Supergirl Inches Past $100 Million at the Global Box Office After One of the Biggest Second Weekend Drops in Superhero Movie History

Supergirl has managed to inch past $100 cardinal astatine the planetary container office, but its 2nd play successful theaters besides saw it unafraid 1 of the biggest drops successful superhero movie history.

It's yet different disappointing update for the DCU pursuing its sophomore installment's already unsmooth opening weekend. Despite managing to scope $100.47 cardinal globally, Supergirl, which stars Milly Alcock arsenic its rubric character, lone brought successful $9.6 cardinal domestically and $9.4 cardinal internationally during its 2nd play successful theaters.

That's down 74% from past weekend's $37.1 cardinal home opening and a crushing stroke to Warner Bros. and DC. The diminution lands it among different comic publication movies with historically debased second-weekend drops, specified arsenic Joker: Folie à Deux (81%), Morbius (74%), The Marvels (78%), and The Flash (72%). With the vacation play coming to a close, Supergirl's worldwide full present hovers conscionable supra $100 million, coming successful 4th astatine the planetary container bureau down Minions & Monsters (first), Toy Story 5 (second), and Young Washington (third).

Supergirl was deemed a container bureau weaponry erstwhile it debuted to a planetary full of $68 cardinal pursuing its June 26 premiere. The Warner Bros. superhero movie reportedly had a $170 cardinal accumulation fund and $120 cardinal selling budget, suggesting the workplace would request astir $300 cardinal conscionable to interruption even.

The film's theatrical tally was antecedently projected to accumulate astir $200 cardinal – a fig that would enactment it astatine a $100 cardinal nonaccomplishment – but a 74% driblet suggests the workplace volition person to combat bony and nail conscionable to scope adjacent that goal. Despite Supergirl's presumption arsenic the 2nd installment successful the DCU and a pivotal infinitesimal for DC Studios, a steep diminution makes it look arsenic though things won't beryllium looking up anytime soon.

"While Supergirl didn’t conscionable our container bureau expectations," DC Studios co-CEO Safran told The New York Times pursuing its disappointing opening weekend, "it’s conscionable 1 constituent of a broader, semipermanent strategy astatine DC Studios that we stay assured in."

While Superman kicked disconnected the DCU with a bang, comic publication movie fans are hoping Supergirl doesn't derail an different promising cinematic universe. Up adjacent connected the movie broadside of things is the assemblage fearfulness offshoot, Clayface, which is acceptable with an October 2026 merchandise date. Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow is presently scheduled to prevention the time successful July 2027. For TV watchers, Lanterns is acceptable to premiere successful August.

Alcock volition instrumentality successful Man of Tomorrow, with Safran teasing that she'll play an important relation successful follow-up DCU projects. For more, you tin cheque retired IGN's 6/10 Supergirl review. You tin besides work astir immoderate behind-the-scenes details that suggest originative differences betwixt Gunn and manager Craig Gillespie impacted the last product.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).