Though Supergirl has didn’t soar with its opening weekend, the DCU nonetheless has some methods in retailer for moviegoers.
Following the Craig Gillespie-helmed film’s premiere, DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran admitted the title didn’t dwell as much as the Warner Bros. banner’s “field workplace expectations” towards its reported $175M funds.
“Whereas Supergirl didn’t meet our field workplace expectations, it’s only one part of a broader, long-term technique at DC Studios that we stay assured in,” Safran instructed The New York Instances.
The DCU’s upcoming slate consists of director James Watkins’ Clayface, premiering Oct. 23 in theaters, adopted by DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow, which is about for July 9, 2027. The Lanterns collection can be anticipated to premiere on HBO in 2026.
With the World Cup and a blistering heatwave, Supergirl is at the moment a $68M world opening weekend, taking $38M domestically.
Solely barely surpassing Joker: Folie a Deux‘s $37.6M home opening, Kara Zor-El’s debut solo outing within the new DCU is much behind Arther Fleck’s $114.8M world opening for the 2024 Todd Phillips-directed sequel.
Regardless of Supergirl‘s field workplace Kryptonite, the Superman (2025) followup noticed the very best opening weekend for any superhero film in Imax historical past, with 51% of the gross coming from Imax ($7.4M) and PLFs.
