Pakistan, July 18 -- Last weekend was a celebration for Superman, after a $125 million domestic debut and $220 million global launch for WBD and DC Studio's newly rebooted DCU. Now Superman adds a solid $13 million Monday and massive $17 million Tuesday to push that figure to $155 million domestic.

Soft international sales for Superman were expected but still below expectations, but word-of-mouth is tremendously positive, especially for key demographics that could help stave off large weekly drops in the second and third weekends. By midweek, we're now looking at a first-week cume of approximately $310 million heading into second weekend for Superman, with indicators pointing to a healthy $55 million North American gross and perhaps anot...