‘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 more than $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 à 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 also is going in 19 markets including Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom. Six markets will release later, including Australia on July 2. 

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In another good beat at the summer box office, Paramount Pictures and Miramax’s Scary Movie crossed $100 million at the domestic box office Thursday, becoming the first R-rated comedy to reach the milestone since Girls Trip in 2017 (meaning not R-rated action comedy like the past two Bad Boys sequels, and not R-rated superhero 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 cume is $208.5M WW, comprising $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: