Even on digital, James Gunn’s Superman continues to be a blockbuster hit.
Superman, the primary film launched as a part of the brand new DC Universe, has loved each important and business success since its launch in theaters on July 11. With a worldwide field workplace gross of over $614 million, Warner Bros. and DC Studios are anticipated to make round $125 million in revenue on the superhero film.
Gunn’s Superman has additionally been one of many solely superhero hits of the yr, with Marvel Studios‘ Captain America: Courageous New World and Thunderbolts* underperforming on the field workplace. The Implausible 4: First Steps was hotter competitors for Superman in theaters, however even it’s nonetheless $100 million away from surpassing the DCU entry on the international field workplace.
How did Superman carry out upon its digital launch?
In line with Samba TV, Superman drew 527 thousand watched households in its first three days on digital, which is a fully large determine in comparison in opposition to different current 2025 titles like Mission: Not possible – The Remaining Reckoning (618K), Thunderbolts* (449K), How you can Prepare Your Dragon (423K), and Ballerina (344K). Making Superman’s digital viewership much more spectacular is that it attracted 527 thousand households over simply three days, whereas the viewership figures for the opposite 2025 films are throughout their first six days.
With Superman an all-around hit, Warner Bros. and DC Studios aren’t losing any time getting a sequel into improvement. Gunn has already completed a draft of the follow-up film, which has been titled Man of Tomorrow and dated by Warner Bros. for theatrical launch in July 2027. David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult are confirmed to be reprising their roles from Superman as Clark Kent/Superman and Lex Luthor, respectively, whereas a number of different actors have teased their respective returns as effectively.
Superman is presently out there to observe in theaters and on digital platforms. The DCU film will arrive on house video on September 23, 2025.
Initially written by Lee Freitag on SuperHeroHype.
