That breakdown includes $95 million overseas and $122 million domestically. Attendance was slightly softer than expected at the international box office, though box office watchers believe that’s partially due to Superman’s deeply patriotic roots. His motto, after all, is “Truth, justice and the American way.”

Superman, the first movie in Peter Safran and James Gunn‘s revamped DC Studios Phase I, "Gods and Monsters," has leaped to a $217M global opening. That's in line with the pre-weekend projection of at least $200M.

"Superman" is off to a solid start at the box office with $217 million worldwide on opening weekend, in line wiht projections.