Toy Story 5 Soars as Supergirl Flops at $37M

Supergirl flops – “Toy Story 5” surged to $300 million in 10 days while “Supergirl” arrives on a weak $38 million domestic/$68 million global opening, turning a weekend box office into a stark split for Disney/Pixar and Warner Bros./DC.

The weekend box office landed like a punchline for Warner Bros. and DC. and a relief wave for Disney and Pixar: “Toy Story 5” sprinted to $300 million at the domestic box office in just 10 days. then followed it with a $73 million second weekend. On the same track. the new release “Supergirl” is expected to open to about anemic numbers—$38 million domestically and $68 million globally—against a reported $170 million budget.

The gap isn’t just financial; it’s behavioral. “Supergirl” is opening slightly below the $39 million domestic/$84 million start of Sony/Marvel’s 2022 misfire “Morbius. ” which rapidly lost audience interest and ended with $167 million worldwide. Even with the Fourth of July holiday potentially cushioning the second-weekend drop. it looks extremely unlikely that “Supergirl” clears the 2023 DC bust “The Flash” ($271 million global total)—let alone reaches the $300 million needed to break even theatrically.

What’s already shaping that outcome is audience reception. which hasn’t been the kind of effusive momentum superhero entries can rely on. “Supergirl” has a B- on CinemaScore and a 52% “definite recommend” score on PostTrak, with women representing 62% of that audience. Rotten Tomatoes shows 56% from critics and 77% from audiences.

That doesn’t read as a disaster in ratings terms—but it also doesn’t look strong enough to hold attention in a market where general audiences have been ready to move fast. Recent Comic-Con-adjacent titles like “Masters of the Universe” and “The Mandalorian and Grogu” have shown that when a movie doesn’t outperform even slightly. the audience can vanish quickly.

It’s a stark reminder that the old superhero engine isn’t what it used to be. In the 2010s, even tepid entries like “Suicide Squad” and “Venom” could still blow past a half-billion worldwide. That appetite—especially for films that arrive with only lukewarm buzz—seems to have faded.

The pressure now shifts to DC’s strategy. After “Superman” kicked off the DC Universe reboot led by James Gunn and Peter Safran with a $618 million run last year. they and their DC Studios team are working to build mass interest around lesser-known characters. One of those bets is “Clayface,” a $40 million horror film based on the shapeshifting Batman villain coming this fall. DC’s next tentpole is “Man of Tomorrow,” a “Superman” sequel coming next summer, written and directed by Gunn.

The box office narrative is also raising a bigger question about the “cinematic universe” pitch. Marvel Studios. after years of timeline building. has struggled to maintain widespread interest. including with the upcoming reliance on the return of actors like Chris Evans to sell “Avengers: Doomsday.”.

Back on the winning side of the ledger. “Toy Story 5” is continuing to feel like the dominant force of the weekend. It is now speeding toward final theatrical totals north of $500 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. The film delivered a global second weekend of $77.5 million for a $299.7 million cume. and it’s pulling in “four-quadrant” audiences—helped along by midweek grosses from families turning out for theater discount days. With the coming release of Illumination’s “Minions & Monsters” next weekend. it may miss the global $1.24 billion total “Incredibles 2” made in 2018. but it still looks positioned to become the highest-grossing “Toy Story” movie before inflation adjustment.

Elsewhere, Focus Features’ “Obsession” landed third with $9.4 million in its seventh weekend, pushing its domestic total to $233 million as it closes in on the $279 million total that “Sinners” made last year.

In fourth, Paramount’s “Jackass: Best and Last” opened with $8.4 million from 2,855 locations. The film mixes compilations of the dumbest and funniest stunts from the 2001 MTV and four subsequent feature films with new stunts. and it’s making roughly a third of what the completely new “Jackass Forever” made in February 2022. Still, it has a clear path to profitability with a $10 million budget. “Best and Last” carries an 88% critics and 86% audience Rotten Tomatoes score and an A- on CinemaScore. with a primarily millennial male audience—67% were men. 72% were over 25. and 39% were between the ages of 25 and 34.

Universal/Amblin’s “Disclosure Day” completes the top 5. adding $8.1 million in its third weekend and sitting at a $94 million domestic total. continuing to drop fast. The Steven Spielberg sci-fi film is playing primarily to the director’s older-skewing fanbase. and it is stretching out to $100 million domestic and $200 million worldwide against a reported $115 million budget—meaning it will likely depend more on post-theatrical revenue for most of its profit.

At the smaller end of the chart. A24 released Olivia Wilde’s adult dramedy “The Invite” on seven screens this weekend. grossing an estimated $384. 000 for a per-theater average of $54. 800. Wilde stars alongside Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton. The film was acquired for $10 million by A24 out of Sundance and has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score.

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