Box Office: 'Superman' Jumps 33% For $17M Tuesday and $155M Five-Day Cume
Even by "Cheap Ticket Tuesday" standards, a live-action $100 million-plus opener rising 1/3 from Monday to Tuesday is almost unheard of.
So, Superman just scored $17 million for the biggest Tuesday of 2025. Among all 2023-2025 releases, it is below only day 12 for Inside Out 2 ($18.5 million), day five for Deadpool & Wolverine ($25 million following a $211 million Fri-Sun debut), day five for Barbie ($26 million following a $162 million opening weekend) and day five for Inside Out 2 ($28 million from a $154 million Fri-Sun launch). And, yeah, those films pulled $154-$211 million opening weekends, while Superman accrued $125 million in its first three days. It has now earned $155 million in North America after five days of domestic play, meaning it should pass $200 million on Friday to become the year’s sixth-biggest U.S. earner thus far.
Even adjusted for inflation, it sold more tickets on day five than Man of Steel, whose $11.5 million in 2013 would be equivalent to around $16 million in today’s ticket prices. That doesn’t mean that James Gunn’s Superman reboot will approach the inflation-adjusted total ($291 million in 2013/$405 million adjusted) of Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, but its respective day-to-day total is quickly passing or about to surpass approaching Man of Steel ($152 million), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($144 million), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($148 million) and The Batman ($155.6 million). It’s still behind Thor: Love and Thunder ($170 million from a $144 million debut), but Thor 4 dropped 0.5% on Tuesday for a $10 million gross while Superman jumped 33%.