirl at the box office. After that, there are two Avengers movies that could go up against The Batman Part II one of those years, but I don't think that would beat either.
Still, this is a significant achievement for Superman and DC. One that may not happen all that often from here, but with Marvel's relative declines, who knows, it may start occurring more and more.
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