Exhibitors have seen enough.
Theaters pulled Supergirl from 1,018 locations heading into Friday, and the film’s $1.1 million third-Friday gross now stands as the second-worst for a theatrical-exclusive DC movie in two decades, according to box office tracker Luiz Fernando.
The only DC film to post a worse third Friday in that entire span is Joker: Folie à Deux.
A 1,018-Theater Purge
Friday’s $1.1 million represents a 69.4% collapse from the previous Friday’s $3.6 million, and the theater count is the story behind the number.
Supergirl played in 3,602 locations in its second weekend. Heading into weekend three, that’s down to roughly 2,584, more than a thousand screens gone in a single week.
Theaters don’t cut a comic book tentpole by a thousand locations three weeks into release unless the demand is dead. Screens follow the money, and the money left.
Deadline now projects a $3.8 million third weekend, another 55% drop, right in line with Fernando’s $3.5 million–$4 million range.
That lands Supergirl at No. 8 on the domestic chart, and it’s out of the top five after just two weekends, matching the fastest top-five exits in modern DC history alongside The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
And keep an eye on the Sunday estimate, because Warner Bros.’ numbers have been revised down in both of the film’s first two frames: the $40 million opening estimate settled at $37.1 million in actuals, and the $9.6 million second weekend was corrected to $8.6 million — a 77% collapse.
The Flop Company It’s Keeping
Fernando’s third-Friday comparison list reads like a flop hall of fame:
- Joker: Folie à Deux — $659K (-69.8%)
- Supergirl — $1.1M (-69.4%)
- Dark Phoenix — $1.1M (-55.7%)
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods — $1.2M (-49.2%)
- The Flash — $1.4M (-68.1%)
- Blue Beetle — $1.6M (-40.9%)
- Birds of Prey — $1.9M (-69.6%)
- The Marvels — $2.4M (-11.1%)
Supergirl is dead even with Dark Phoenix, below Shazam 2, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Birds of Prey, and The Marvels, and above only Joker 2, while falling at nearly the same rate Joker 2 did.
Note the “theatrical exclusive” qualifier, which excludes the HBO Max day-and-date era titles like Wonder Woman 1984. Among DC movies that actually had to earn their money in theaters, only one has ever done worse on a third Friday.
$110.9 Million Worldwide — And The Math Doesn’t Work
Per Box Office Mojo, through Friday, Supergirl sits at $63.6 million domestic, $47.3 million international, and $110.9 million worldwide.
Variety has reported a $170 million production budget (Deadline even higher at $186M), with combined production and marketing costs reportedly around $290 million.
Current projections have the film finishing around $72 million–$74 million domestic and roughly $130 million worldwide.
That’s below Shazam! Fury of the Gods ($134 million), right at Blue Beetle territory ($130 million), and about $75 million short of The Marvels ($206.1 million), the movie Supergirl‘s presales were tracking behind from day one.
It’s also how you get to the $244 million theatrical loss estimate that even the trades admit there’s no way to spin.
For scale: Superman opened to $125 million — more than Supergirl is now projected to gross in its entire domestic run — on its way to $354.2 million domestic.
The Screens Followed The Demand, Right On Schedule
This is the part we’ve been telling you about since before the movie opened.
A week out from release, Exhibitor Relations flagged that premium screens would belong to the animated films, putting Supergirl‘s IMAX and PLF runs at risk against Toy Story 5‘s holdover.
That same week, Warner Bros. quietly scrubbed the IMAX line from Clayface‘s official production materials.
We also pointed to the Mortal Kombat II precedent: exhibitors don’t wait for a flop to finish flopping. They read the room, move the screens, and the movie hits VOD a month after release.
Supergirl is now running that exact playbook. The film reportedly hits digital on July 28 — barely a month after its June 26 debut — and this week’s 1,018-theater purge is the same cold exhibitor logic applied at general-audience scale.
The squeeze only tightens from here. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens July 17 with its exclusive four-week IMAX run, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day lands July 31. Whatever screens Supergirl is still holding won’t survive that gauntlet.
Next up for DC Studios is Clayface on October 23 — the film that already lost its IMAX billing — while the industry has already rendered its verdict on the people in charge, naming James Gunn and Peter Safran the biggest losers of 2026.
Read our Supergirl guide for more on the box office, story, and casting.
