Supergirl suffered a crash landing in theaters with a $68 million opening weekend at the global box office.
The new DCU film scooped up just $38 million domestically and about $30 million internationally. It’s a split that puts the Milly Alcock superhero movie below expectations, which had Warner Bros. and DC Studios hoping to pull in $50 million across 3,600 North American theaters in its first weekend.
Those early projections already set a low bar for the Supergirl movie despite its position as a highly anticipated follow-up to 2025’s Superman. Adding insult to injury is the film’s budget, which, according to Deadline, is between $170 million and $186 million, before marketing costs. A disappointing start means the project faces a long road before it can even think about breaking even as the DCU works through what seems to be its first letdown in theaters.
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