‘Superman’ continues to soar at the box office

CNN Warner Bros Pictures Superman flew past the competition for the second straight week grossing an estimated million to top the box office this weekend James Gunn s reboot grossed million in its opening weekend according to material provided by Comscore It has now grossed million domestically and million worldwide according to Comscore We ve seen really strong daily holds and usually that is indicative of word of mouth taking in especially on a big film like this that already opened pretty well noted Shawn Robbins director of analytics at Fandango and founder and owner of Box Office Theory Warner Bros Discovery is the parent company of CNN Superman and Universal Pictures Jurassic World Rebirth which came in at No during its third week million held off this weekend s openers including Sony Pictures I Know What You Did Last Summer million and Paramount Pictures Smurfs million When movies open this big sometimes they drop off significantly in their second and third weekends But it seems to be a pattern this year particularly this summer where you have blockbusters holding in there mentioned Paul Dergarabedian senior media analyst at Comscore Sony s first release of the slasher franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer opened in and grossed million worldwide adjusted for inflation Sony also distributed three Smurfs films between and The third movie Smurfs The Lost Village grossed million worldwide in according to Box Office Mojo The latest Smurfs and I Know What You Did Last Summer moviesweren t especially well-reviewed by critics but Daniel Loria editorial director at BoxOffice Pro stated those reviews matter less because they are established franchises Everybody and over knows what I Know What You Did Last Summer is and I think family audiences are very well aware of Smurfs he declared Buying a ticket for something called The Smurfs you know what you re doing regardless of reviews Dergarabedian disclosed the success of Superman and Jurassic World Rebirth were formidable competitors for this weekend s openers and that the box office is now an incredibly competitive marketplace In new years studios have struggled to filltheater schedules with new releases in part due to movies going directly to streaming services and delays in production from theSAG-AFTRA strikes of Theaters are now glad to have new content on a weekly basis Robbins announced This summer has had something major open every weekend he noted adding that this weekend s openers are a very modest slate Nearly two months since its record-breaking Memorial Day weekend opening Disney s Lilo Stitch is now the first Motion Picture Association movie this year to gross more than billion globally That makes it the second-highest earner globally behind China s animated Ne Zha which grossed more than billion worldwide according to Box Office Mojo Warner Bros Pictures A Minecraft Movie which is No at the domestic box office million this year fell short of the billion mark worldwide earning million according to Box Office Mojo Due to the performances of major hits like Lilo Stitch A Minecraft Movie and now Superman the box office has received much-needed boosts But the summer box office sits at just billion according to Comscore records Dergarabedian still has faith that the summer box office can roughly gross another billion to hit the billion mark with the help of The Fantastic Four Then we have a cumulative selection of films in August that are really going to drive a big final month of the summer movie season he noted