Box Office: Six Hot Takes for a (Somewhat) Super $135M Weekend

'Superman' topped $400 million global and 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' opened with $40 million in Japan, but both 'Smurfs' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' debuted to relative indifference.

Jul 21, 2025

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The weekend total is around $135 million in North America, slightly below the $150 million total this weekend last year. That’s arguably a margin-of-error circumstance, although last weekend’s newbie was Twisters (which opened to $81 million), and this weekend’s newbies were… Smurfs ($11 million), I Know What You Did Last Summer ($13 million), and Eddington ($4.255 million). Honestly, the only reason this weekend is even close is because both Superman (-53% for a $58.45 million second weekend) and Jurassic World Rebirth (-41% for a $23.7 million third weekend) held so well at the top. And without further ado…

Box Office: Six Hot Takes for a (Somewhat) Super $135M Weekend

'Superman' topped $400 million global and 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' opened with $40 million in Japan, but both 'Smurfs' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' debuted to relative indifference.

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