Franchise
Superman
5 films•1978–2025•Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Comics
66%average critics74%average audience$262.0Mdomestic average
Films
5
1978–2025
Domestic
$1.31B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.85B
lifetime
Avg opening
$93.6M
3-day
Avg legs
5.83x
opening → total
Return
2.7x
on $1.05B of budget
The Superman series runs to 5 films from Superman (1978) to Superman (2025), together grossing $1.31B domestic and $2.85B worldwide. The biggest hit is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) at $873.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $166.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superman | 2025 | $125.0M | $354.2M | 2.83x | $618.7M | A- | 86% | #5 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | $166.0M | $330.4M | 1.99x | $873.6M | A- | 27% | #8 |
| Man of Steel | 2013 | $117.0M | $291.0M | 2.50x | $670.0M | A- | 56% | #5 |
| Superman Returns | 2006 | $52.5M | $200.0M | 3.81x | $391.0M | B+ | 72% | #6 |
 Superman | 1978 | $7.5M | $134.2M | 18.0x | $300.2M | — | 87% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 11.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.7x
$2.85B worldwide on $1.05B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.31BInternational $1.54B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.5x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#17Biggest single daysBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$81.6M#17Biggest PG-13 openingsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M#21Biggest opening weekendsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M
3 placings across 3 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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