‘Superman’ soars to $57.3M second weekend
James Gunn’s reboot is set for a superhero showdown with ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ next weekend.
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of July 18-20, 2025.
1. Superman
Weekend gross: $57.3M
Total domestic gross: $235M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 54
Superman heroically (and effortlessly) held off the weekend’s new releases, falling only 54 percent from its opening weekend.
That weekend-to-weekend drop is better than 2025’s first two superhero movies — Captain America: Brave New World fell 68 percent its second weekend and Thunderbolts* dropped 56 percent over that same frame.
James Gunn’s Superman reboot is outperforming Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The latter had a $41.3 million second weekend and stood at $210.1 million in North America through its second weekend. (Look, it’s cute to talk about inflation when it comes to box office numbers, but that’s not how this works.)
Superman’s $235 million domestic haul has passed the lifetime grosses of both Superman Returns ($200.1 million) and Justice League ($229 million).
How will Superman hold up in the face of a challenge from The Fantastic Four: First Steps next weekend?
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2. Jurassic World Rebirth
Weekend gross: $23.4M
Total domestic gross: $276.2M
Last weekend: 2nd
Percent drop: 42
Jurassic World Rebirth held onto the No. 2 spot this weekend, but the juice that the previous three Jurassic World movies had just isn’t there for director Gareth Edwards’ installment.
Rebirth’s $276.2 million haul through three weekends pales in comparison to Jurassic World’s $500.4 million, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s $333.4 million and Jurassic World: Dominion’s $303.1 million.
