James Gunn’s Superman was all the time going to develop into a primary hit when it flew onto streaming, and David Corenswet’s Man of Metal has accomplished simply that on his HBO Max debut. The largest superhero film of the 12 months joined the streamer’s lineup on Friday, September 19, and instantly soared to the highest of the worldwide chart. Whereas it’s too early to see what sort of numbers the film has been doing, the movie has been pulling in considerably greater than its nearest rivals, together with Seth Rogen’s R-rated animated comedy Sausage Celebration.
The swift arrival of Superman on HBO Max was one thing of a shock, only a month after it made its digital VOD debut and 70 days after its theatrical debut. Nonetheless, Gunn beforehand defined that the streaming launch of the film was to tie in with the upcoming Season 2 finale of Peacemaker, which has ties to the summer time blockbuster for many who prefer to cross the boundaries of TV and cinema with their superhero universes.
Superman blasted its strategy to a $615 million worldwide field workplace this summer time, turning into the next grossing movie than its MCU rival, The Implausible 4: First Steps, and the primary DC film to high $300 million on the home field workplace since Robert Pattinson’s The Batman three years in the past. Though some nonetheless noticed the film’s efficiency as a disappointment, there isn’t any denying that as a primary step for the brand new DCU, the return of Superman to the highest of the field workplace was just about the perfect begin Gunn might have wished for.
Whereas Superman made sense as the primary massive display screen outing for the brand new DCU, David Corenswet’s Man of Metal goes to be an integral a part of what comes subsequent in James Gunn’s grand plan for the DC Universe’s upcoming slate. Supergirl arrives in cinemas subsequent summer time, with potential for a Superman cameo. Now we additionally know that Corenswet may also have a pivotal position within the third film in Gunn’s Superman Saga, Man of Tomorrow.
In a latest podcast, Gunn revealed that Man of Tomorrow will basically be a Lex Luthor film, however naturally, the place there’s Luthor, there’s his nemesis. Besides this time round, it appears to be like just like the enemies will probably be forming an unlikely alliance – simply don’t count on it to be one which lasts for greater than the size of the film. There have been loads of rumors that Peacemaker’s Season 2 finale will function a cameo from Nicholas Hoult as Luthor, and can arrange the 2027 film.
Whereas some have questioned the necessity for therefore many Superman-centric films popping out within the early a part of the DCU’s first “chapter,” particularly when everybody simply desires to know who will probably be taking part in Batman, Gunn clearly has a plan for a way he desires the franchise to pan out. Whether or not this matches with what followers need is a wholly completely different matter, but it surely appears they’ve a option to both go alongside for the trip, or go and grouch about it on social media.
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July 11, 2025
- Runtime
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130 minutes
- Director
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James Gunn