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Superman’s opening weekend box office results broke DC records

Superman exceeds expectations in its debut, setting a new milestone on the big screen.

Update: Jul 14th, 2025 21:26 CEST

James Gunn’s Superman opened this weekend. If Rotten Tomatoes has given us a hint, people have liked it much more than the specialized critics. But how is it that this praise for the new version of the Last Son of Krypton is reflected in the box office not only in the United States, but in the world... and of course, how it is reflected against the other versions of the character that have been in the movies.

Superman flies into theaters breaking records

According to Deadline, Superman had a made $123 million in the U.S. over its opening weekend, and a further $95 million internationally in 78 countries for a total worldwide box office of $217 million. This makes the new DC Studios film the third-best opening of 2025, just behind A Minecraft Movie and Jurassic World Rebirth.

With this, Superman becomes the superhero film with the best opening weekend, surpassing Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, which generated a total of $116 million in 2013 in its first weekend. However, it falls short of Snyder’s other Superman film. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which, since it could also be considered a Batman movie, totaled $166,007,347. On the other hand, Superman becomes the second-best opening ever directed by Gunn, only after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which did $146.5 million in 2017.

What was the domestic opening of all the Superman movies?

Through the information in Office Box Mojo we can present a list of Superman movies and how was their opening weekend in the United States:

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): $166,007,347
Superman (2025): $122,000,000
Man of Steel (2013): $116,619,362
Superman Returns (2006): $52,535,096
Superman II: $14,100,523
Superman III (1983): $13,352,357
Superman (1978): $7,465,343
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987): $5,683,122