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‘Superman’, The First Movie In James Gunn & Peter Safran’s Revamped DC Universe, To Fly Around The World To At Least $200M+ – Box Office Preview
Studios sources tell us that Superman is at least a $200M global start at 60K global screens, split evenly between domestic and overseas.
© Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection The first movie in Peter Safran and James Gunn ‘s revamped DC Studios, phase one “Gods and Monsters” is the latter’s opening this weekend. Superman III in a bad pairing co-starred comedy blockbuster star Richard Pryor and was panned by critics at 31% and deep-dived to $59.9M in 1983 (despite a very good $13.3M opening), and $80.2M worldwide. By 1987, when blockbusters were truly in full swing, audiences turned their back on Superman IV: Quest for Peace which nosedived to $15.6M stateside off a $5.6M debut, and just north of $30M worldwide — a disaster.
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