‘Superman’ Soars to Top of Weekend Box Office Rankings

It was “up, up and away” for James Gunn’s “Superman” reboot, which finished No. 1 at the box office with a $122 million opening weekend. DC Studios’ movies have historically been less popular than the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ latest blockbuster beat early estimates of around $90 million for the weekend and surpassed last weekend’s top hit “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which grossed $40 million this weekend.

“Superman is on the Mount Rushmore of superheroes. All eyes were on this movie,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “So, this is the gift that hopefully will keep on giving for DC Studios.”

“Superman” is the third movie to gross more than $100 million over a three-day opening this year. The first movie to do so was Warner Bros. Pictures’ “A Minecraft Movie” in April and Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” in May.

“Superman” isn’t the last superhero movie of the summer. The next big blockbuster is expected to be Disney’s “Fantastic Four,” which opens on July 25. Robbins believes Disney’s “Freakier Friday,” the sequel to the 2003 release of Disney’s “Freaky Friday,” could end up being a breakout in August.