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15-07-2025
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Savior Or Failure? What The Critics Are Saying About ‘Superman'
James Gunn's take on Superman launched into cinemas this week and has received some interesting reactions from the critics. In Deadline, Pete Hammond said Gunn had 'loaded this flick with tons of action, some quite ludicrous, and takes his cues from any number of inspirations, including the past movies, TV shows, and particularly Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All Star Superman book that has informed much of his script.' More from Deadline Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman – Photo Gallery 'Superman' World Premiere: The Best Of The Red Carpet It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A Box Office Hit: 'Superman' Opening To $123M - Sunday AM Update Overall, Hammond says Gunn's film 'might be trying to do too much' and is 'basically throwing everything against the wall and hoping some of it sticks.' 'More than enough does in this entertaining new direction, but at times Superman suffers from overload, much like Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, which wore out its welcome with Vol. 3, where Rocket unfortunately got the Babe: Pig in the City treatment,' he wrote. RELATED: In a largely negative review, The Guardian says the reboot is 'encumbered by a pointless and cluttered new backstory which has to be explained in many wearisome intertitles flashed up on screen before anything happens at all.' In a daming conclusion, the paper wrote: 'How many more superhero films in general, and Superman films in particular, do we need to see that all end with the same spectacular faux-apocalypse in the big city with CGI skyscrapers collapsing? They were fun at first … but the thrill is gone.' Vanity Fair praises some of the film's performances, particularly Nicholas Hoult, who the magazine said 'convincingly renders a petulant bully whose immense wealth and influence have, he presumes, given him power over his insecurities and inadequacies.' RELATED: The magazine says the film 'makes many smart and unexpected choices' before its CGI-heavy ending. NME said the film puts some 'pep back in Clark Kent's pants' and concludes that the overall film is 'solid rather than spectacular.' 'Gunn's Guardians humour flashes here and there (but not enough), with nods to DC universe fictional band The Mighty Crabjoys and some crowd-pleasing cameos,' the magazine said. Erik Kain in Forbes said the film was 'painfully mediocre' and described Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor as 'generic and forgettable as the rest of the film.' RELATED: 'What a crushing disappointment,' the magazine's review ends. Kevin Maher of The Times of London gave the film a similarly negative assessment in his review titled: 'This migraine of a movie is superhero soup.' Although despite the two stars given to the film, Maher also states that there are 'glimmers of intrigue, as well as quirks and curios' in the film. 'Rachel Brosnahan performs miracles with her threadbare Lois Lane, making you wish for more than the paltry scenes she's given with Corenswet (a serviceable turn),' Maher writes. 'There's a handful of callbacks to the Reeve era, including the title font, as well as a belaboured running gag about office gofer Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo) being irresistible to women.' RELATED: G. Allen Johnson at the San Francisco Chronicle was a lot less forgiving in his criticisms, writing: 'Superman is a mess, but it's a colorful one. It's either a terrible superhero movie or an OK parody, take your pick.' Alison Willmore at New York Magazine praised the film's originality. Willmore wrote: 'Instead of another origin story, it gives us sights we haven't yet seen — like Krypto bounding through the air after one of the many monkeys enlisted to rage-tweet from a Luthor-created pocket dimension. What a good, good boy.' We reported this morning that Warner Bros has clocked $22.5M from previews of Superman. That figure would make the remake the best previews YTD and a record for James Gunn, as well as higher than the previews for Barbie ($22.3M) and Matt Reeves' The Batman ($21.6M, $134M opening). Superman is currently on 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. RELATED: Best of Deadline 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Soundtrack: From Griff To Sabrina Carpenter 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
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15-07-2025
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‘Superman' Powers To $220M Global Opening; ‘Jurassic World Rebirth' Roars To $530M+; ‘Lilo & Stitch' Soon To Sew Up $1B WW — International Box Office Update
MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: DC/Warner's Superman flew a bit higher in the Sunday actuals, reaching a $220M global start. The upward shift is powered by domestic, which came in at $125M, while the international box office take remained set in steel at $95M. Also moving up from Sunday's estimates, Universal's Jurassic World Rebirth is now at $532.7M global, with overseas topping the three-century mark to hit $300.3M through yesterday. More from Deadline 'Superman' World Premiere: The Best Of The Red Carpet Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman – Photo Gallery It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A Box Office Hit: 'Superman' Leaps Higher To $125M Opening - Monday AM Update For more on the weekend overall, see below. PREVIOUSLY, SUNDAY: Superman, the first movie in Peter Safran and James Gunn's revamped DC Studios Phase I called 'Gods and Monsters,' has leaped to a $217M global opening. That's in line with the pre-weekend projection of at least $200M. On Saturday (see below), we increased that to the $210M+ range. The majority of business came from domestic as the Gunn-directed Warner Bros tentpole experienced some (not unexpected) softness in parts of Asia, while in such European majors as Germany, France and Italy, Supes landed a second-place start as Jurassic World Rebirth tugged on his cape to retain No. 1 in the sophomore session. The international box office debut for Superman is estimated at $95M. RELATED: The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office We have more on Superman below. In the meantime, some hot takes on other titles in the marketplace: Universal/Amblin's Jurassic World Rebirth easily crossed $500M worldwide this weekend, only the fifth Hollywood title to the milestone so far this year — and the second for Universal — with $529.5M through today. Also, Disney's Lilo & Stitch is now thisclose to becoming the first $1B studio movie of 2025 with $994.3M through today. Turning back to Superman, there are a handful of observations to be made as regards overseas that are not yet clearly defined. We initially saw a $100M+ start, which, as noted, ended up at $95M. Not the biggest of gaps. But why? Here are a handful of theories I've heard floated: frontloading, maybe Superman is just a bit too American, there was nothing super new about this movie's story… In the major DC region of Latin America, Superman was the No. 1 movie with a 50% share and No. 1s in 13 markets. Mexico, which is the second-best international start overall behind the UK ($9.8M), gave Superman a dominant $8.8M No. 1 launch including previews. The results are 35% above Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 61% higher than Captain America: Brave New World and 72% over Man of Steel. RELATED: 'Superman' Review: James Gunn's Lively Reboot Takes The OG Superhero And His Dog On A Mission For A Kinder World China was the third-biggest launch market for Superman, but as I've continuously noted, we had a very low number earmarked there. It did $6.6M through Sunday. There is some superhero fatigue there (I am not a fan of the term). Gunn and Safran went to Beijing for a premiere, though sans talent. Travel still matters, but this one didn't move the needle. Brazil is a big DC market and was the fourth-best starter for Clark Kent this frame at $5.9M. Supes was No. 1 and tracks on par with Aquaman, Joker and GOTG3; also higher than Wonder Woman (+26%), GOTG2 (+44%), Thunderbolts (+45%), Captain America: Brave New World (+61%), Man of Steel (+151%) and GOTG (+156%). Imax overall was $30.4M globally, including $11.3M coming from the international markets, representing a 12% share of the weekend box office. RELATED: Savior Or Failure? What The Critics Are Saying About 'Superman' Here are the Top 10 for Superman at open: UK ($9.8M), Mexico ($8.8M), China ($6.6M), Brazil ($5.9M), Australia ($5.3M), France ($4.2M), Korea ($4.2M), India ($3.8M/biggest DC opening ever), Spain ($2.9M) and Japan ($2.5M). As seen above, the biggest competition for Superman was Jurassic World Rebirth. The sophomore session added $68.1M (-51%) in 82 overseas markets. The offshore cume now rises to $297.3M with global at $529.5M. Japan is still to release. The Top 5 to date are: China ($62.7M), UK ($26.4M), Mexico ($22.8M), Germany ($15.5M) and Australia ($12.6M). Some notable stats therein include the China total after just two weeks topping the lifetime of recent tentpoles such as A Minecraft Movie, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, Captain America: Brave New World, Dead Reckoning, Mufasa: The Lion King and Deadpool & Wolverine. RELATED: 38 Of The Most Anticipated Movies Of 2025 Mexico's performance is in line with 2015's Jurassic World and 2018's JW Fallen Kingdom at the same point. Germany held better than the two previous installments, remaining No. 1 and is running above Fallen Kingdom and Dominion aswell as Final Reckoning. Amid high temperatures, the UK gave JWR the market's biggest Friday-to-Saturday increase among non-family films (+71%) with the film tracking on par with Gladiator II and Dune Two at the same point, and in line with Dominion. Australia saw school holidays expanded across the country during the week as JWR surpassed the total lifetime of Brave New World (something it's achieved in several markets). Rebirth is currently in line with Fallen Kingdom and Dominion at the same point, and holding much better than weekend 2 of those films. Japan releases on August 8. And, wow, F1 is still doing laps with another $38.5M from 78 overseas markets. The drop is just 34% from last weekend for $257.2M to date internationally (go figure, but China increased by 7%) and $393.4M global. The Top 5 to date are China ($35.8M), UK ($21.6M), France ($17.7M), Mexico ($15.4M) and Australia ($13.1M). RELATED: 'Superman' Character Posters: David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Isabela Merced and Nathan Fillion Universal's other, more friendly monsters in How to Train Your Dragon continue to fire up strong numbers with $13M from 82 offshore markets for a running international cume of $321M. Worldwide after five weekends is $560.8M. The Top 5 are China ($37.8M), Mexico ($35.1M), UK ($26.2M), Brazil ($19.1M) and France ($16.6M). Japan releases on September 5. Over to Disney's Lilo & Stitch which added another $7.2M in 52 offshore markets this frame and will soon pass $1B with $994.3M to date global. Internationally, the total is $579.7M. All markets are released. The overseas drop was 38% with some notably strong holds: Poland (+55%), Australia (+46%), Portugal (+7%), New Zealand (-6%), Germany (-9%), Argentina (-11%), Saudi Arabia (-14%). The Top 5 to date are Mexico ($66.9M), UK ($48.8M), France ($42M), Brazil ($37.2M) and Germany ($32.1M). MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE (DIS): $6M intl weekend (51 markets); $53.6M intl cume/$117.3M global (SNY): $3.3M intl weekend (64 markets); $72.6M intl cume/$138.3M global (PAR): $2.4M intl weekend (66 markets); $390.1M intl cume/$584.1M globalPadre No Hay Mas Que Uno 5 (SNY): $1.25M intl weekend (Spain only); $9.1M Spain cume (highest-grossing local title of 2025)Materialists (A24/SNY): $1.2M intl weekend (16 markets); $14.4M intl cume/$49.6M global (UNI): $654K intl weekend (80 markets); $14.1M intl cume/$36.4M global (UNI): $309K intl weekend (59 markets); $18.3M intl cume/$37.4M global PREVIOUS, SATURDAY: On Friday, Warner Bros/DC's Superman added another $21.5M from 78 international box office markets. That brings the offshore flying cume to $40M through Friday. Globally, with Friday's domestic count, the worldwide running total is $96.5M. While we still have Saturday and Sunday to come overseas, what's clear here is that domestic is leaning harder into this latest iteration of the Man of Steel. All told, the James Gunn-directed Superman is expected to reach $210M+ in its worldwide bow. This is slightly above where we had it before the weekend, and of course could shift given Sat/Sun play. While we can't exactly call it kryptonite, there are some areas where Superman is facing a challenge: Asia is soft, for example. Though this should not come as a surprise. We've previously noted that Korea is a depressed market and that Clark Kent was not expected to make an impact in China. For the record, the UK opened on Friday with $3.6M, a clear No. 1 with a 66% share of the Top 5 films. This is above all comps. China, as noted, grossed $2.4M through Friday including sneaks. Superman is an unsurprising non-starter in the market. The ultimate full-run prediction there is just above $11M. As we know, it happens. In happier news, Spain opened on Friday to $1M at No. 1 as the biggest debut for Gunn and 7% higher than Justice League, 29% over Aquaman, 77% ahead of Wonder Woman and 106% above Thunderbolts. Japan, which is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next Demon Slayer movie next week, had a fantastic start with $781K, super-passing comps. The Top 5 through Friday are: Mexico ($3.8M), UK ($3.6M), Brazil ($3M), Australia ($2.5M) and France ($2.5M). PREVIOUS, FRIDAY: DC/Warner Bros' Superman has begun zipping around the world, ringing up $40.3 million through Wednesday and Thursday in North America and 57 overseas markets. The split there is a record-making $22.5M in domestic previews Thursday night, while $17.8M has come from the international box office so far in the movie's first two days of offshore release. The global total to date does not include Friday's estimates for North America. The James Gunn-directed latest installment about the Man of Steel debuted in nine offshore markets on Wednesday, with another 48 markets joining Thursday. Today adds another 21, which takes the total number of international territories in release to 78. In terms of openings on Wednesday, France was a No. 1 start at $1.3M including previews and ahead of a long weekend for Bastille Day; the debut is 3% above Thunderbolts and also over the most recent Venom and Aquaman movies (+8%). The cume through Thursday is $1.8M. Korea, which we continue to stress is a depressed market, started at $700,000 on Wednesday. That was good for No. 1 and ranked roughly on par with Guardians of the Galaxy, and ahead of Thunderbolts and Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom. Imax repped a strong 18% of the box office from 26 locations. The Korea cume through Friday, not reflected in the international and global totals above, is an estimated $1.7M. Italy's Wednesday opening of $519K was a No. 1 start and roughly on par with Justice League as well as 2% bigger than Man of Steel, 51% ahead of Guardians the first, 97% bigger than Wonder Woman and 159% higher than Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom. Indonesia had a $462K No. 1 start on Wednesday, ranking No. 1 with results on par with Thunderbolts and ahead of GOTG1 & 2, Man of Steel, The Batman and Top Gun: Maverick. The Philippines on Wednesday saw Supes dominate at No. 1 with a 78% market share. The opening day of $386K was 22% above the most recent Mission: Impossible, 29% ahead of Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom, 31% higher than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. On Thursday, some heavy-hitters chimed in. To wit: Mexico debuted at No. 1 with $2.2M. This is the 2nd biggest opening day for a DC movie ever and is roughly on par with The Batman. Australia bowed to $1.3M at No. 1 and claimed the best opening day of 2025 to date. The launch is on par with Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom, 10% over The Batman, 13% ahead of Man of Steel, 56% bigger than Guardians 3. Super DC market Brazil came in with a strong No. 1 start for Superman on Thursday of $2M — the biggest opening day ever for James Gunn. The launch day was bigger than all Guardians movies as well as Joker and The Batman, notably. In the UAE, the David Corenswet/Rachel Brosnahan/Nicholas Hoult-starrer ranked No. 1 accounting for half of the total market. Opening day results are roughly on par with The Batman and higher than Aquaman and the Mission movies In Thailand, Superman dominated at No. 1 on Thursday with 58% share at $631K. The Top 5 through Thursday are: Mexico ($2.2M), Brazil ($2M), France ($1.8M), Australia ($1.3M) and Korea ($1.1M). China, where we have already estimated this is not going to move the needle, opened today to $2.4M. 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