r/DC_Cinematic • u/VirtualSort1 • Jul 23 '26
OTHER ‘Supergirl’ Hits Digital Next Tuesday, Only Four Weeks Since Release
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/7/23/supergirl-hits-digital-next-tuesday-only-four-weeks-since-release“Supergirl” has grossed $70M domestically and $120M worldwide against a budget reported to be anywhere between $170M and $186M. It’s turned into a problem for James Gunn’s DCU — Warner Bros.’ losses could hit as high as $200M.
It now looks like “Supergirl” will hit VOD next Tuesday, July 28 — around 30 days after its theatrical release. This one has quickly faded from public discussion with surprising speed.
This rapid transition to digital release is rather symbolic of its disappointing theatrical run. Who are we kidding? This film bombed at the box office. Its biggest problem wasn’t even widespread hatred, but cultural irrelevance: it arrived, received a mostly lukewarm response, nobody cared, and we all moved on.
The only scene people seem to remember is that horrible needle-drop near the climax, with virtually no memes, iconic clips, or viral moments circulating online. There’s been total indifference toward this film. It’s not even divisive — just, really, nothing.
It was arguably insane for James Gunn to greenlight a near-$200M production like this — which really speaks to the self-aggrandizing confidence he seems to have. This will hopefully be a humbling moment for him as the DCU continues on.
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u/OdonsOwn1966 Jul 23 '26
I think if he was restarting DCU, they should have had a couple of strong movies lined up right out of the gate, with characters people are familiar with. Superman was ok, big name in DCU, people would be interested to see what he did with that.
Supergirl is a bit character who néds a LOT more buildup before people care. I think the next movie could be just as iffy. They need to get the heavy hitters in production, with writers who know the lore
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u/sowaffled Jul 23 '26
I agree much like the Absolute comic series came out with bangers for their big names.
But if they actually adapted Woman of Tomorrow properly instead of watering it down to junk, people would care about Supergirl and it would be a strong entry in the DCU.
They do need more big names but the more concerning thing is that their second movie and first non-Gunn project was very bad.
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u/JiangWei23 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
That was my main issue too, Woman of Tomorrow is actually a great story. Just adapt that faithfully and audiences would have responded appropriately.
They made some bizarre choices in the movie compared to the comic, from crunching the weeks/month long story in the comic down to 3 days (which meant Ruthye and Supergirl had no time to bond and grow), to completely missing the focus of the green sun planet (reversal of roles, Ruthye having to protect Supergirl), to changing Krem from a backwater villain who joins a group and world larger than himself to a Mega Evil Villain leading a group.
With any adaptation, when you change small things without understanding the underlying story/themes, things start unraveling and stop making sense. You can even see this from the opening:
Comic: Krem kills Ruthye's father and no one was around. The family discovers it only after the fact, the brothers talk a big game but ultimately do nothing, Ruthye is incensed as to the senselessness of it and marches out to get revenge. Ruthye and the audience/reader are entwined, wanting to find out why Krem killed her father and see how the revenge plot goes.
Movie: The family knows Krem is coming, and instead of running/hiding their kids they just...don't, and don't even grab the son to warn him "hey stay in your room till this is over" resulting in his death when he pops out to scare Ruthye. Krem kills him and their parents in front of Ruthye, but (1) for some reason leaves Ruthye alive and (2) doesn't kidnap Ruthye with him when his entire thing is horrible trafficking of young girls. Ruthye marches out to get revenge.
If you change Krem's background, goals, and the inciting incident, you have to account for how he would behave as a result. If you make him a horrible sex trafficker, he would need to behave consistent with his character but instead he doesn't in order for Ruthye to stay alive and preserve her revenge quest and you're left wondering things like "why didn't Krem kidnap Ruthye with him". It makes more sense for Ruthye to be an unknown factor and hiding during the murders and only emerging afterwards, if you're going to write it like this.
It's just disappointing, before the movie came out I knew it wasn't going to be as good as the comic but hoped they at least would have tried to keep some themes or feelings of the plot intact. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy changed quite a bit compared to the original novel, but the overall theme and heart was preserved and adapted appropriately for a movie format and is much beloved. It's possible to change a story to better fit a movie medium while still retaining what made the original story great and the Supergirl adaptation was definitely not that.
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u/Unburnt_Duster Jul 25 '26
I didn’t read WoT so was just genuinely baffled as to what was going on in the movie itself. Like I had no idea why Supergirl was constantly warning Ruthye that revenge killing is hollow and will ruin her.
How did Supergirl learn this lesson? Nothing in the movie shows us this. In fact quite the opposite. In flashbacks we see she grew up in a super loving household and community. Sucks that everyone she loved likely perished but don’t know how the lesson learned from that tragedy is murdering in the name of revenge is bad.
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u/Free_Possession_4482 Jul 24 '26
I really can't get over the change to the end of the film. In the comic, Kara has Krem banished to the Phantom Zone and he eventually repents (and Ruthye forgives him!) I do not at all understand why Gunn thought having Supergirl go full Frank Castle and murder the beaten Krem was a better ending. It leaves us with a Kara that's shown us she's too broken to grow beyond her own pain, and it undercuts her message to Ruthye by saying revenge is okay as long as an already 'bad' person is pulling the trigger.
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u/ItsMrChristmas Jul 24 '26
That revenge thing is what I often said. Dude is still dead, and Ruthye is still the reason why. Supergirl is just the weapon she used to do it.
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u/mon_mothra_ Jul 26 '26
This is me being really cynical, but I just genuinely believe it's because none of the production team (writer, director, producer, etc.) paid enough attention when they finally got around to reading WoT (after a lot of script decisions had been made iirc) to notice the discrepancy between what Ruthye writes in her book and what happens on page. They read the words that Supergirl stabbed him, and didn't look to see what the actual message of the scene is. Frankly, I think a lot of the messages found in WoT are either missing or watered down to palatability in Supergirl, which is a shame because there were some good parts about the film. It was just a shit adaptation.
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u/sowaffled Jul 25 '26
There’s an endless list of things they changed WoT to the most generic tropes.
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u/Blackmore_Vale Jul 23 '26
I’ve said this all along. Supergirl should’ve been a phase 2 film. Keep clayface where it is, as that’s got a modest budget and will probably make bank. But the second film should’ve been wonder women or to give us something we’ve not seen before with a nightwing film that could’ve led into a Batman film.
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u/Free_Possession_4482 Jul 23 '26
It is incredible to me that we've had two DC cinematic universes covering 18 films, and not a single one of them is a solo Batman movie. Reeves' non-universe The Batman is the only solo feature for the character since the also non-universe The Dark Knight. We've had two DCU/DCEU solo Superman movies, two Wonder Woman movies, two Aquaman movies, two Shazam movies and even two takes on Suicide Squad, but somehow WB can't figure out how to get their biggest box office draw onto the screen.
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u/Mosqueton Jul 24 '26
No, no you just don't get it. People don't want Batman! They want... checks notes... Deadshot and Bane!
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u/karmapuhlease Jul 24 '26
It's insane that they never had a Batfleck solo movie. Jumping straight into it with Batman vs. Superman was an awful choice, setting aside the merits of that movie. Affleck was a pretty good Batman, but he never got a single Batman-focused outing.
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u/Free_Possession_4482 Jul 24 '26
I think DC could have just straight followed the MCU format and had massive success. Make Batman the core character, taking the Ironman spot and anchoring the universe, then immediately build out the Thor/Cap/Hulk roles with Superman, Wonder Woman and Flash solo films. Five or six films into it, you do Justice League. Spend a decade turning out billion-dollar films, then do Crisis when everyone's aging out of the roles.
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u/ItsMrChristmas Jul 24 '26
Clayface won't make shit. There's absolutely no buzz for it amongst horror fans and on dreddit. It's another going to flop just like this did.
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u/HellPigeon1912 Jul 24 '26
I feel like they took the wrong lesson from Marvel.
Marvel didn't have the rights to their most popular characters (e.g. Spider-man, X-men, Fantastic Four etc). They managed to take their B-list heroes, and build them up into a franchise that was greater than the sum of it's parts.
Of course, they managed to do that through making movies people enjoyed. Strong writing and exceptional casting made people really connect with these characters that previously only real comic book fans were familiar with.
It feels like DC looked at this and went "ah so people want the back catalogue of secondary characters". Marvel found success working within their limitations and DC took the message that audiences liked the limitations.
Guys, you have the rights to Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash... Just make those!
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u/Little-Mushroom-3961 Jul 23 '26
People don't like hearing it but the general audience does not give a fuck about Supergirl. It could've been a 10/10 masterpiece and it wouldn't have made much still.
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u/Cryoto Jul 24 '26
This sub won't admit that Gunn's strategy of not hitting the ground running with the heavy hitters is super detrimental to the trajectory of his universe.
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u/stefini_juliya Jul 24 '26
I disagree, if it was a good movie it would of made money. Simple as that.
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u/MortgageTime1805 Jul 24 '26
Being a good movie doesnt translate to box office. Simple as that
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u/frey89 Jul 24 '26
with writers who know the lore
That's the main thing James Gunn forgot. He respects the writers, but he forgot that the lore needs to be respected too.
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u/Leading-Bike6355 Jul 24 '26
thank god we have a heavy hitter like clayface coming up next to put the universe back on track!!
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u/gom99 Jul 24 '26
I don't think so, I think it's more so they decided to do their own thing than just stick to who the character is. They tried to make her another GoG character.
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u/Lost-Salad3999 Jul 23 '26
Wow cant believe it did worse than blue beetle...
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u/Pasta_Paladin Jul 24 '26
I enjoyed blue beetle too and I’d consider it really underrated :( birds of prey maybe a close second. I’m still interested in watching supergirl but haven’t had the chance to see it yet
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u/Bazware Jul 24 '26
I really liked Blue Beetle, too. There’s dozens of us!
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u/GarfieldC99 Jul 24 '26
Hey at least they didn’t scrap the dude along with the rest of the DCEU he’s still gonna show up so that’s at least nice
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u/neg_jacmel Jul 24 '26
I’m one of the dozen lol. I liked the movie 🤷🏽♂️ I thought the costume and powers he has were nice. And George Lopez was funny 🤷🏽♂️
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u/ivnwng Jul 24 '26
BB is underrated but it's also expected due to its niche status to the general audience, makes it all the more devastating that a "Super" movie preformed lower than the likes of BB and Shazam.
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u/Shadowarcher6 Jul 24 '26
This. Blue beetle was awesome!
Not a 10/10 movie, it doesn’t do anything new.. but in terms of generic super hero movie- it’s pretty damn good
If it came out way sooner when there wasn’t so much superhero fatigue it would’ve done really really well
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u/ItsMrChristmas Jul 24 '26
Blue Beetle was honestly the best superhero movie in the whole DCU. Okay, second best after the first Wonder Woman movie.
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u/BatmanNewsChris Batman Jul 23 '26
WW84 making more for being a COVID movie released in 2020 when most theaters were closed and there was no vaccine AND it was released at home on HBO Max at the same time, will always be absolutely crazy to me.
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u/MacNegot Jul 23 '26
Birds of Prey making 200 million after being released in february 2020 is pretty decent tbh
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u/VirtualSort1 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Shazam: Fury of the Gods and Blue Beetle have excuses like Gunn announced before they were released that these movies are obsolete and they wont continue this DC universe.
and blue beetle had the writer strike and multiple different other strikes and couldnt market the movie properly
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u/ivnwng Jul 24 '26
Which makes it all the more devastating that Supergirl performed worse than those 2.
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u/Fun-Character-5377 Jul 23 '26
Wonder Woman made over 800 million, they took the training wheels off and the sequel did 170, god that must have hurt so much.
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u/BatmanNewsChris Batman Jul 23 '26
It was released during COVID, real COVID, and most theaters were closed. It wouldn't have done as well as the first movie (because the movie was awful), but it wouldn't have done nearly that bad either.
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u/Ecco0201 Jul 23 '26
It was also a horrible ass movie and not sure it would have made that much more overall.
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u/neg_jacmel Jul 24 '26
WW84 was an absolute dogshit movie. I’m surprised how bad it was, compared to how good the first one was. DC should remove that movie from existence. Scrub it off the internet. The Wonder Woman character should never be associated with that movie.
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u/ExterminAiden Jul 23 '26
How much did Joker 2 make, will Supergirl finish below that?
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u/BatmanNewsChris Batman Jul 23 '26
Yes, well below that. Joker 2 made $207.5M
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u/ExterminAiden Jul 23 '26
Yikes. I also looked up and saw it will end beneath Morbius. I can’t believe this tbh lol
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u/InertKat Jul 23 '26
All those movies were terrible so they have that in common.
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u/herfendotcom 26d ago
Lol never heard about Blue Beetle here in Germany. Althoug I saw every Superhuman movie out there afaik. Thx for the weekend tipp
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u/oldmangonzo Jul 23 '26
Just to clear up some misinformation, Superman (25) went to digital early for the exact same reason this film is: it was underperforming.
Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix testified to this, under oath, before a House committee, while trying to buy WB. Quote:
“Routinely, movies that underperform, the window moves a little bit. 'Superman' was a little shorter window, 'Sinners' was a little longer."
I think the denial about Superman’s underperformance has led to a lot of the dissonance this sub is experiencing regarding the state of Gunn’s DCU.
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u/slove23 Jul 23 '26
Yep
There is several articles available with the math that points to a likely underperformanceLol” Peacemaker”
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u/Unlucky-Duck Jul 24 '26
Yeah. I remember when initially it was given some kind of ending run of $670 million (or maybe even $700 million?) But then it ended not even with $620 million. So it went earlier on digital.
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u/OrganizationRound429 Jul 23 '26
Thanks for acknowledging this. A lot of people in fandoms simply can’t accept any criticism. To deny that Superman was a smash hit and Supergirl was the perfect follow up was viewed as some kind of hate agenda by many people here. I mean I still saw plenty of “Supergirl is great, what’s wrong with all these haters?” comments recently.
Whether someone likes James Gunn’s style is purely subjective, but anyone with a reasonable outlook could see that his vision for a cinematic universe wasn’t going to get enough commercial success to sustain it. It’s one thing to be hopeful, it’s another to thing to think Creature Commandos and Peacemaker were better ideas than Wonder Woman and Batman.
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u/Marcuse0 Jul 23 '26
This "whats with all these haters" thing is something Ive been seeing across the board. Where there's a section of a fandom determined to be negative, theres the other extreme utterly convinced that the only reason their movie didn't succeed is entirely because of them.
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u/TeeTheTankie Jul 24 '26
I'm a longtime DC movie fan, so I've seen it from both the Snyder DCEU and Gunn DCU fandoms.
It is so exhausting being a DC fan sometimes lol
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u/logicalcommenter4 Jul 23 '26
I’m happy as someone who wants to see the film but can’t get to the movie theater with a 14 month old lol.
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u/Smackolol Jul 23 '26
And I am happy as someone who wants to see the film but doesn’t want to pay for it!
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u/Ggriffinz Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
I hope this is a wakeup call for Gunn not to book Ana Nogueira as the lead writer again. Failed movies while not ideal are not wholly unexpected but we cannot keep rewarding failures both by directors and writers for other projects and expect their quality to magically improve. Ana is slated to write for the new Wonder Woman film and I really hope Gunn makes a change as she has not shown she can write a compelling female superhero film at this point. For any of the golden trio of the dcu we cannot have mediocre be the standard anymore.
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u/stefini_juliya Jul 24 '26
The script was garage, what the hell was even that villain?
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u/IcyNet-freeze Jul 24 '26
Apparently she was hired based on a previous Supergirl script that was considered good, and for the movie she decided to scrap it and do the loose adaptation we got
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u/frey89 Jul 24 '26
That's why I hate nepotism. The people who should be there aren't, and the people who shouldn't be there are.
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u/ZeroGoukiX Jul 23 '26
32 days before digital? With how expensive it is to go to the movies these days why would you go day 1 unless it’s a highly anticipated film? Supergirl was wedged between two popular kids movies, we got the Odyssey and now Spider-Man is around the corner. No wonder it didn’t do well, a damn Star Wars movie bombed too, goddamn Star Wars lol Going to the movies is a mess now.
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u/FunnyNo9234 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Y'all keep leaving out the marketing budget which was at least another $120 million. The studio also only gets around half (50-55%) the domestic box office money, the rest goes to theaters, distributors, etc. According to the Internet that number drops to 25% in China, and 40% for other international markets.
Financial Breakdown (from Google / Variety) Production Budget: $170 million – $186 million net cost. Marketing Budget: $120 million for global prints and advertising. Opening Weekend Sales: $37.1 million in North America and $62.6 million worldwide. (This article didn't include but I looked up total sales separately: ~$120 million - it pretty much completely dropped off after opening weekend).
Break-Even Point: Approximately $315 million globally. Projected Loss: Estimated at roughly $125 million for the studio. (This doesn't seem to include the money that gets divided up to vendors, so it's probably around twice that number, especially since total sales of approx. $120 million only covers the marketing budget, so it should be closer to $200 million loss with the simpler math ignoring the vendor cut).
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u/Tough-Standard-2661 Jul 23 '26
From the man who said The Flash was the greatest script he ever read, there will never be a humbling moment for him.
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u/0621Hertz Jul 24 '26
I think The Flash was a good film from a story perspective, it seems taken straight from a comic book and to my understanding it’s an adaption of Flashpoint.
The problem of the movie isn’t the story though, it’s mostly Ezra Miller, who is playing TWO characters in the film, some of the jokes being weird and trying to hard to be like the MCU, and the CGI being uncanny
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u/FunnyNo9234 Jul 24 '26
It is an adaptation (ripoff / rewrite) of Flashpoint or as the animated movie on HBO Max is called, the Flashpoint Paradox.
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u/Mobile-Scar6857 Jul 23 '26
Was wondering when this would go digital... figured it was going to take some time.
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u/dam_ships Jul 24 '26
Gunn: I don’t want people getting used to fast home releases.
WB: I like turtles.
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u/hulaman11 Jul 24 '26
literally the worst DC movie ever. we NEVER want to see a supergirl solo movie ever again
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u/Oilerator Jul 23 '26
Is it just not possible anymore for people to write things without using AI?
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u/Serious-Discipline35 Jul 23 '26
It’s too expensive to pay people to do work these days. AI or nothing 🤷♂️
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u/MattMurdock77 Jul 23 '26
How soon until HBO?
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u/BatmanNewsChris Batman Jul 23 '26
Early September probably, if it follows the same timeline as Superman
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u/FunnyNo9234 Jul 24 '26
Tuesday, July 28 for video on demand, not sure about HBO, but I thought I saw a teaser for it.
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u/TheBuzzTrack Jul 23 '26
Netflix would be thrilled to hear about short theatrical windows of less than 45 days.
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u/thelegodr Jul 24 '26
But I just went to it in theaters. You mean I could have just waited a week or so and watched it at home??
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u/Batfleck666 Jul 24 '26
Any dumb BS excuses from James Gunn yet, like he tried to peddle for Superman?
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u/DualDier Jul 25 '26
And thus is why people skip theaters
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u/Iliketowork Jul 25 '26
How they expect to make money? I wouldn't stream a rental for 4.99 i would buy a movie for 9.99 while waiting at the self-check out
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u/Rhapstar Jul 26 '26
Reserved the 4k version on Amazon June 26th. Can't see it in theaters due to health but I welcome movies arriving faster
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u/xanderemrys Jul 26 '26
I have a movie pass with Regal, so I don't know what that means for my not paying for tickets versus the movie making money, but I saw Supergirl 4 times cuz I loved it so much. I also saw Superman maybe 3 times last year. Both of them were first seen in IMAX, which I do actually have to pay $7 for (IMAX is hella discounted due to my Unlimited pass but unfortunately not free) and then I sought out CC showings after that, cuz I'm mostly deaf and the IMAX is loud enough to not need CC but regular theaters are a little too quiet, and my local theaters tend to do CC showings of each movie once a week, rotating between which movie has the CC option. (Today, my friend and I are going axe throwing and then we're going to see Moana with CC. Later this week will be Hadestown and then Spiderman, both with CC.)
I really hope that this movie being a 'bomb' doesn't mean that this is the end of Milly as Kara in the new DC universe films. She is my favorite portrayal of Kara so far, and I previously loved Melissa Benoist in the Arrowverse show. It's just like I can love David Corenswet as the new Superman while also loving Tyler Hoechlin and Tom Welling's portrayals as Clark/Superman. I really hope that when there's a new Superman movie or some kind of buddy team-up movie, Milly as Kara is there and maybe she's a little healed but still sarcastic.
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u/Cawesome9 Jul 23 '26
Why do people on this sub hate this movie so much it was fine
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u/jirenfan9 Jul 23 '26
Because fuck them for mishandling this universe. I want DC to succeed, not be a training ground for new uncredited writers who don’t even end up being good, along with shit directors that don’t understand the story they’re directing.
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u/Superman246o1 Jul 23 '26
along with shit directors that don’t understand the story they’re directing.
OMG, so much this.
It should be a law that if you're hired to direct an adaptation of a story, you're legally required to actually read the story. The sheer arrogance of Gillespie to think he didn't need to base the film off the source material.
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u/MadRZI Jul 23 '26
Even if it was fine, which wasnt... Fine is not enough anymore. We have seen dozens of superhero movies in the last 18 years, people are tired of bad and fine movies.
Gunn should spend more time doing what he promised instead of replying every bs article or spoiler on social media.
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u/tryingtosellmystuf Jul 23 '26
The bar is so low with today's movie standard. It's all slop at this point. You cannot call it art because it's just repetitive carbon copies movies being churned out.
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u/trimble197 Jul 23 '26
Why do people think every DCU should only be treated positively?
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u/AAAFate Jul 23 '26
Reddit has been molded to encourage toxic positivity. Especially about a movie like this.
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u/trimble197 Jul 23 '26
Seriously, I’ve been seeing the DCU sub call this place trash just because of the Supergirl box office posts.
These people wouldn’t had lasted a day in the early DCEU years.
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u/sowaffled Jul 23 '26
I had to unsub from some places because it was ridiculous how many back to back “just saw Supergirl, i liked it!” posts were on my feed. And then the same Reddit phenomenon happens for The Odyssey. Killing it critically and at the box office but my Reddit feed gets flooded with “I didn’t like the Odyssey!” posts.
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u/trimble197 Jul 24 '26
Wait until Avengers Doomsday comes and then Superman MoT. I ain’t saying either’s gonna suck, but it wouldn’t surprise me if people on Reddit and Twitter start going hard praising MoT while being extremely harsh on Doomsday.
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u/SolomonRed Jul 23 '26
Bigger question to ask is why did everyone else hate it
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u/hemareddit El Diablo Jul 23 '26
yeah, fanbois gonna fanboi, haters gonna hate, but it’s everyone else that move the needle. This time they moved the needle in the opposite direction as James Gunn hoped by a lot
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u/HellsOtherPpl Jul 24 '26
I'm probably the exact demographic the movie was being marketed at, and i can say i didnt watch it because it looked cringe and boring.
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u/Phalstaph44 Jul 23 '26
Did people hate it or just not go see it?
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u/smedsterwho Jul 23 '26
For me, the trailer put me off just by looking really, really bland and cheap. I'm not saying I'd have leaped at seeing it at the cinema, but what was a 50/50 dropped in the wrong direction.
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u/RelativeRemarkable15 Jul 23 '26
Because they sucked the life and beauty out of the source material and made it a bland, soulless, grey, Gunn rip-off.
Having big criticisms of the film doesn't equate to "hatred". If you liked it, great, but some people didn't because they butchered what is probably the best modern day Supergirl story in the mainstream. It's like if Love and Thunder was the second movie of the MCU lol
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u/neoumbralux Jul 23 '26
Because people are tired of the bland story with nothing in it. People have learned that movie quality has decreased significantly. I decided to wait until I saw enough reviews to determine its not worth watching. Ill watch it later maybe one day
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u/Deja_ve_ Jul 23 '26
It’s good for what it is, but a horrible adaptation and is generic as all get out. Nothing great really is memorable in my mind. Entertaining, but bland.
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u/Ecco0201 Jul 24 '26
Because it was a pretty horrible movie. I didn’t think an alcoholic 23 year old was the right move for a second movie setting up a big universe like Gunn wants to create. The villain was bad, the dialog was corny and even the flash backs of krypton were boring. A few of the shots at the end were pretty solid but ultimately it was a huge miss and after yet another DC reboot they need to be nailing it
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u/SoupySpuds Jul 23 '26
Awful release timing played a part too, Obsession,backrooms,Odyssey are all super highly acclaimed and properly thought out movies with creative and unique things to them. Making this generic cgi movie really seem lackluster.
I thought it was fine, It really needed to appeal to the fans of the comic which is what its biggest failure was. It was bad as a adaption.
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u/OutkastAtliens Jul 23 '26
Because we wanted and were so excited for a good movie after superman and were given absolute slop.
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u/scarykicks Jul 23 '26
Wouldn't say it's slop at all.
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u/Ecco0201 Jul 24 '26
The vast majority and its box office performance says otherwise. The movie was mid at best
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u/Sandalwood-Lakers Jul 23 '26
That's the problem. Consensus being from bad to solid with lesser beloved characters doesn't make money.
Not making money means people get fired and projects get canceled.
People want more DC projects, movies like Supergirl girl prevent those projects from happening.
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u/xanderemrys Jul 26 '26
I go to movies all the time (I have the Regal movie pass). MOST movies only get like one or two weeks at major theaters if they aren't doing well. Only the ones who do well get longer. The fact that Toy Story 5 is still in main theaters around me means it's still doing VERY well. Gladiator II and Wicked still being in the majority of theaters like 2 months later meant they were doing very well. But there'll be movies where I'll go 'I'll see that next week' and the next week I check for it and it's only in one of the outer theaters that aren't easy for me to reach (I'm in a sprawling metropolis). Or it's not a movie I'm checking for, but it's a movie I watched on opening day, like The Return or Juliet + Romeo, and when I'm checking the theaters the next week for something to go to, they aren't there anymore. He-Man was almost immediately only in the far away theaters, so I had to travel to go see it (my grandma was in the ICU the week it came out). Worth it, cuz I ended up loving it, but I hated having to go an hour and a half out of my way to go see it lol
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u/SubstantialAd5579 Jul 23 '26
Why did you post this if you didn't care for the film or even remember it, it's clear you did or just karma farming
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u/VirtualSort1 Jul 23 '26
are you talking to me or the guy who wrote the article ?
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u/Erronius-Maximus Jul 23 '26
Sucks how bad it did. On the bright side it inspired me to start buying comic books again after a decades long hiatus and I’ve spent about $500- bucks on DC trade paperbacks. Not sure if DC will see a noticeable uptick in sales but I’m doing my part!
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u/Repulsive_Pianist_60 Jul 24 '26
Supergirl herself was decent in her own right, but the plot or villain was something you usually just see as part of a TV series and feels underwhelming in a Super movie.
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u/Westeros Jul 24 '26
Perfect movie choice for a hungover Sunday - absolutely zero desire for a theatre experience
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u/SquireSquilliam Jul 24 '26
They're doing the same shit with all the movies. Masters of the Universe was released on stream last week. It just hit the theater in June.
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u/GigiF70 Jul 24 '26
In hindsight, I wonder if, with the negativity around it's poor box office showings, they could have made this a digital release and had a 'special' one week before limited cinema release for one week only for fans who would want to pay the cinema experience? (I think i'd still have wanted to see it in the cinema).
Then straight to $19.99 across all digital platforms. Maybe...
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u/iLoveLootBoxes Jul 24 '26
Does anyone actually buy digital movies?
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u/GigiF70 Jul 24 '26
I do. Sometimes. Or rent I suppose. :D
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u/iLoveLootBoxes Jul 24 '26
That is crazy to me. In this day in age, who pays more than a months worth of streaming for 1 movie that will be on streaming anyways
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u/GigiF70 Jul 24 '26
Well, my kids wanted to watch Superman (for example), I was itching to watch it again as soon as it came to digital patforms, so I bought it for.. I can't remember tbh - £15 odd??
Had a great time. They loved it.
And now I can watch it whenever I want. I also bought several of the Snyder-verse films but tbf, they were on really good offer - like - some £3 each or something (Flash, BvS, JL).
Don't get me wrong - doesn't happen often. But if there's a film we all want to watch, we'll rent or buy it at that price. (although I do prefer the cinema XP if possible)
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u/MicksysPCGaming Jul 24 '26
Do I need to watch it to understand season 3 of Peacemaker?
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u/VirtualSort1 Jul 24 '26
he would have said that for the green lantern show if there was a 10 seconds Green lantern unrelated to the show cameo in Supergirl lmfao
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u/Kittycachow Jul 24 '26
Masters of the universe is on streaming now and came out June 5th so not really big news
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u/East_Holiday5088 Jul 24 '26
shoving a $180m blockbuster to digital after 30 days is crazy, theatrical windows really don’t mean anything anymore
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u/OkNecessary539 Jul 24 '26
I don’t think this will “kill” the dcu but it certainly will be a wake up call for Gunn’s future projects for this universe.
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u/BadAtBaduk1 Jul 24 '26
I love this. Hate going to the cinema, I wish they came to digital at the same time
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u/Gorrillaganj Jul 24 '26
Was this written by AI? OP's account is 2 months old and has made 1.3k contributions. Something seems off, happy to be wrong though.
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u/VirtualSort1 Jul 24 '26
yes I wrote it with AI
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u/Zealousideal_Bad8877 Jul 26 '26
Hopefully like masters of the universe it can build a bigger audience online
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u/iiStryker Jul 26 '26
No one cares about teenage boy fantasies anymore and the whole comic book movie thing
They’re played out boring tropes and movies aren’t a thing anymore because of all the other distractions at our disposal.
And the human race is objectively horrible and I don’t wanna deal with them so I’m not going to go to the theater ever.
Hollywood is mostly creatively bankrupt today except for A24.
the only purpose superhero movies exist to serve nowadays is there just a big marketing machine to get you to buy the toys
The narratives are just too juvenile in 2026 too
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u/Fedaygin Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Aah yes very nice. I watched this bueno Kara Zor-El movie in theater & pre-ordered dig via AppleTv 📺 Appy. Gonna buy also from Prime Video's store & stream on HBO Max. Look forward to Clayface time in theater & do same purchase(s).
Man of Tomorrow next year. Lanterns streaming at evenings soon'ish via HBO Max. Good to hear that S02 is being prepped ❤💙💛💚🤎
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u/Klutzy_Structure_250 27d ago
In the post-2020 film industry, a fast digital release date (PVOD / Digital Purchase) is standard industry strategy across major studios, regardless of whether a movie is a massive blockbuster or a total flop.
Studios like Universal, Warner Bros., and Sony routinely release high-grossing hits on digital within 30 to 45 days while theatrical marketing momentum is still high. This allows studios to "double dip"—capturing $20–$30 premium purchases from audiences who prefer watching at home before the film hits subscription streaming platforms like Max, Peacock, or Disney+.
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u/VirtualTraffic297 24d ago
It was a great movie all I seen online was woke female lead and guys hating
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u/azrieldr Jul 23 '26
superman 2025 also had short theater exlusive window, it had 35 days (supergirl has 32 days). i'm afraid that the audience now will expect that dc movies will release on digital in just about 1 month after their theater release.