Supergirl Tracking $55M+ Opening, Tops Past DC Aware
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- Supergirl entered three-week tracking Thursday projecting a $55M+ domestic opening on June 26, per DC Studios and Warner Bros.
- The film's unaided awareness is running higher than the openings for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ($81.6M), Thunderbolts* ($74.3M), and the original Shazam! ($53.5M), though tracking does not yet include presales.
- Milly Alcock stars as Supergirl with Jason Momoa cast as antihero Lobo, and the latest trailer leans heavily on the Momoa role; tickets go on sale Wednesday.
- Craig Gillespie directs the feature, adapted from Tom King and Bilquis Evely's graphic novel Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
- DC Studios' prior release Superman, led by James Gunn and Peter Safran, opened to $125M and legged out to $354.2M domestic and $618.7M worldwide, setting a high bar for the Supergirl launch.
- Competing June 26 opener Jackass: Best and Last is tracking $13M and pacing slightly behind 2022's Jackass Forever ($23.1M opening), while Paramount's Scary Movie is positioned to lead the frame with $40M+.
Why it matters: Supergirl's $55M+ projection is the first concrete signal for the second DC Studios release under James Gunn's leadership, and its unaided awareness already clearing past DC and Star Wars benchmarks gives Warner Bros. a real opening-weekend floor even before presales are counted. If the film legs out like Superman did, DC Studios' new universe model gets a second commercial proof point; if it stalls, the pressure on Gunn's slate intensifies with just one more major release to establish the brand this summer.
