One weekend after seeing the second-best opening of the summer ($92M) we now get the NEW second-best opening ($125M) in Superman. Despite falling slightly short of its weekend projection, as well as being the clear #2 opening in the franchise, its 95% RT Audience Score and ‘A-‘ CinemaScore could very well help it finish better than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s $330M total (note that BvS had only a 63% RT Audience Score and ‘B’ CinemaScore leading to a poor final multiplier). With no legitimate threat this upcoming weekend, Superman should see an excellent hold.
| Year | Opening (M) | Total (M) | All Time Rank | |
| Superman | 1978 | 7.4 | 134.4 | #529 |
| Superman II | 1980 | 14.1 | 108.1 | – |
| Superman III | 1983 | 13.3 | 59.9 | – |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | 1987 | 5.6 | 15.6 | – |
| Superman Returns | 2006 | 52.5 | 200.0 | #253 |
| Man of Steel | 2013 | 116.6 | 291.0 | #122 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | 166.0 | 330.3 | #88 |
| Superman (2025) | 2025 | 125.0 | ?? | ?? |
Top 10 IN
- #8 Superman
Top 10 OUT
- Ballerina (it was only a matter of time)
Holdover News
- #1 Lilo & Stitch is now up to #43 on the All Time list at $414M.
- #2 How To Train Your Dragon continues to push closer to $250M, but will be overtaken very soon.
- #3 Jurassic World: Rebirth moved up 2 spots with the best 2nd Weekend multiplier of the summer at 2.53x (next closest was 2.01x).
- #4 M:I – Final Reckoning slipped 1 spot despite earning the best 8th Weekend multiplier of the summer at 3.03x (next closest was 2.84x).
- #5 Thunderbolts just can’t hit that $190M milestone as it’s been stuck at $189M for the past 4 weekends. After just a $10K weekend this should be the end.
- #6 FD: Bloodlines managed to hold off #7 F1 for one more weekend, but that’ll be it.
- #9 28 Years Later (65.7M) continues to duel #10 Elio ($63.8M) for the chance at hanging onto the eventual #10 spot, but Elio just took the H2H weekend by $1.25M.
- #10 Elio’s 4th Weekend multiplier of 3.07x was also the best of the summer (next closest was 2.65x). No surprise that Pixar gets great holds, but that horrible $20M opening may be too much to overcome.
Next Weekend: After back-to-back single movie weekends we now get four Wide releases. While no one here selected the horror franchise’s latest I Know What You Did Last Summer, we did get 2 players selecting Smurfs. That early 22% RT Critic Score is definitely cringe-inducing.