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Superman Returns

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

Look up in the sky!

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$200M
Final
Opening Weekend
$52.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.81x
Opening → Total
Budget
$270M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$391M
$191M international
2006 Rank
#6
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2 World Cup (Germany) 1 $52.5M $84.6M 4,065 $13K 1
Jul 7-9 World Cup (Germany) 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

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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
StarringBrandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella
StudioWarner Bros.