‘Supergirl’ Takes Off With $13M First Day At Global Box Office

DC Studios’ second production under the James Gunn-Peter Safran administration, Supergirl, made $13M in its first day at the global box office, a number not far from the first day of Universal/Amblin’s $115M Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day, which did $12M two weeks ago.

Broken down, domestic previews were $7.8M, that’s combined from Wednesday fan events and Thursday showtimes that began at 3 p.m. That’s a number above Disney/Marvel Studios’ The Marvels previews of $6.6M ($46.1M U.S./Canada opening in 2023); above DC’s Black Adam, which made $7.6M and opened to $67M in 2022); and under what DC’s The Flash, which did at $9.7M ($55M opening in 2023).

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Supergirl overperformed in 11 U.S. markets so far: Los Angeles was 22% above normal levels, New York was +24%, Dallas was +13%, Chicago +17%, San Francisco +14%, D.C. +22%, Philly +14%, Atlanta +11%, and Orlando +30%.

Supergirl‘s initial wave of foreign markets grossed $5.2M. The hope is that the pic clears $80M+ in its global launch at 46,000 screens in 77 foreign markets. China and Japan are part of the offshore suite opening Friday, with France and Belgium bowing next weekend. Domestic opening forecasts have cooled from $50M+ to the upper-$40M+ range start for the feature production, which I’m told cost $170M but others tell me was net $186M. As we told you, Supergirl has over $100M in media value from its global promotional partner campaign, DC Studios’ biggest ever. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 is expected to lead the weekend in its second frame with around $90M.

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Rotten Tomatoes audience score stands at 77% which is higher than The Flash (63%), Shazam: Fury of the Gods (49%), and Joker: Folie a Deux (31%) and not far from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (79%).

Meanwhile, Paramount’s Jackass: Best and Last grossed $1.2M from Thursday previews across from more than 2,450 locations. The pic’s domestic outlook is $10M this weekend for the net $10M production. The MTV IP is also going in 19 markets including Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Six markets will release later, including Australia on July 2.

Also, in another good beat at the summer box office, Paramount Pictures and Miramax’s Scary Movie crossed $100 million at the domestic box office yesterday, becoming the first R-rated comedy to reach the milestone since Girls Trip (2017) (meaning not R-rated action comedy like the last two Bad Boys sequels, and not superhero R-rated comedy like Deadpool & Wolverine). The film also crossed $100 million at the international box office last weekend, bringing its worldwide total to more than $200 million. Broken down, the exact cume is $208.5M WW, comprised of $100.5M stateside and $108M abroad. The Scary Movie franchise now counts $1 billion at the box office.

Here’s what happened in the past week at the box office:

Toy Story 5 (Dis) 4,425 theaters Wk $227.1M/Wk 1

Disclosure Day (Uni) 3,824 theaters, Wk $25M (-59%), Total $86.3M/Wk 2

Obsession (Focus) 3,053 theaters, Wk $22.4M (-30%), Total $224.1M/Wk 6

Backrooms (A24) 2,851 theaters, Wk $11.8M (-38%), Total $179.7M/Wk 4

Scary Movie (Par) 2,725 theaters, Wk $9.6M (-54%), Total $100.4M/Wk 3