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It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A Box Office Hit: ‘Superman’ Opening To $123M – Sunday AM Update


'Superman' in overall previews is clocking $21M+ (that includes Amazon Prime screenings). That's a record for James Gunn and the best so far in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Count gravitational pull as a superpower for James Gunn ‘s as the first movie under the filmmaker’s co-run DC Studios with Peter Safran is heading to a massive$21M+ in overall previews, sources tell us tonight. The IP has been done several times through history, not just on the big screen, but going back to radio with several iterations on TV including the first 1950s George Reeves black and white show. Says RelishMix “The exuberant tone and dedication to the characters is winning many fans over, i.e. ‘A comic book movie that’s not ashamed to be a comic book is something we desperately needed,’ and, ‘The trailers we’ve gotten for this movie have given me the warm fuzzy feelings…this Superman feels right.’ After his widely popular Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy for Marvel, James Gunn in the director chair is inspiring a lot of confidence: ‘Mr.

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