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I think even in 2012 Batman and Spider-Man were more popular.

I agree OS numbers are bad (hopefully get legs post opening weekend) but that is the case for a bunch of films in the last 5 years, I can’t imagine there would be changes that could make Superman work significantly better in those markets. Hopefully a Batman, Justice League or Teen Titans can come and some point and get a decent OS pull, or budgets might have to be a bit tighter. I don’t think the DCU is dying any time soon though would ruin the value of the universe and make creatives wary of trying to reboot a third time.

Asia is a completely different situation from Europe and ANZ I agree. Has been tough there unless you are Avatar or have a strong pull in a specific market TGM in Japan, Elemental in Korea etc.

That is the minimum amount for it to be deemed a success and that spending on marketing vendors other things like merch sales, streaming etc. Break even is solid enough nowadays as sequels generally do better and streaming has become a big part of the value equation of a film (even more so a film franchise/universe)

That is dumb that people want to looks at any Superman disappointment as upside for Fantastic 4 but unfortunately the DC vs Marvel fan bullshit has been around for a long time and will continue to persist, if you see it here just report it. Reality is I’m sure that Marvel/Disney would love for Superman to be doing better as that shows there is a larger appetite for superhero films and theatrical movie going. Disney has would also benefit from Jurassic, F1 and Superman doing well enough to get sequels as that means ILM gets more work lol. Everyone thinks these studios hate each other but reality is that they are a lot more collaborative nowadays unlike old Hollywood where studio heads acted like gangsters!

Probably not Barbie levels here (I’m in Australia at the moment) but that may be the Margot Robbie factor. Still a lot of promotion including with State of Origin (a massive sporting event) right before showings started on Wednesday night! Hopefully numbers come up solid in ANZ.

They are making that assumption due to postrak data.

Didn’t know if I should reply or not but why not. First of all, you have the director saying it’s a story about America! Again not me personally but a few groans at what the fictional US government was doing in the film which even if it was bad hit too close to what is going on in the real world (it was likely the point but I’m sure plenty of sick about hearing about the US fuckups lol) Personally I feel the plot and secondary characters didn’t work for me; main cast, humour and action were all solid but room for improvement in a sequel. Hopefully I’ll like Supergirl better still going to give that a shot especially as it has Milly Alcock!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️Also Jason Momoa (we need more Polynesian superheroes 🤙🏾) Still hope the movie makes a decent amount of money to help the box office and so we can get a solid DC universe going. I could see myself getting used to Corenswet as Superman but just needs a better film for me personally.

Got a mixed response when I watched it, felt very America centric at a time when the USA is not looked at favourably which could be playing a part. Unfortunately I didn’t like it either but not for those sentiments. At least Cap 4 (another very American superhero) had a more unfavourable look at the USA with Red Hulk president lol.

Watched Superman and using the theme of this thread. me watching Superman: me reading this thread:

This unlocked the memory of BlackPink randomly appearing in Justice League! https://youtu.be/_umTqgzcTTU

Andor is back, the strong late legs I hoped for!

Small shot it could be in the top 10 originals come years end (if Nielsen goes back to top 15 would be even more likely and I would love the extra data points) but unlikely given the likes of Wednesday, The Bear, Stranger Things as well as Futurama and King of The Hill (from a volume perspective) are still coming on top of Squid Game, Reacher, Adolescence, Landman, 1923, Handmaid's Tale and more doing in the range of very to fairly well. Edit: I will say I hope we get more than 1 more week of data though, hopefully it holds strong the next 2 or 3 weeks

This is more like the numbers I was hoping would happen, hopefully it has a leggy run for the next couple of weeks. It being top on the overall chart is a great sig it should be able to hold on for a bit (although first week I can recall in a while that the top title was under 1B minutes) Fake edit: going back through the TVGR library for a quick check it looks like it last happened in November 2023

Elio should get a boost in the coming days worldwide. Disney+ posted their special look they do for their films I think last night from what I can tell already at number 8 on the Top 10 list here.