The second weekend at the box office was always going to be seen as a big test for James Gunn's Superman. Because of the title character's pop culture prominence, a solid opening at minimum was long expected (as reported last Sunday, it impressed with a $125 million start), but the sophomore Friday-to-Sunday is where a blockbuster shows its real colors: either it proves top heavy and fades fast, or hype and excitement stays strong.
Today, we can report that the first blockbuster from the DC Universe is in the latter category. While it didn't exactly pull off the same magic as Ryan Coogler's Sinners earlier this summer, the numbers are strong enough to generate smiles over at DC Studios today (though there certainly aren't going to be matching countenances reacting to the numbers for Chris Miller's Smurfs and Jennifer Kaitlyn Robinson's I Know What You Did Last Summer). Check out the full Top 10 below and join me after for analysis.
