DCU Steward James Gunn Confirms Superman Digital Release Date, Tells Fans to ‘Catch It While It's Still in Theaters’

It seems Superman’s tally successful theaters is nearing its extremity aft DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn announced the merchandise day for the movie’s integer launch.

In a station connected societal media, Gunn said Superman’s location merchandise is acceptable for this Friday, August 15. He past indicated the movie volition soon extremity its theatrical tally by saying: “Or drawback it portion it's inactive successful theaters!”

Assuming helium means Superman’s tally successful theaters ends this weekend, it’ll person lasted six weeks. Its latest container bureau is $578.8 cardinal globally pursuing play five, having added $7.8 cardinal internationally past play and a home play instrumentality of $7.8 million.

So we’re astir apt looking astatine a adjacent $600 cardinal haul for Superman, which kicked disconnected the rebooted DC Universe. Is that bully capable for DC Studios and genitor institution Warner Bros.? Warner Bros. said contiguous that Superman is the highest-grossing Superman movie successful the U.S. with much than $331 cardinal astatine the home container office, and is besides the largest grossing superhero movie year-to-date. (Gunn has offered his thoughts connected wherefore Superman is doing amended concern successful North American theaters than internationally.)

Last week, during a fiscal call, CEO David Zaslav said Gunn was present penning and preparing to nonstop the adjacent movie successful the “Super-Family,” and helium declared Superman “the opening of a caller epoch for DC Studios.”

For his part, Gunn has said rumors surrounding precisely however overmuch wealth Superman needs to marque successful bid to beryllium considered palmy are wide of the mark. In a illustration of Superman histrion David Corenswet published connected GQ, Gunn downplayed the container bureau unit connected the movie. “This is not the riskiest endeavor successful the world,” Gunn said.

Gunn past called the $700 cardinal fig that had been touted online arsenic the minimum Superman needs to marque during its theatrical tally to debar flop presumption arsenic “just implicit and utter nonsense,” but admitted determination is of people immoderate unit connected the movie to present for Warner Bros.

“Is determination thing riding connected it? Yeah, but it’s not arsenic large arsenic radical marque it retired to be,” Gunn said. “They perceive these numbers that the movie’s lone going to beryllium palmy if it makes 700 cardinal oregon thing and it’s conscionable implicit and utter nonsense. It doesn’t request to beryllium arsenic large of a concern arsenic radical are saying.”

It is, aft all, kickstarting Gunn and chap DC Studios CEO Peter Safran’s rebooted DCU, which already has a fig of eye-catching follow-ups successful the works. For example, Superman leads into the events of HBO Max bid Peacemaker Season 2. Then, adjacent year, the DCU continues connected the large surface with Supergirl starring Milly Alcock, and Clayface starring Tom Rhys Harries.

As for Superman's location release, it debuts successful North America connected integer connected August 15, with 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD arriving connected September 23.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Superman Digital, 4K UHD, and Blu-ray incorporate the pursuing peculiar features:

• Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle – (5:32)
• Adventures successful Making Superman Featurette (60:00)
• Icons Forever: Superman’s Enduring Legacy – Featurette (6:05)
• Lex Luthor: The Mind of a Master Villain – Featurette (5:18)
• Kryptunes: The Music of Superman – Featurette (6:31)
• Paws to Pixels: Krypto is Born – Featurette (5:54)
• Breaking News: The Daily Planet Returns – Featurette (5:23)
• The Ultimate Villain – Featurette (5:30)
• The Justice Gang – Featurette (10:37)
• A New Era: DC Takes Off – Featurette (4:53)

The pursuing peculiar features volition beryllium coming soon to Digital:

• Director’s Commentary with James Gunn
• Gag Reel
• Deleted Scenes

Check retired IGN’s Superman reappraisal to find retired what we deliberation of the film, and past caput implicit to our Superman Ending and Post-Credits Explained to find retired what it each means.

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