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Topline “Superman” opened with an impressive $122 million at the domestic box office, Warner Bros. told multiple outlets Sunday, after landing the year’s second-largest opening day Friday, with the film on track to gross over $217 million internationally. James Gunn attends the “Superman” Fan Event in London’s Leicester Square on July 2, 2025. (Photo by … More Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Warner Bros) Getty Images for Warner Bros Key Facts The early numbers indicate “Superman” is on track through box office sales to earn back its $225 million budget, a figure The Wall Street Journal confirmed last week. The film’s opening day Friday was the second-largest of the year—grossing $56.5 million, placing it ahead of Disney’s “Lilo and Stitch” but just behind “A Minecraft Movie,” also released by Warner Bros., which opened in April to $57.1 million. “Superman” was directed by DC Studios co-chair James Gunn, and its early success marks a victory for Gunn and fellow co-chair Peter Safran’s reported ambitious plans to revitalize the brand and release more films and television shows in the DC Extended Universe. The two massive openings are good news for Warner Bros., whose stock fell to a historic low in 2024 after a year of poor box office sales—the company is currently pursuing a plan to split with Discovery only three years after a blockbuster merger in 2022. What Are Other Top Films At The Box Office? The other big hits over the weekend were films that similarly scored big other big openings over the past few weeks—“Jurassic World Rebirth” sold an estimated $40 million this weekend and “F1” held on in third place with an estimated $13 million, Deadline reported. Key Background Before its release, “Superman” began to face backlash from right-wing critics and influencers, who decried the film as “superwoke” after…

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