{"id":17342,"date":"2025-07-24T05:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/07\/24\/james-gunn-accuses-anti-american-feeling-for-superman-intl-bo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:12:19","slug":"james-gunn-accuses-anti-american-feeling-for-superman-intl-bo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/07\/24\/james-gunn-accuses-anti-american-feeling-for-superman-intl-bo\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn accuses &#8220;Anti -American feeling&#8221; for &#8216;Superman&#8217; Intl. Bo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to Superhuman&#8217;s Box Office Performance<\/h2>\n<p>Although <em>Superhuman<\/em> continues to dominate the domestic box office after two weeks, its success has not fully translated to the international audience. The film has been in cinemas since July 8 and has garnered a significant amount of attention.<\/p>\n<h2>International Box Office Performance<\/h2>\n<p>The co-CEO of DC Studios, James Gunn, recently commented on the international transport of $173 million of the film. Gunn explained to Rolling Stone, &quot;We definitely work better in Germany than internationally, but internationally also increases and has really good weekdays in the same way as we do. The word of mouth is so obvious both here and everywhere very positive.&quot; He also noted that certain countries, such as Brazil and Great Britain, have seen a particularly positive response to the film.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenges in International Markets<\/h2>\n<p>Gunn acknowledged that <em>Superhuman<\/em> is not as well-known in some international markets, which can affect its box office performance. He stated, &quot;Superman is not a well-known commodity in some places. He is not a big well-known superhero in some places like Batman. That affects things.&quot; Additionally, Gunn mentioned that anti-American sentiment in some parts of the world may also be a factor.<\/p>\n<h2>Global Box Office Total<\/h2>\n<p>Despite these challenges, the global total for <em>Superhuman<\/em> continues to increase, exceeding $426 million. The film&#8217;s second weekend saw a significant gain, with $58.5 million in the US, surpassing <em>Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em> (2016) at $51.3 million.<\/p>\n<h2>The Story Behind Superhuman<\/h2>\n<p>Gunn described <em>Superhuman<\/em> as &quot;the story of America,&quot; explaining that it is about &quot;an immigrant who came from other places and populated the country, but for me, it is mainly a story that says that the basic human quality is a value and something we have lost.&quot; This theme is central to the film and is part of what sets it apart from other superhero movies.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future of the DCU Franchise<\/h2>\n<p>After taking over DC Studios with Peter Safran in 2022, <em>Superhuman<\/em> marks the first entry in Gunn&#8217;s new DCU franchise, which begins with the phase of the &#8216;gods and monsters.&#8217; This new franchise is expected to bring a fresh perspective to the world of superheroes, and <em>Superhuman<\/em> is just the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Superhuman&#8217;s Box Office Performance Although Superhuman continues to dominate the domestic box office after two weeks, its success has not fully translated to the international audience. The film has been in cinemas since July 8 and has garnered a significant amount of attention. International Box Office Performance The co-CEO of DC Studios, James<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-film-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17344,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17342\/revisions\/17344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}