Superman de James Gunn continues its route to the box office, and the comparison with Man of Steel is inevitable. He won a battle, but the road is still long.
The race is over, but the race is just starting. Programmed one after the other to make a Hollywood pop-culture marathon, Jurassic World : Renaissance, Superman et The fantastic 4: first steps are now all in theaters, at the mercy of the public. And it will be the big game of summer: Will there be a big winner and a real loser in industry?
Dinos are one step ahead. Jurassic World 4 has already raised more than 720 million worldwide, a very large sum … but still far from the trilogy Jurassic World Who had crossed the billion’s milestone each time – with a significant drop between each film nevertheless. Marvel is the latest arrival since The Fantastic 4 has just been released, with around 230 million collected so far and many questions about the rest of his career. Especially after the (deserved) failure of Captain America 4 and the failure (not very deserved) of Thunderbolts*.
In the middle, there is Superman. After three weeks on the bill, the blockbuster offers enough perspective to get a first idea of its commercial potential. And that’s good, he just came Cross some interesting caps.
Superman super well left
First of all : Superman has passed widely The 500 million milestone at the world box office. It may seem “normal”, but many recent superhero movies have not succeeded. Ant-Man 3 (476 millions), Captain America 4 (415 millions), Thunderbolts* (382 million) or The Marvels (199 million) on the MCU side, and Aquaman 2 (440 millions), Black Adam (393 millions), The Flash (271 millions), Joker: Folia with two (207 millions), Shazam 2 (134 million) and Blue Beetle (130 million) DC side.
The new Superman Also widely exceeded the score of Superman Returnsproduced by Bryan Singer, who had finished his race with 391 million in 2006. At the time, the studio recognized that it was lower than their expectations, so that the following projects had been canceled.
James Gunn’s blockbuster is currently placed In 8th place in the biggest world successes of 2025, behind F1 (511 million, so he will quickly exceed him), Mission : Impossible – The Final Recocking (592 million, which he will necessarily exceed), Dragons (602 millions), Jurassic World : Renaissance (721 million and it’s not over), Minecraft (955 millions), Lilo & Stitch (1 billion), and far ahead of the Chinese compressor roll Ne Zha 2 (more or less 2 billion, depending on the sources). Obviously, it will remain in the top 10, even if some small films may win in the list – at random, Avatar 3.
SUPERMAN VS MAN OF STEEL
Superman has passed another symbolic cap, and Expected at the turn: the score of Man of Steel. In any case at the North American box office, particularly important since it is there that a Hollywood studio recovers the most money from the recipes (about half, against 1/3 in the rest of the world and up to 1/4 in China).
In 2013, the version of Zack Snyder had completed its North American race With 291 millionwhile that of Bryan Singer stopped at 200 million. Restarting by James Gunn has already cashed 292 million, and it’s not over Since the film is doing pretty well. For his first weekend, he had accumulated more than 125 million, a chouia less than the 128 million Man of Steel. But it was better maintained for its second weekend with an additional 58 million and a fall in attendance by -57%, against 41 million and a fall of -64% for Henry Cavill.
In the third weekend, he added 24 million with a fall of -57%, again better than Man of Steel and 20 million, with a fall of -49% nevertheless. Knowing that Zack Snyder’s film had remained Playing fourteen weeks (by going below the million revenues per weekend in less than two months), James Gunn still has a little margin before doing the final assessment.
As a reminder, Man of Steel would have cost the 250 million according to Deadlineeither a little more than the 225 million Superman. In both cases, the marketing budget must be added. Variety spoke of 125 million to the blockbuster released in 2025.
First Galère Global
Superman Nevertheless has a small problem: the rest of the world. James Gunn himself recognized that his film had started lukewarm abroad, with 95 million in 79 territories For his first weekend-as a comparison, it was 73 million in 24 countries to Man of Steel.
The version of Zack Snyder had finished his world race with 670 millionsincluding 379 million at the international box office. He had notably carded in China (63 million), the United Kingdom (46 million), Australia (22 million), Mexico (21 million), and in France (20 million, with 2.3 million admissions). The Superman of 2025 is currently at 506 million, including 214 million abroad with less impressive scores in the United Kingdom (21 million), Mexico (17 million) and China (8 million), where the film is planted like so many other Hollywood blockbusters now. In France, it has so far attracted 1.1 million people.
The Superman Will James Gunn reach 670 million of his cousin at Zack Snyder? Jurassic World : Renaissance has not really held back it, but can Marvel change the situation with The Fantastic 4 ? Not sure since he started almost the same, proving that the public does not seem to make a big difference between the new episode of DC and that of the MCU.
In any case, there will be a clear commercial difference between these two Superman : the balance between the North American box office and the rest of the world. Only 43% of the final score of Man of Steel came from Uncle Sam when it was currently 57% for James Gunn. A “small” difference which has a certain impact on profitability (advantage Superman), and which recalls to what extent the foreign markets are anything but acquired (advantage Man of Steel).
This is particularly the case of China, which clearly closed its doors after a few years of madness for American superproductions, and in particular superheroes (95 million for Batman v Superman90 million for Wonder Woman… And 291 million for Aquaman).
