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CNN
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Hollywood Minute: First look at the final season of ‘Stranger Things'
The first teaser for the popular show's fifth and final season, 'My Neighbor Totoro' returns to theaters, and 'Superman' spurs interest in dog adoption. David Daniel reports. (CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures share the same parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery.)
CNN
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Hollywood Minute: First look at the final season of ‘Stranger Things'
The first teaser for the popular show's fifth and final season, 'My Neighbor Totoro' returns to theaters, and 'Superman' spurs interest in dog adoption. David Daniel reports. (CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures share the same parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery.)
The Sun
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Superman soars, DC reboots
THERE has not been a film that DC Studios and Warner Bros Pictures desperately need to succeed more than James Gunn's Superman. It has to fly faster than a bullet, hit harder than a train and more importantly, be more human than its colder predecessors. Despite the relatively low bar thanks to the previous decade of middling DC Comics films, Superman surpasses expectations. Hovering right across the pitfall of subjecting the audience to another origin story, Gunn's film drops viewers into the third year of Clark Kent (David Corenswet) already donning the red underwear and blue suit. In a world full of metahumans, Superman is firmly established as being the strongest among his costumed super-peers, which draws questions from pundits, politicians and defense agencies on the alien immigrant's beliefs, politics and agenda on earth. After stopping the invasion of the fictional country of Jarhanpur by the more powerful Boravia, an ally to the US, Superman finds himself in the crosshairs of not only the US, but also Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) and his girlfriend Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan). This geopolitical intervention by Superman serves as the catalyst for the events in the film. Humanity in focus amid cosmic chaos The very on-the-nose Israel-Palestine parallels with Boravia-Jarhanpur aside, Superman has a strong story, at least in terms of comic book films that serve the role as a jumping-off point role in a potential 'cinematic universe', but it does come at a cost. By dropping the audience into an already developed world with existing superheroes, supervillains, aliens, pocket dimensions, nanotechnology and cloning, this can be exhausting for those more accustomed to standard superhero origin films, because from the opening sequence, Superman 's pacing is all gas, no brakes at Mach 10 speed. Having said that, everything the film introduces at breakneck speed is entertaining, particularly due to the focus Gunn puts on the individual in the centre of Superman, which is Kent and his humanity. Bright, colourful, sometimes goofy, most times charming, Gunn's writing, aided by a solid performance by Corenswet, nails what makes Superman who he is: a boy scout raised in rural America that sees only the good in everyone and will not hesitate to save them. From sequences such as the interview Superman has with Lois over his interference in the Boravia-Jarhanpur conflict being due to simply how 'people were going to die', to how Superman repeatedly goes out of his way to rescue and protect innocent bystanders, Superman proudly wears Clark's heart and love for humankind on its sleeves. Hoult's Lex Luthor is another standout in the film, being the most comic-accurate version of the character ever put to live action film. Long past the quirkiness and silly wigs worn by Gene Hackman and Jesse Eisenberg in their iterations of the character, this screen incarnation of Luthor is an actual menace and danger, not just to Superman, but the entire world. An extremely smart technocrat, calculative deceitful, viciously petty and narcissistic, Hoult brings his A-game to carry out Gunn's script to perfection. The same extends to Lois, who spends the entire film being a journalist rather than Superman's girlfriend, along with the other supporting characters, such as the Justice Gang's Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), and even Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo). Second shot at legacy Criticising the now-dead DC Extended Universe and the mostly maligned films under that umbrella is a low-hanging fruit at this point, but it has to be done, as Gunn's Superman is Warner Bros's second, latest attempt to kickstart their own cinematic universe, similar to what Zack Snyder did in 2013 with Man of Steel. Developed by the new DC Studios – led by Gunn and Peter Safran – Superman comes across as a more natural superhero film, with a plan already in place for the new DC Universe (DCU), a goal in mind and what would come next. However, chronologically, the DCU started with Creature Commandos last year, but that was an animated series and as great as it was, it did not firmly establish what Superman does in terms of world-building or in introducing the bigger universe that Gunn and Safran are bringing to the table. Based on the certain appearance of another popular character in the Superman family towards the end of the film, there is certainly expectation on how the next films in the DCU will carry not only the momentum, but also the hope of something better that has been started by Superman.
Pink Villa
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Box Office: Superman scores a bigger first Tuesday than Jurassic World: Rebirth in US, James Gunn directorial hits USD 155 million in 5 days
Superman is performing well at the box office, despite meeting with polarised reactions among the audience and the critics. The James Gunn-directed film has recorded a phenomenal business day on Tuesday, making a new record at the US box office. Superman records biggest 1st Tuesday of 2025, surpassing Jurassic World: Rebirth Bankrolled by DC Studios and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures, Superman fetched around USD 17.1 million on Tuesday, as per estimates, after a good outing of USD 13 million on Monday. With such an impressive jump, the movie recorded the biggest first Tuesday of 2025 in the US. In contrast, Scarlett Johansson's Jurassic World: Rebirth had collected USD 15 million on its first Tuesday. When compared to other Hollywood biggies, the movie has also surpassed Zack Snyder's 2013 release Man of Steel, which had collected USD 11.5 million on the same day. The 2022 released movie, The Batman, had collected Rs 10.5 crore on its first Tuesday. Superman's worldwide cume now stands at USD 270 million Released on July 11, the David Corenswet -starrer superhero movie surpassed USD 155 million at the domestic box office by the end of its Tuesday. The international cume of the reboot movie is around USD 115 million. It now stands at USD 270 million at the worldwide box office. Although the movie is performing well in the US, its performance in India has remained decent so far. For the unversed, the James Gunn film has collected around Rs 30 crore in its 6-day theatrical run. It's expected to gross around Rs 60 crore net at the Indian box office. Though it will be a Clean Hit by the end of its theatrical run, a better theatrical return was expected. Superman In Theatres Superman plays in theatres now. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more box office updates.
Pink Villa
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Box Office: Superman benefits from the discounted Tuesday offer, holds well on day 5 to collect Rs 3 crore
Superman, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, and others, is performing decently at the Indian box office. The James Gunn-directed movie benefits from Tuesday's discounted ticket prices, as it has registered a notable jump on Day 5. Superman collected Rs 3 crore on Day 5, crossing the Rs 30 crore mark Distributed by Warner Bros Pictures, the movie hit the screens on July 11th. It clashed with Maalik and Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyaan, other than holdover releases, F1, and Jurassic World: Rebirth. Debuted with Rs 6.75 crore, the movie witnessed a good jump on its following day and collected Rs 9 crore on Saturday. However, the movie didn't show any growth on Sunday and remained flat. It wrapped its opening weekend at Rs 24.50 crore net in India. The movie further registered a big drop on its first Monday and collected Rs 2.85 crore. According to estimates, it witnessed a jump today and added Rs 3 crore to the tally, bringing the total cumulative to slightly over Rs 30 crore net at the Indian box office. The Day Wise India Net Collections Of Superman Are As Under NOTE: Numbers exclude 3D handling charges Going by the current trends, the fate of Superman in India isn't much favorable. It will have to show better trends in the coming days. However, one must note that the James Gunn movie will see new releases from next weekend. The movie is suffering because of mixed-bag reactions; however, it will be interesting to see how far it can go from here on. Superman In Theaters Superman plays in theaters now. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more box office updates. Disclaimer: The box office figures are compiled from various sources and our research. The figures can be approximate, and Pinkvilla does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the films in question.
