Superman finally swooped into theaters yesterday, but the most anticipated movie of the year had a so-so first day at the box office.
SUPERMAN RETURNS, which was originally scheduled to hit theaters this Friday, earned $21 million in its first day of release — that’s only the eighth best Wednesday opening of all time. SPIDER-MAN 2 has the best Wednesday opening with $40.4 million, followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (3), The Passion of the Christ (4), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (5), The Matrix Revolutions (6), and War of the Worlds (7).
Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations, tells the Associated Press that producers of SUPERMAN RETURNS aren’t looking for a quick buck. “If you’re trying to break opening-weekend records, then generally you open on Friday, but what they’re going for is the long run. I think in the end the worldwide take on this movie is going to be just tremendous, because it is just that good of a film.”
SUPERMAN RETURNS, which has been earning positive reviews, reportedly cost $260 million to produce.
This is the best Superman movie so far.
Comment by Jesse Tan — July 5, 2006 @ 12:17 am
I dont like superman at all the fact that he is strong and flies basically invinsible yet dies so easily because take one piece of kryptonite and hes dead as Batman did to him in Batman legends oh and superman is stupid because he copied Batman 1992 movie name Batman Returns the Returns part yeah sounds stupid but its true
Comment by Bat Geek — July 22, 2006 @ 4:38 pm
this is the best movie i have ever seen. i saw it ten times
Comment by minh — September 7, 2006 @ 4:27 pm