Supergirl's opening weekend fell well short of what DC Studios had hoped for. The Craig Gillespie-directed film opened to $38 million domestically and $68 million globally against a reported $175 million budget.
DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran addressed the performance directly. "While Supergirl didn't meet our box office expectations, it's just one component of a broader, long-term strategy at DC Studios that we remain confident in," Safran told The New York Times.
For comparison, Joker: Folie a Deux opened to $37.6 million domestically in 2024, a number Supergirl only slightly surpassed. That film's global opening was $114.8 million, nearly double Supergirl's worldwide haul. Safran noted one bright spot: Supergirl posted the highest opening weekend for any superhero movie in IMAX history, with 51 percent of its gross, or $7.4 million, coming from IMAX and premium large format screens.
According to Deadline, competition from the World Cup and a heat wave were cited as factors affecting the domestic opening.
The studio's upcoming slate remains in place. Director James Watkins' Clayface is set to premiere October 23 in theaters. DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn's Man of Tomorrow follows on July 9, 2027. The Lanterns series is also expected to premiere on HBO in 2026.
Supergirl is set in the same universe as Gunn's Superman, which released in 2025. That film posted significantly stronger numbers before Kara Zor-El's solo debut arrived this weekend.
