Superman is disappointing

Even though it made 84 million dollars in its first 5 days of release, ‘Superman Returns’ has not been the record breaking hit many predicted. This is Warner Bothers tent pole movie of the summer, their best bet for a huge hit, and with a budget of 260 million dollars, ‘Superman’ is a long way from breaking even. It’s 84 million doesn’t even come close to the 5 day record of 172 million set by ‘Revenge of the Sith’ or the 152 million earned by ‘Spiderman 2’. It’s not even the best 5 day run this year, with ‘X-Men 3’ earning 130 million dollars in its first week and ‘the Da Vinci Code’ making 92. The future doesn’t look much brighter with ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 2’ opening this Friday. The always great JoBlo.com says:

“Superman’s figures are disappointing overall, when you consider that the film was released during the prime weekend of the year, cost more than any other movie this year and had so many positive reviews going for it. In the grand scheme of 5-day release figures, it only managed a 30th place showing, behind films such as BRUCE ALMIGHTY, PLANET OF THE APES and yes…even X-MEN 3!”

My hope is that this is struggling because everyone knows Bryan Singer movies are boring. Because both of his ‘X-Men’ movies were boring, mostly made up of scenes where one male character went off to a dimly lit room with one female character. Were they fighting or playing Five Minutes in Heaven, it was hard to tell, but Singer seemed to think this would be exciting. Another reason ‘Superman’ might be dying is because people started to hear about the blatantly anti-American tone he painted the great American superhero movie with. Which is not only wildly offensive, but also just plain wrong. Being American is fuckin terrific. That’s why in the bible it says if God didn’t make you American, it’s because he hates you.


Source = JoBlo and Box Office Mojo