As for important films this year, it is difficult to find the one that is more important than the "Superman" of director Jameseiies Gunn. Not only is Gun, now a co-chief of DC Studios, trying to successfully restart the steel man as a Chinese franchise, but he is also ready to completely restart the entire DC universe in the coming years. It starts seriously with this film. Is also of serious importance to Warner Bros. as a whole. So there is a lot of ride. This is said, now we have some heavy numbers to let us know how much, in terms of dollars and cents, drive the film, and what will be needed to make a hit.

According to the new report of The wrapperSuperman brings a budget in the $ 225 million range. That's certainly on the expensive side of the blockbuster things, but $ 200 million budgets are common these days in the superhero cinema. However, it is a large number, which means you have to make a lot of money in the box office. To that end, the report states that the film should earn about $ 700 million globally to be considered a success, according to an anonymous Hollywood agent. The article further lists something north of $ 500 million worldwide, will make a profit.

Generally, Theaters keep about half of all money from cash -based tickets. The old rule was to double the budget to give in account of marketing, but that rule is slightly outdated at the age of $ 200 million. So, suppose the marketing budget is somewhere in the range of $ 100 to $ 150 million. That is, along with the budget, the total SB investment would be around $ 350 million, to give or take. Double double to that number to give the theaters to be reduced, and where do we leave us? It is in that range of $ 700 million.

That's the case, that $ 500m number seems to be a little small. If Superman was supposed to make that amount globally, it can probably be in profit once they are transferred, VOD, Blu-ray, etc. I know that because mathematics does not support it.

In any case, what Superman should do is DC's biggest hit for years. The latest DC movie that crossed the $ 700 million threshold was Batman ($ 772 million worldwide) in 2022. Before that? We have to go until 2018 Aquaman, which made $ 1.15 billion during the day. In recent years, DC has been struggling to find success, with "Jazz! Hurry of the Gods", "Flash" and "Blue Beetle" all fall in 2023. Then, in 2024, "Joker: Foley à Deux" badly bombed, losing between $ 150 and $ 200 million for sb. So, yes, the pressure is on.

The good news is that Gun has a flawless record after directing the Galaxy Gardenian trilogy for Marvel, as well as "Suicide Squad", which was greeted with excellent reviews, but was hampered by the pandemic box office. In terms of the Superman franchise, Zac Snyder's "Steel Man" made $ 668 million worldwide in 2013 against the reported budget of $ 225 million. Strange enough, the bar for success is right in the same range 12 years later.

Among those starring in Superman are David Corensvet ("Pearl") like Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan ("Card House") like Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hult ("Lud Max: Hughes Road") as Lex Luc. Gun wrote the script besides directing.

Superman is hit by theaters on July 11, 2025.