411 Box Office Report: Superman Holds Well, Retains Top Spot For Second Week

It was a second week atop the box office for Superman, which held on well from last weekend’s start. The DC Universe film brought in $57.3 million in its sophomore frame, down 54% from its opening weekend take. That’s a very decent hold, better than the drops for most of the final DCEU movies like The Flash (72%), Shazam: Fury of the Gods (69%) and Black Adam (59%). (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was the exception at 34%, but that was over the holiday period.) It is also a noticeably smaller drop than Man of Steel, which dropped 65% in its second weekend.

Superman is sitting fairly pretty at the moment with $235 million domestically and $400.9 million worldwide. It still has more to go before the studio can consider it an unequivocal success but it’s well on the way. As of now, it’s outpacing Man of Steel and even with heavy competition coming next weekend, it is looking likely to cross the $300 million domestic mark. At a reported $225 million budget, the studio will be very likely to consider this a successful relaunch of the franchise.

Universal also has a successful relaunch in Jurassic World Rebirth, which continues to hold on quite well. The dinosaur sequel tallied up $23.4 million, down just 42% from last weekend. That is the best third weekend hold for the franchise since the original Jurassic Park slipped just 28% in 1993. Rebirth now lives up to its name with $276.2 million domestically and $648 million worldwide, a hit against a production budget of $180 million. The film is likely to gross at least $325 million domestically at this point, perfectly fine numbers even if it’s below the takes of the other Jurassic World films.

I Know What You Did Last Summer had a perfectly acceptable start, though not a runaway success by any measure. The legacy slasher sequel launched with $13 million, which is around where it was expected to going into Friday. That’s an okay opening, topping the starts of fellow 2025 horror films Heart Eyes ($8.3 million), The Woman in the Yard ($9.4 million), Wolf Man ($10.9 million), and Until Dawn ($8 million).

Of course, it must be said that most of those are original films, while I Know is the restart of a known horror franchise. Still, no one ever thought that this revival was going to do Scream levels of business. The I Know franchise has always been in that other meta-slasher series’ shadow and this was more of the same.

It doesn’t help that the buzz around this one was muted at best. Critics didn’t like it with a 38% RT aggregate score, but that’s also no surprise as they didn’t like the original I Know (46%) or its 1997 sequel (an awful 10%). Audiences are mixed as well with a C+ CinemaScore and a 68% RT audience rating.

None of that will help this one’s numbers, but it should be in fine shape by the end. It added $11.6 million overseas – again, a decent start – for $24.6 million total. There isn’t another big horror release until Weapons arrives on August 8th, so I Know What You Did Last Summer should be able to make it to around $30 million domestically, which will be enough for it to be considered a success. Will it pave the way for future films? That’s still to be determined.

We have a clearer answer for that question in regard to The Smurfs: probably not. The Paramount Pictures animated reboot took in $11 million, which is about where most expected it to do – not that this is a good thing. That’s the lowest premiere weekend for the franchise to date, behind even Smurfs: The Lost Village’s rough $13.2 million opening in 2017.

While Smurfs’ opening isn’t that far off from I Know What You Did Last Summer, the budgets are the key. The Smurfs cost $58 million to produce, and Paramount marketed it more heavily than Sony Pictures did I Know. So the animated film is not looking to be in great shape, to say the least. Critics hated it (20% on RT), audiences are meh on it (68% RT audience rating and a B+ CinemaScore, which is low for kids’ films), and it just seems like no one was interested or liked this one.

While the original Smurfs trilogy survived on their overseas numbers, that doesn’t seem as likely here. It did okay with $25 million, but it is going to need to have incredible legs to eke out much of a profit. Domestically it seems likely to be around $30 million or so. It’s not an absolute bomb, but neither is it a success.

F1: The Movie continues to have box office stamina as it slipped just 26% in its fourth weekend. The Apple Original racing drama brought in $9.6 million, pushing its totals to $153.6 million stateside and $460.8 million worldwide against a $200 million budget. This one is going to be a financial hit for the studio before it leaves theaters, with a likely $170 million or more in the US before it crosses the finish line.

Speaking of hits, How To Train Your Dragon was off just 32% in its sixth weekend to score $5.4 million. The live-action remake now has $250.7 million domestically and $588.9 million worldwide against its $150 million budget. It is now looking like it could get to $270 million domestically, while it is certain to pass the original’s $614.6 million to become the highest worldwide gross in the franchise.

Ari Aster’s latest film Eddington opened where most expected it to, taking in $4.3 million. The divisive film had some people hopeful that it would make it higher in the single digit range, but it ended up falling between the openings of Aster’s Beau Is Afraid ($2.7 million) and Midsommar ($6.6 million).

The result shouldn’t be a surprise to most. Aster has cultivated a horror fanbase, and Eddington is outside that range as more of a Western dark comedy. What’s more, it’s a pandemic-set film – something audiences have no interest in going out to theaters to see – that touches on politics. That’s a whole lot of audience “no’s” piled together. To add to that, it has not received the buzz that his other films have, with a mildly warm 66% on RT among critics and a 64% RT audience rating. (The CinemaScore is a C+, par for the course for Aster).

A24 is well aware that this wasn’t going to be a crowd-pleasing blockbuster; as we’ve said before, their profit calculations always include home viewing in a way the major studios don’t. Still, the $25 million budget may end up being a challenge for the film to make up even there. Eddington should make it to around $10 million or so in the US. It will roll out internationally in the weeks and months to come.

Elio was down 50% in its fifth weekend, tallying up $2 million. The Pixar film now has $68.9 million in the US and $129.8 million worldwide, obviously nowhere near enough to offset its $150 million budget. It is still likely to close out close to $75 million domestically.

On the other hand, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch became the first US film to cross the $1 billion worldwide mark this year. The live-action remake was down 45% in its ninth weekend to $1.5 million. It has $418.2 million domestically and the aforementioned $1 billion worldwide, with a US endgame of about $425 million.

28 Years Later closed out the top 10 with $1.3 million, down 51% in its fifth weekend. The horror sequel is now at $68.7 million domestically and $145.2 million worldwide, good enough against a $60 million budget. It will be profitable with a final US gross north of $70 million.

A new superhero film will claim the top spot next weekend in Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is targeting the same $125 million start that Superman did.

BOX OFFICE TOP TEN (Three-Day Domestic Numbers)
1. Superman – $57.3 million ($235 million total, $406.8 million WW)
2. Jurassic World Rebirth – $23.4 million ($276.2 million total, $648 million WW)
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer – $13 million ($13 million total, $24.6 million WW)
4. The Smurfs – $11 million ($11 million total, $36 million WW)
5. F1: The Movie – $9.6 million ($153.6 million total, $460.8 million WW)
6. How To Train Your Dragon – $5.4 million ($250.7 million total, $588.9 million WW)
7. Eddington – $4.3 million ($4.3 million total, $4.3 million WW)
8. Elio – $2 million ($68.9 million total, $129.8 million WW)
9. Lilo & Sitch – $1.5 million ($418.2 million total, $1 billion WW)
10. 28 Years Later – $1.3 million ($68.7 million total, $145.2 million WW)