“The 3.5-day performance exceeded the extended seven-day holiday opening of 2006′s reboot Superman Returns which amounted to $108.1M during the week leading up to Independence Day.”[RottenTomatoes]
And you thought Seth Rogen actually had a chance to pull off a ‘high’ upset at the box-office this weekend! Turns out, a lot more people were excited to see the reboot of Superman than some had anticipated. You can thank Henry Cavill’s stubble for that – oh, and Christopher Nolan, too.
Man of Steel opened to a Krypton-sized $125.1 million open this weekend, topping not only a strong challenge from the star-studded This Is The End but also claiming the all-time best open for June from Toy Story 3 which set the $110 million record in 2010.
Whether or not the film zooms into The Avengers and The Dark Knight territory remains to be seen. But it did more six times what This Is The End did which garnered just $20.5 million over the weekend. Gasp, does this mean stoners have better things to do than watch Michael Cera wet himself through The Rapture?!
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