The Dailies reports on the latest box office news from this week.
Superman (Warner Bros.)
- 🦸♂️ Superman: (Wk 2) $57.25M domestic weekend (-54%), $235M domestic total, $407M global. James Gunn's reboot is showing serious staying power with a significantly better hold than 'Man of Steel' in 2013 (-65%). Its domestic-heavy split ($235M vs. $171M international) may cap its global ceiling compared to previous DC hits.
- 🦕 Jurassic World Rebirth: (Wk 3) $23.4M domestic weekend (-42%), $276.2M domestic total, $647M global. Celebrates crossing $600M worldwide with the best third-weekend hold in franchise history.
- 🔪 I Know What You Did Last Summer: 🆕 $13M domestic opening, $24.6M global debut. Despite bringing back Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., this marks the lowest opening in the franchise’s history.
- 🔵 Smurfs: 🆕 $11M domestic opening, $36M global debut. Paramount's revival featuring Rihanna couldn't recapture the magic of the 2011’s original ($35.6M opening). A franchise-low B+ CinemaScore suggests audiences aren't feeling very Smurfy about this one.
- 🏎️ F1: (Wk 4) $9.6M domestic weekend (-26%), $153.6M domestic total, $460.8M global. Continues cruising with minimal drops.
- 🐉 How to Train Your Dragon: (Wk 6) $5.35M domestic weekend (-32%), $250.7M domestic total, $285M global.
- 🤠 Eddington: 🆕 $4.26M opening. Ari Aster's Western starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal splits audiences with a C+ CinemaScore. Still, it's performing better than the director's previous Phoenix collaboration, 'Beau Is Afraid.'
- 🚀 Elio: (Wk 5) $2M domestic weekend (-50%), $68.9M domestic total, $152M global.
- 🌺 Lilo & Stitch: (Wk 9) $1.5M domestic weekend (-45%), $418.2M domestic total, $1B+ global. The live-action remake has become 2025's first billion-dollar film globally.
- 🧟♂️ 28 Years Later: (Wk 5) $1.34M domestic weekend (-51%), $68.7M domestic total, $145M global.
The big picture: Hollywood delivered a $132.3M domestic weekend, down 11.5% from last year's ‘Twisters’-dominated frame. But the box office has a new king: year-to-date, Warner Bros. has overtaken Disney as the top-grossing studio at the domestic box office with $1.32B, edging out Disney’s $1.27B, thanks to ‘Superman’s’ strong legs and a record six No. 1 openings.
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