
‘Superman’ leaps weekend box office in single bound
CNN
It was “up, up and away” for James Gunn’s “Superman” reboot, which finished No. 1 at the box office with a $122 million opening weekend.
It was “up, up and away” for James Gunn’s “Superman” reboot, which finished No. 1 at the box office with a $122 million opening weekend. Warner Bros. Pictures’ latest blockbuster beat early estimates of around $90 million for the weekend and surpassed last weekend’s top hit “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which grossed $40 million this weekend. Warner Bros. Discovery is the parent company of CNN. “Superman is on the Mount Rushmore of superheroes. All eyes were on this movie,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “So, this is the gift that hopefully will keep on giving for DC Studios.” DC Studios’ movies have historically not been as popular as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2017, DC’s “Justice League” grossed $229 million domestically, while Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” grossed $678.8 domestically the following year. Marvel films haven’t been as popular with audiences in recent years, which some experts attribute to “superhero fatigue.” Dergarabedian said the performance of “Superman” means “we can put that to bed” because “it’s all about the individual movie.”













