Box Office Disaster Supergirl Could Reportedly Lose Warner Bros. $100 Million During Its Theatrical Run

Supergirl is reportedly projected to adjacent its theatrical tally with a planetary container bureau full that could suffer Warner Bros. much than $100 million.

That's according to Variety, which reported connected acheronian skies up for the sophomore DCU movie aft it bombed successful theaters connected its opening weekend. Its archetypal 4 days successful theaters saw it bring successful a disappointing $38 cardinal domestically, for a $68 cardinal planetary total, and it doesn't dependable similar it volition person the legs to interruption even.

The tract said Warner Bros. and DC spent $170 cardinal to nutrient Supergirl and $120 cardinal to marketplace it. Although, arsenic noted by Variety, the chopped for theatre owners would usually bring the break-even fig to a staggering $375 million, 1 root says it volition request to scope $300 cardinal to recoup its costs.

The Milly Alock-led superhero flick kicking disconnected its tally with $68 cardinal already suggests Warner Bros. is successful store for an uphill conflict to scope those numbers, but determination are adjacent much factors astatine play. Being poised to beryllium an aboriginal summertime blockbuster with its June 26 merchandise day means Kara Zor-El volition soon look a crowded abstraction arsenic audiences flock to caller films passim July.

Things commencement aboriginal with the merchandise of Minions & Monsters July 1. Evil Dead Burn and the live-action Moana remake past some travel July 10. Mid-to-late July is wherever things get particularly busy, arsenic moviegoers volition astir surely permission Supergirl arsenic an afterthought erstwhile Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey makes landfall July 17, portion Spider-Man: Brand New Day volition bring superhero movie fans backmost to theaters July 31.

With truthful small country to breathe, Supergirl is presently lone projected to accumulate $200 cardinal to $210 cardinal passim its worldwide container bureau run. Mixed reactions from fans online could steer funny fans distant from showings, too, perchance leaving it with adjacent much disappointment down the road.

An already optimistic $200 cardinal successful container bureau net would theoretically permission Warner Bros. with $100 cardinal to $120 cardinal successful losses. However, 1 Variety root acquainted with the film's financials said that, should projections cookware out, the nonaccomplishment would beryllium person to $80 cardinal to $85 million. A reported deficiency of backend deals for the formed and unit volition assistance it interruption even, but the Warner Bros. representation is inactive disconnected to a unsmooth start.

"This was ever going to beryllium a pugnacious hurdle for DC and Warner Bros. due to the fact that Supergirl isn’t a quality that has ever created an event-level blockbuster," Exhibitor Relations expert Jeff Bock told Variety. "Audience cognition of Supergirl was not good. This is conscionable a lawsuit of the movie wasn’t bully capable to go an event."

As fans instrumentality to societal media to reason astir needle drops and communicative decisions, Supergirl reviews haven't been peculiarly strong. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes presently shows a "rotten" professional people of 54%, portion its assemblage people sits astatine a somewhat much favorable 76%. IGN gave the movie a 6/10 review.

Despite Supergirl's struggle, the DCU is showing nary signs of slowing down. Superman began DC Studios' rebooted comic publication movie beingness with a sonic roar erstwhile it premiered past year. While much TV shows similar Lanterns and a Jimmy Olsen / Gorilla Grodd task are successful the works, the adjacent film, Clayface, is already acceptable to interruption the mold this October. Man of Tomorrow volition spot David Corenswet – and Alcock – instrumentality to the large surface successful July 2026. Beyond that, DC Studios plans to present Batman into the caller DCU via a Brave and the Bold movie, determination are plans for a Wonder Woman film, and co-CEO James Gunn has spoken openly astir yet getting to a caller Justice League.

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

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).