Name: Superman Returns
Director: Bryan Singer
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 2006
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Jun 28	#1	$21.04M		—	$21.04M	3,915	$5.4K	1
Thu Jun 29	#1	$11.02M	-48%	—	$32.06M	3,915	$2.8K	2
Fri Jun 30	#1	$16.32M	+48%	—	$48.38M	4,065	$4.0K	3
Sat Jul 1	#1	$18.42M	+13%	—	$66.80M	4,065	$4.5K	4
Sun Jul 2	#1	$17.80M	-3%	—	$84.59M	4,065	$4.4K	5
Mon Jul 3	#1	$12.99M	-27%	—	$97.58M	4,065	$3.2K	6
Tue Jul 4	#1	$10.51M	-19%	—	$108.09M	4,065	$2.6K	7
Wed Jul 5	#1	$6.43M	-39%	-69%	$114.52M	4,065	$1.6K	8
Thu Jul 6	#1	$5.31M	-17%	-52%	$119.83M	4,065	$1.3K	9
Fri Jul 7	#2	$6.96M	+31%	-57%	$126.79M	4,065	$1.7K	10
Sat Jul 8	#2	$8.51M	+22%	-54%	$135.29M	4,065	$2.1K	11
Sun Jul 9	#2	$6.35M	-25%	-64%	$141.64M	4,065	$1.6K	12
Mon Jul 10	#2	$2.66M	-58%	-80%	$144.30M	4,065	$653	13
Tue Jul 11	#2	$2.63M	-1%	-75%	$146.93M	4,065	$646	14
Wed Jul 12	#2	$2.65M	+1%	-59%	$149.58M	4,065	$652	15
Thu Jul 13	#3	$2.45M	-8%	-54%	$152.03M	4,065	$602	16
Fri Jul 14	#4	$3.37M	+38%	-52%	$155.40M	3,765	$895	17
Sat Jul 15	#4	$4.95M	+47%	-42%	$160.35M	3,765	$1.3K	18
Sun Jul 16	#4	$3.97M	-20%	-38%	$164.32M	3,765	$1.1K	19
Mon Jul 17	#4	$1.70M	-57%	-36%	$166.02M	3,765	$451	20
Tue Jul 18	#5	$1.73M	+1%	-34%	$167.74M	3,765	$458	21
Wed Jul 19	#5	$1.57M	-9%	-41%	$169.31M	3,765	$416	22
Thu Jul 20	#4	$1.66M	+6%	-32%	$170.97M	3,765	$440	23
Fri Jul 21	#9	$1.96M	+18%	-42%	$172.93M	2,826	$694	24
Sat Jul 22	#8	$3.07M	+57%	-38%	$176.00M	2,826	$1.1K	25
Sun Jul 23	#8	$2.34M	-24%	-41%	$178.34M	2,826	$828	26
Mon Jul 24	#9	$955K	-59%	-44%	$179.30M	2,826	$337	27
Tue Jul 25	#9	$948K	-1%	-45%	$180.25M	2,826	$335	28
Wed Jul 26	#9	$872K	-8%	-44%	$181.12M	2,826	$308	29
Thu Jul 27	#9	$888K	+2%	-46%	$182.01M	2,826	$314	30
Fri Jul 28	#12	$1.03M	+16%	-47%	$183.04M	2,005	$514	31
Sat Jul 29	#11	$1.55M	+51%	-49%	$184.59M	2,005	$775	32
Sun Jul 30	#12	$1.20M	-23%	-49%	$185.79M	2,005	$599	33
Mon Jul 31	#12	$558K	-54%	-42%	$186.35M	2,005	$278	34
Tue Aug 1	#12	$568K	+2%	-40%	$186.92M	2,005	$283	35
Wed Aug 2	#12	$554K	-3%	-36%	$187.48M	2,005	$276	36
Thu Aug 3	#11	$543K	-2%	-39%	$188.02M	2,005	$270	37
Fri Aug 4	#14	$618K	+14%	-40%	$188.64M	1,710	$361	38
Sat Aug 5	#14	$883K	+43%	-43%	$189.52M	1,710	$516	39
Sun Aug 6	#14	$658K	-25%	-45%	$190.18M	1,710	$384	40
Mon Aug 7	#13	$347K	-47%	-38%	$190.52M	1,710	$203	41
Tue Aug 8		$303K	-13%	-47%	$190.83M	1,710	$177	42
Wed Aug 9		$261K	-14%	-53%	$191.09M	1,474	$177	43
Thu Aug 10		$263K	+1%	-51%	$191.35M	1,474	$178	44
Fri Aug 11		$349K	+32%	-44%	$191.70M	750	$464	45
Sat Aug 12		$525K	+50%	-41%	$192.22M	750	$699	46
Sun Aug 13		$369K	-30%	-44%	$192.59M	750	$492	47
Mon Aug 14		$183K	-50%	-47%	$192.78M	750	$244	48
Tue Aug 15		$184K	+1%	-39%	$192.96M	750	$245	49
Wed Aug 16		$177K	-4%	-32%	$193.14M	750	$236	50
Thu Aug 17		$178K	n/c	-32%	$193.32M	750	$237	51
Fri Aug 18		$221K	+24%	-37%	$193.54M	383	$577	52
Sat Aug 19		$376K	+70%	-28%	$193.91M	383	$981	53
Sun Aug 20		$251K	-33%	-32%	$194.17M	383	$654	54
Mon Aug 21		$112K	-55%	-39%	$194.28M	383	$293	55
Tue Aug 22		$108K	-4%	-41%	$194.39M	383	$282	56
Wed Aug 23		$107K	-1%	-39%	$194.49M	383	$280	57
Thu Aug 24		$114K	+6%	-36%	$194.61M	383	$298	58
Fri Aug 25		$206K	+80%	-7%	$194.81M	311	$661	59
Sat Aug 26		$340K	+65%	-10%	$195.15M	311	$1.1K	60
Sun Aug 27		$235K	-31%	-6%	$195.39M	311	$754	61
Mon Aug 28		$88K	-62%	-21%	$195.48M	311	$284	62
Tue Aug 29		$83K	-6%	-23%	$195.56M	311	$267	63
Wed Aug 30		$72K	-13%	-33%	$195.63M	311	$231	64
Thu Aug 31		$70K	-3%	-39%	$195.70M	311	$224	65
Fri Sep 1		$176K	+152%	-15%	$195.88M	281	$626	66
Sat Sep 2		$347K	+97%	+2%	$196.22M	281	$1.2K	67
Sun Sep 3		$352K	+1%	+50%	$196.58M	281	$1.3K	68
Mon Sep 4	#19	$241K	-31%	+173%	$196.82M	281	$857	69
Tue Sep 5		$58K	-76%	-30%	$196.88M	281	$207	70
Wed Sep 6		$52K	-10%	-27%	$196.93M	281	$186	71
Thu Sep 7	#13	$49K	-6%	-29%	$196.98M	281	$175	72
Fri Sep 8		$109K	+120%	-38%	$197.09M	241	$451	73
Sat Sep 9		$215K	+98%	-38%	$197.30M	241	$891	74
Sun Sep 10		$130K	-40%	-63%	$197.43M	241	$537	75

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2	1	$52.54M	—	$84.59M	4,065	$12.9K	1
Jul 7-9	2	$21.82M	-58.5%	$141.64M	4,065	$5.4K	2
Jul 14-16	4	$12.29M	-43.7%	$164.32M	3,765	$3.3K	3
Jul 21-23	8	$7.38M	-40.0%	$178.34M	2,826	$2.6K	4
Jul 28-30	12	$3.79M	-48.6%	$185.79M	2,005	$1.9K	5
Aug 4-6	14	$2.16M	-43.0%	$190.18M	1,710	$1.3K	6
Aug 11-13	18	$1.24M	-42.4%	$192.59M	750	$1.7K	7
Aug 18-20	21	$848K	-31.7%	$194.17M	383	$2.2K	8
Aug 25-27	21	$780K	-8.0%	$195.39M	311	$2.5K	9
Sep 1-3	18	$874K	+12.0%	$196.58M	281	$3.1K	10
Sep 8-10	23	$453K	-48.1%	$197.43M	241	$1.9K	11
Sep 15-17	24	$386K	-14.7%	$198.01M	144	$2.7K	12
Sep 22-24	28	$301K	-22.0%	$198.45M	124	$2.4K	13
Sep 29-Oct 1	22	$403K	+33.8%	$198.94M	410	$983	14
Oct 6-8	24	$297K	-26.5%	$199.39M	388	$764	15
Oct 13-15	26	$216K	-27.0%	$199.73M	348	$621	16
Oct 20-22	34	$173K	-19.9%	$200.01M	303	$571	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byBryan Singer

ScreenplayDan Harris, Michael Dougherty

Produced byJon Peters, Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler

CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel

MusicJohn Ottman

StarringBrandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella

StudioWarner Bros.

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