Supergirl is losing theaters faster than Morbius did
Three weeks in, Supergirl is down to 2,584 locations after exhibitors pulled it from more than 1,000. At the same point in its run, Morbius still had 3,462. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens today and takes IMAX for a month.
Morbius is the joke. It’s the shorthand for a comic book movie nobody wanted, the one that got memed so hard Sony re-released it and it made less money the second time.
Supergirl is emptying out faster.
The numbers
Exhibitors pulled Supergirl from 1,018 theaters heading into its third weekend, dropping it to 2,584 locations. It grossed $3.56 million, down 59%, and fell to No. 8.
At this same point in its run, Morbius was still in 3,462 theaters.
Supergirl opened in fewer theaters than Morbius and is being pulled from them faster. Twenty-one days after release.
Its third Friday brought in $1.1 million, a 69% collapse from the Friday before. Per box office tracker Luiz Fernando, that’s the second-worst third Friday for a theatrical-exclusive DC film in two decades. The only one worse is Joker: Folie à Deux.
Today it gets worse
The Odyssey opens today.
Christopher Nolan’s film is tracking for $118 million, sits at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, and takes an exclusive four-week IMAX run with it. Two weeks after that, Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives on July 31 with projections as high as $250 million.
Whatever screens Supergirl still has aren’t surviving that.
Where it lands
The film sits around $66 million domestic and $115 million worldwide against a $170 million budget plus roughly $120 million in marketing. Break-even is north of $300 million.
Projections have it finishing near $100 million domestic and $200-210 million worldwide. Estimated theatrical loss: $100 to $120 million.
Warner Bros. is reportedly fast-tracking it to digital as soon as July 28 — which, if it holds, means the movie hits VOD roughly a month after it opened.
The rest of the slate
DC’s next at-bat is Clayface on October 23, a $40 million film that already lost its IMAX booking to Street Fighter.
Then Man of Tomorrow in 2027, with Milly Alcock back as Kara. She’s fine. Her reviews were good even when the movie’s weren’t.
Twenty-one days from opening weekend to the clearance rack. Morbius took longer.
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Variety, Box Office Mojo, and box office tracker Luiz Fernando (July 2026), verified the theater counts and grosses — exhibitors pulling Supergirl from 1,018 locations to 2,584 heading into its third weekend, the $3.56 million third weekend down roughly 59% and falling to No. 8, the $1.1 million third Friday down 69.4%, and Luiz Fernando’s tracking that it ranks as the second-worst third Friday for a theatrical-exclusive DC film in two decades behind only Joker: Folie à Deux
fxoxo box office tracking (July 2026), verified the comparison that Morbius still held 3,462 theaters at the same point in its run before dropping to 2,306 the following week, and that Supergirl both opened in fewer theaters and is losing them more rapidly
Variety, Forbes, and industry reporting (June-July 2026), verified the surrounding numbers and slate — the $170 million budget plus roughly $120 million marketing against a break-even north of $300 million, current totals near $66 million domestic and $115 million worldwide, projections of roughly $100 million domestic and $200-210 million worldwide with an estimated $100-120 million theatrical loss, reports of an accelerated digital release as soon as July 28, The Odyssey’s July 17 opening with a four-week exclusive IMAX run tracking toward $118 million at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 31, Clayface’s October 23 release at a $40 million budget after losing its IMAX booking to Street Fighter, and Milly Alcock’s confirmed return in Man of Tomorrow