(L to R) Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and David Corenswet as Superman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Superman’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jessica Miglio. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- ‘Superman’ stayed top of the box office for a second weekend.
- James Gunn’s movie dropped 54% following its successful launch.
- The new ‘Smurfs’ movie and an ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ reboot failed to have much impact.
As a comic book hero, Superman can famously leap tall buildings in a single bound. From the looks of the performance by the latest cinematic take on the character –– James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ –– he can also hold off the competition, as the movie stayed top of the box office this weekend.
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With a relatively light 54% drop, the movie took in $57.3 million from 4,774 venues. That was enough to secure the top spot once more, with strong weekday business also helping.
Here’s what Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian had to say about the performance:
“A 54% second weekend drop is indicative of a marketplace that’s embracing the film”
It’s good news for Warner Bros. and DC Studios, which is hoping the movie, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult, will spark interest in the new, interconnected DC Universe.
Domestically, the movie has now made $236 million, and its global haul is now $406 million.
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What happened with ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’?
Scarlett Johansson as skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’, directed by Gareth Edwards. Photo: Universal Pictures.
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ settled for second place once more place with $23 million from 3,854 venues, a 42% drop from last week.
After three weekends of release, the dinosaur movie has earned $276 million domestically.
Yet it’s on the global marketplace where the latest ‘Jurassic World’ outing is really excelling, making more than $647 million. That’s a solid result, if still behind the billion-dollar plus earnings of the previous three franchise entries.
What about the rest of the box office?
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James in 2025’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
The strongest start among a clutch of misfiring newcomers was Sony’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’, opening with $13 million from 3,206 theaters.
‘Last Summer’ added $11.6 million overseas from 58 markets, bringing its worldwide total to $24.6 million. That suggests the nostalgia factor for the horror reboot (which featured roles for the original’s Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt) wasn’t as strong as the studio hoped. Still, with a thrifty $18 million budget to make back (plus marketing costs), there’s less pressure to perform.
Fourth place was Paramount’s Rihanna-led animated outing ‘Smurfs’, which made $11 million from 3,504 venues, a disappointing result for the $58 million-budgeted musical.
‘Smurfs’ earned $25 million at the international box office to date for a global tally of $36 million, hardly a reason for Smurfing it up, but likely one that will earn more through merchandising than ticket sales.
Fifth was Apple/Warner Bros.’ Brad Pitt-starring racing pic ‘F1’, which took in $9.6 million in its fourth weekend for a $153.6 million domestic tally and $460.8 million globally.
Finally, ‘Hereditary’ director Ari Aster’s Western satire ‘Eddington’ failed to generate much interested, flopping to seventh place and $4.2 million from 2,111 venues.
What’s to come next weekend?
Given the tracking and early buzz, it appears that ‘Superman’ won’t be flying quite so high this coming weekend as Marvel’s own latest superhero behemoth, ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is on the launch pad.
The movie is projected to opening above $100 million, possibly as high as $140 million, so the big battle of the heroes is about to heat up.
(L to R) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2025 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2025 Marvel.
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