Peter Safran Still “Confident” In DCU Strategy After ‘Supergirl’ Didn’t Meet “Box Office Expectations”
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- Peter Safran told the New York Times that Supergirl didn't meet Warner Bros.' "box office expectations" against the film's reported $175M budget, calling it "just one component of a broader, long-term strategy."
- Supergirl is tracking a $68M global opening — $38M domestically — with the studio citing the World Cup and a heatwave as headwinds, narrowly topping Joker: Folie a Deux's domestic debut but trailing Joker 2's $114.8M global opening.
- Supergirl nonetheless posted the highest opening weekend for any superhero movie in Imax history, with 51% of its gross from Imax ($7.4M) and premium large-format screens.
- DC Studios' upcoming slate includes James Watkins' Clayface on Oct. 23, James Gunn's Man of Tomorrow on July 9, 2027, and the Lanterns series on HBO in 2026.
Why it matters: By recasting a soft opening as part of a 'long-term strategy,' Safran places the next performance test on Clayface's Oct. 23 theatrical debut — the first post-Supergirl release in DC's rebooted slate before Man of Tomorrow arrives in theaters July 2027.
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