It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a $122M opening weekend for ‘Superman.’
James Gunn launched the DCU with a critical and box office hit.
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of July 11-13, 2025.
1. Superman
Weekend gross: $122M
Total domestic gross: $122M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
It was a super weekend for the launch of the DCU. James Gunn’s Superman soared to a $122 million debut, firmly putting Warner Bros.’ rebooted superhero cinematic universe on the right track.
Superman scored the second biggest opening weekend for the character, trailing only Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s $166 million debut in 2016. With the shockingly not-British David Corenswet in the title role, Superman outdid the box office debuts of Henry Cavill (Man of Steel’s $116.6 million) and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns’ $52.5 million).
Gunn also landed the second biggest opening weekend of his directorial career with Superman. The film debuted between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s $146.5 million and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s $118.4 million.
We’ll have to wait until next June to see if Supergirl can play off the success of Superman and keep the DCU’s early success going.
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2. Jurassic World Rebirth
Weekend gross: $40M
Total domestic gross: $232.1M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 57
Through its second weekend in theaters, Jurassic World Rebirth has already outgrossed The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($229.1 million) and Jurassic Park III ($181.2 million) in North America.
Among the recent Jurassic World movies, though, Rebirth is trailing its three predecessors on a weekend-to-weekend basis. While its $232.1 million domestic haul is great, Jurassic World grossed $106.6 million its second weekend for a total of $402.8 million through two weekends. (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom had $265.7 million and Jurassic World: Dominion had $250.3 million at this point.) A $231.1 million domestic gross is still good enough to make Rebirth the fifth biggest haul of 2025, less than $8 million behind How to Train Your Dragon.
