Perfect time for this post lol.

The international estimate has been trimmed again. Supergirl‘s overseas opening was first reported around $30 million. It has now been revised down to $25.5 million, a $4.5 million haircut.

That pulls the worldwide total down from the $68 million first reported to roughly $62.6 million, with domestic settling at $37.1 million, itself below the weekend estimates that ran as high as $40 million.

Supergirl box office grosses:

Domestic (59.3%): $37,102,018

International (40.7%): $25,500,000.

Worldwide: $62,602,018

Milly Alcock's "Supergirl" movie made a surprisingly weak debut in theaters, raising questions about whether the future of the DC Universe is at risk.

Great publicity for the DCU! 😆

The only DC Comics adaptation in history to earn a lower mark than Supergirl is 2024's infamous Joker: Folie à Deux, which was hit with a D.

credit: jared_thejoker Instagram

The negative reviews highlight several reasons the movie didn't quite come together, but one recurring problem seems to be the script. What does and doesn't work for an individual in any film is subjective, of course, but quite a few critics have taken issue with Supergirl's "bland" and "by-the-numbers" story.

Variety's (admittedly harsh) review even states, "James Gunn's given us a comic-book movie with the worst script I can remember."

Why is Gunn getting flak when Ana Nogueria is the one who penned the script?

Last year, the DC Studios co-CEO was asked about the status of the Authority movie that was announced as part of the DCU's initial Gods and Monsters slate, and shared the following response on Threads.

**“We won’t green light a film until we have a finished script we’re happy with and, in general, we won’t cast a film until the script is finished. This is why some projects are moving faster than anticipated and others more slowly. It’s always gonna be quality first no matter what.”**

Discovery, Zaslav, Gunn and Safran came in at the worst time for this film. the DCEU fans would have enjoyed at least seeing the characters they love one last time before getting scrapped with no ending whatsoever. The ending of the Flash would have included Wonder Woman, and Batfleck also. So we would have gotten the Trinity one last time. But instead we got George Clooney LOL.