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Superman Returns

2006 PG-13 2h 34m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Warner Bros.

Look up in the sky!

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$52.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$200M
Final
Worldwide Total
$391M
$191M international
Domestic Legs3.81x
Budget$270M
2006 Rank#6
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $52.5M $84.6M 4,065 $13K 1
Jul 7-9 2 $21.8M -58.5% $141.6M 4,065 $5K 2
Jul 14-16 4 $12.3M -43.7% $164.3M 3,765 $3K 3
Jul 21-23 8 $7.4M -40.0% $178.3M 2,826 $3K 4
Jul 28-30 12 $3.8M -48.6% $185.8M 2,005 $2K 5
Aug 4-6 14 $2.2M -43.0% $190.2M 1,710 $1K 6
Aug 11-13 18 $1.2M -42.4% $192.6M 750 $2K 7
Aug 18-20 21 $848K -31.7% $194.2M 383 $2K 8
Aug 25-27 21 $780K -8.0% $195.4M 311 $3K 9
Sep 1-3 18 $874K +12.0% $196.6M 281 $3K 10
Sep 8-10 23 $453K -48.1% $197.4M 241 $2K 11
Sep 15-17 24 $386K -14.7% $198.0M 144 $3K 12
Sep 22-24 28 $301K -22.0% $198.4M 124 $2K 13
Sep 29-Oct 1 22 $403K +33.8% $198.9M 410 $983 14
Oct 6-8 24 $297K -26.5% $199.4M 388 $764 15
Oct 13-15 26 $216K -27.0% $199.7M 348 $621 16
Oct 20-22 34 $173K -19.9% $200.0M 303 $571 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBryan Singer
ScreenplayDan Harris, Michael Dougherty
Produced byJon Peters, Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler
CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel
MusicJohn Ottman
StarringBrandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella
StudioWarner Bros.