Man of Steel...Weekend #2...

Okay, let's take a look at how MoS did over it's second weekend...

Compared to last (opening) weekend's total of $116.6, it made only $41.2 million as of June 23rd.

Yeah, that's a drop of over 64%, but get this - since it opened, MoS made over $210 million in the States and roughly $188.3 million in other countries, making the grand total just over $398 million.

Not the same numbers as Iron Man 3 to be sure, however...

...it's made more that Superman Returns as well as Superman 4, 3, 2, and 1.

That's right - MoS is the top grossing Superman film...of all time.

Not only that, it's the fourth top grossing film of a DC character.

Ever.

And yes, it is behind The Dark Knight ($533.3 million), and The Dark Knight Rises ($448.1 million), (and Michael Keaton's Batman at $251.1) but it's done better than Batman Begins, which made $205.3 million in it's run...

...and we're only in Week Number 2!

So it's no wonder that WB and DC are going ahead with a sequel.

Now do I think MoS will beat TDK?

Absolutely not.

But if it did beat 1989's Batman...

...it would be a whole new ballgame!