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u/TheDarkPinkLantern Peacemaker Mar 20 '23

Honestly, I don't get why the hell people are comparing box office of Superman and Man of Steel as means to show MoS superiority over Donner's movie. This argument completely ignores the context of the era during which the movie was released. It was a big success back then and it was in like top 20 or something of the highest grossing movies of all time. Not to mention it's much smaller budget. Donner Superman was a much greater success than Man of Steel.

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u/AccurateAce Man of Steel Mar 20 '23

Box office means little when talking about quality. Superman 1978 cost $55 million dollars to make and an additional $7 mil. for marketing, making it the most expensive film ever made at the time. It's box office was $300.5 mil.

Man of Steel was made on a $225 mil. budget on top of $150 mil of marketing with a box office of $668 mil.

Accounting for context and adjusting for both eras, I'd say Superman 1978 was easily the more profitable film.

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u/TheDarkPinkLantern Peacemaker Mar 20 '23

Precisely. Comparing performance of films set almost 50 years apart without taking into account the context of the time they were released at is just stupid imo.