DC Studios' Supergirl, headlined by Milly Alcock has emerged out of its first weekend test with a head-on collision as it has just collected $68 million worldwide, a massive setback for the production house and the film made on a massive scale.
Directed by Craig Gillespie, the film debuted in theatres last week, but has been at the receiving end of criticism, negativity and public scrutiny even before that. Hence, the film stumbled in North America as well with $38 million. The action-adventure film cost $170 million to make but was received with mixed reviews when it hit screens.
DC Studios' co-chairman and co-chief executive has now broken his silence on the film's underperformance worldwide. "While Supergirl didn't meet our box office expectations, it's just one component of a broader, long-term strategy at DC Studios that we remain confident in," he said to The New York Times.
Supergirl follows Kara Zor-El as she embarks on an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice alongside her best companion dog krypto, after a personal tragedy sets her on a path of confrontation with a powerful adversary.
The film also stars Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills, Eve Ridley as as Ruthye Marye Knoll, David Krumholtz as Zor-El, Emily Beecham as Alura In-Ze, David Corenswet as Superman, and Jason Momoa as Lobo.
An excerpt from our CE review of the film read, "Supergirl is a testing film. It is tediously slow, sluggishly flat, and lacks a lot of charm. Like Kara, the film and the studio is yet to land on that tone, which results in Supergirl teetering dangerously towards becoming wasted. Yet one can be hopeful about further appearances of Supergirl, as a delightful performer is the one to don the suit."
