“Man of Steel” sets a record for the biggest opening in June, ever. The reboot made $12 million on Thursday (thanks to the Walmart advance screening), $113.1M domestic, and $25M at foreign theaters totaling to $151M. The PG-13 film screened in 4,207 theaters including 331 IMAX screens. Warner united with 98 promotional partners spending $170M in publicity, out spending ‘The Dark Knight” by 20 million.

(Update) Father’s Day gave a last minute push to the $200 million milestone. (via Hollywood Reporter)

…the stellar showing on Sunday prompted Warners to revise those numbers upward to $116.7 million and $128.7 million, respectively.

Overseas, Man of Steel opened to a strong $71.6 million in its first 24 markets.

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Knowledgeable source from the studio was quoted that the “Man of Steel” sequel is in the works and expecting a release as soon as 2014. The “Justice League” film is expected to hit theaters in 2015. (via Rotten Tomatoes and WSJ)

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13 COMMENTS

  1. It’s foreign take is actually $71.6M. And WB adjusted their weekend estimate to to $116.7M to include a slightly higher Father’s Day take, making its worldwide total just over $200M.

  2. Spider-Man did the two-year turnaround.
    Thor will do it next Fall.
    Batman did it (although the second movie was “Batman & Robin…)
    Iron Man did it.

    And then there’s Harry Potter… 8 movies in ten years, produced by, you guessed it, Warner Brothers.

    And don’t forget WB’s New Line, which produced The Lord of the Rings.

  3. @Torsten

    Post production for Man of Steel took 16 months. Unless they already started filming it, or greatly reduce the amount of FX shots, I doubt they could get the sequel out by the end of 2014.

  4. @DP
    And I don’t know movie FX, but… if the groundwork for the Superman effects is already done (Cavill flying, etc), wouldn’t that cut down on some of the post production for subsequent movies? I can’t imagine that everything would be created from scratch.

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