Superman, one of the summer’s most anticipated tentpoles in the U.S., flew to a solid box office debut of $122 million domestically from 4,135 theaters and $95 million from 79 markets overseas for an estimated global launch of $217 million. The movie is a seminal moment in rebooting both DC Studios — which has struggled badly in recent years — and one of Hollywood’s most iconic comic book film franchises. Gunn is in a unique position, being both the film’s writer-director and the co-head of the Warner Bros.-owned DC, which he was tasked to run alongside Peter Safran by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Superman, costing $225 million to produce before marketing, is their inaugural release.
Universal and Amblin’s blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth stomped past the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office in only its sophomore outing. In North America, it came in second with $40 million from 4,224 locations for a domestic tally of $232.1 million. It fell less than expected, or 57 percent. Overseas, it took in $68.1 million for an early global cume of $529.5 million. Rebirth came in well ahead of Supermanin China, where it is only days away from becoming the top-grossing Hollywood title of the year so far after earning another $10.8 million this weekend for a cume of $62.7 million.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, July 13, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Superman | Warner Bros. | $122,000,000 | 4,135 | $29,504 | $122,000,000 | |
| 2 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Universal | $40,000,000 | 4,324 | $9,251 | $232,114,000 | -57% |
| 3 | F1 The Movie | Warner Bros. | $13,000,000 | 3,412 | $3,810 | $136,195,000 | -50% |
| 4 | How to Train Your Dragon | Universal | $7,800,000 | 3,285 | $2,374 | $239,808,000 | -31% |
| 5 | Elio | Disney | $3,900,000 | 2,730 | $1,429 | $63,666,191 | -33% |
| 6 | 28 Years Later | Sony | $2,725,000 | 2,208 | $1,234 | $65,737,000 | -40% |
| 7 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney | $2,700,000 | 2,075 | $1,301 | $414,564,677 | -32% |
| 8 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Paramount | $1,450,000 | 1,132 | $1,281 | $194,007,000 | -47% |
| 9 | M3GAN 2.0 | Universal | $1,350,000 | 1,658 | $814 | $22,373,000 | -66% |
| 10 | Materialists | A24 | $720,498 | 589 | $1,223 | $35,172,973 | -47% |
| 11 | Sardaar Ji 3 | White Hill Studios | $312,614 | 105 | $2,977 | $3,489,914 | -58% |
| 12 | Menteuse / Compulsive Liar 2 | Immina Films | $285,165 | 70 | $4,074 | $460,626 |
