‘Superman’ wins box office again, passes ‘Superman Returns’ total gross

It was not a stroke of luck: Superman Increased gold at the box office during its second week, reporting an excellent start for the newly renamed DC universe.

James Gunn’s new somewhat controversial vision of emblematic well-being brought in $ 57.2 million at the national box office this weekend (by Comscore), far exceeding his nearest competition, which included first first; The update of the Z generation to I know what you did last summer and the star restart of the Failed The films franchise ranked third and fourth on the national charts, with $ 13 million and $ 11 million, respectively. The silver medal went to Jurassic World Rebirthwhich holds hard during their third week of release, totaling $ 23.4 million at the national level, representing a drop of 42% compared to last week.

Superman fell 54% compared to its first gross of $ 122 million, not as almost 50% as DC and Warner Bros. Could love it, but a cry far enough from 60% to feel comfortable. Having now accumulated $ 235 million at the national box office and $ 406.8 million worldwide, Superman officially exceeded gross for life in 2006 Superman returns,, and ahead of Steel manWhich at this stage of its 2013 box office race reported $ 210 million at the national level.

However, the superheroic show featuring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicolas Hoult have nothing on the best DC employee, 2008 The black knightwhich had won $ 313.7 million at the national level at this stage. Nor can he stand up next to 2016 Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justicewho had won $ 260.4 million at the end of his second week in theaters.

After only three weeks, Jurassic World Rebirth reported $ 648 million meat at the world box office, and with $ 276 million at the national level, the film is on the right track with the second largest number in the franchise, 2018 Jurassic world: fallen kingdomwhich at this stage of its national box office race brought in $ 265.7 million.

This is excellent news for Universal, which is now behind n ° 4 and n ° 5 on the most efficient titles of the year (How to train your dragon Be 5 at Jurassic‘s 4). Not so great this week for Sony or Paramount, the studios behind I know what you did last summer And Smurfs, respectively. According to the projections of Box Office Pro, the fourth episode of the Slasher franchise set the middle of its interior projection range ($ 10 million at $ 15 million), where Failed fell significantly lower than the bottom of its range, $ 15 million.

While I know what you did last summer is almost sure to recover its estimated production cost of $ 18 million, it falls below the original 28-year-old film, which brought in $ 15.8 million in its opening weekend, and its suite, which won $ 16.5 million. Smurfs, Meanwhile, a huge $ 24 million less than the 2011 feature franchise Starter ($ 35.6 million) reported, and unlike Summerhas an estimated budget at $ 58 million to recover, and it is before marketing costs.

Elsewhere on the domestic charts, Ari Aster retains his crown as independent hitmen, with his social parable of the time cocovated Eddington,, Classification n ° 7 with a first of $ 4.2 million. And it is with an open on only 2,111 screens, compared to Superman“S 4 275 or Failed‘3,500.

The rest of the distribution will be familiar to all those who follow the box office: F1: the film,, How to train your dragon,, ElioAnd Lilo & Stitch All continue to hold hard after more than 4 weeks in theaters. Worldwide, several international titles have produced the Top 10, including Japan Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The film: Infinity Castle (N ° 4), China The legend of HEI 2 (N ° 7) and Curious tales of a temple (N ° 10), and India Saiyaara (N ° 9).

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Although Lex Luthor of Hoult has tried his biggest Superman shutdown, an outing to come can be an even larger opponent.

The Fantastic Four: First stepsWith Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby, is about to exceed the throne of the box office after its release on July 25. The last entry of the Super-Family franchise, 2015 Fantastic Fourfailed with an inner brut for life of $ 56 million. As long as the romantic dramatic of Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman Oh, hi! And the star thriller of Pete Davidson The house Do not argue, next week will be a good eruption of Marvel against DC at the old-fashioned box at the box office.