Release: Superman: Doomsday

 

Superman: Doomsday

Genre: Action/Superhero/Sci-Fi

Director: Jeff Nichols

Writer: John Malone

Based on DC Comics characters

Cast: Aidan Turner, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, Chloe Grace Moretz, Frances McDormand, Halle Berry, Colin Firth, Gary Sinise, Bradley Whitford, Noel Fisher, Hugh Laurie, Mia Kirshner

Budget: $242,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $650,007,001

Foreign Box Office: $725,873,900

Total Profit: $541,189,492

Reaction: While this Superman film is highest grossing in the series, increased costs mean it does not come in as the most profitable. Still a major (and MUCH needed) success, the costs are something to pay attention to once a franchise hits over three films (and this being the fourth Superman film).

"Director Jeff Nichols and writer John Malone do it again with their combined mastery of marrying grand-scale superhero spectacle with aching human drama. The film's middle act - anchored by the titular hero's absence on Earth - is unexpectedly moving, with Chloe Grace Moretz, Frances McDormand, and Dakota Johnson turning in soulful performances as the grieving women in Superman's life. The action is thunderous throughout, even if Daniel Craig's Lex Luthor feels a touch underutilized by the end and the resurrection arc is a bit rushed." - Gideon Pike, The Monarch Ledger

“Superman: Doomsday delivers the Man of Steel’s most emotionally grounded and thematically resonant arc since Man of Steel, blending mythic heroism with real-world paranoia and loss. Aidan Turner’s Superman is soulful and weary, and Daniel Craig’s Lex Luthor is chillingly persuasive. The death and resurrection hit with real weight, bolstered by Chloe Moretz’s strong, understated Supergirl. It drags slightly post-death and Lois deserved a stronger final act, but when Superman soars back in the black suit? Cinema." - Dexter Quinn, Cinematic Observer Newsletter

"Though it feels like two stories mixed into one and it tends to feel complacent at times, this Superman film is definitely the most emotional of the series. Malone continues to find ways to elevate his Clark Kent/Superman journey with each passing film as Aiden Turner shines as the Man of Tomorrow in his toughest battle yet. But overall, its Daniel Craig as Luther who steals the show again as the DCCU's grandest continuing villain."  - Michael Carthage, Associated Press

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action/violence and some thematic elements