Now, the dust has cleared, and it can be said with certainty that three days into its release, Superman is a hit, the film arrived on the heels of Gareth Edwards' Jurassic World: Rebirth and easily took over the number one spot at the weekend box office with what is on the books as the third biggest debut in 2025.

Contrast that with Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel," which opened to similar numbers but drew polarized reactions, hobbling its efforts to build a larger cinematic universe from the get-go. That doesn't appear to be the case this time,