With Superman, the capital achieved the undisputed first victory against Marvel in 17 years

With our arrival in the last weeks of the 2025 summer films season, let’s take a look at the current situation of the comic book. One day the most reliable monetary cow has been the most reliable cash cow throughout 2010, since the box office revenue. MARVEL Studios certainly achieved at least one billion dollars in this contract, with “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, “Deadpool and Wolverine”, and “The Batman” from the capital was decisive and commercial success. But otherwise, this type decreased significantly from its peak.

However, it can be said that 2025 was the best summer for comic book films for several years. Marvel Studios started summer with “Thunderbolts”, which has proven to be one of the best cinematic universe after stage 3. Unfortunately, although these two films are undoubtedly one of the best of the best Marvel produced this contract (“Captain America: Brave New World” also came out earlier this year), the fans do not appear in large numbers for the MCU on the scale.

While the kind of comic book is clearly at a crossroads, in “Superman”, written and directed by DC Studius, co -James Gan. The box office may not light up on fire outside, however It is a strong success with the local masses. While Marvel Studios films were well received by critics and the public, “Superman” exceeds all three MCU versions at the box office, while also dominating pop culture. This gives DC the first undisputed victory against Marvel in films in 17 years, a more prominent victory when we look back in the last five decades of this type.

While DC and Marvel competed for nearly a century as publication of comic book, many competition among the rules of loyal fans may revolve around the amendments of films for each of them. The Modern Superhero Blockbuster was born when “Superman: The Movie” by Richard Donner in theaters in 1978, where he convinced the world that a man could fly (on the big screen). At the end of the eighties of the last century, the fans of Tim Burton “Batman” connected their fictional fans to the city of Gotham. Among these founding fathers of modern super cinema, DC Comics was the first major publisher to create a foothold at the box office.

However, the era of the first capital was not without its lowest levels, which was very deep. While the first movie “Superman” was both critics and fans, the last two have left a stigma on the legacy of the concession, with “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” which ended Christopher Reef on an unfortunate tour. As for “Batman” films, although the promise started thanks to two Tim Burton films with Michael Keaton, the cracks began to be formed when Joel Schumacher took over. Although “Batman Forever” (starring Val Kilmer) achieved a good performance at the box office, Batman and Robin’s completion (George Clooney) was a notorious volatility and put the Caped Crusader concession on ice for several years.

Marvel’s private screen began badly with the 1987 disaster that was “Howard the Duck”. It was not until 11 years after the Marvel Universe achieved the first successful picnic with “Blade”. While the page turned around about 2000s, Marvel’s characters began making a name for themselves with successful films for “X-Men” and “Spider-Man”.

In many ways, the competition in DC/Marvel entered the maximum excessive amount of excessive in 2008, thanks to the critical and commercial successes of both “Iron Man” and “The Dark Knight”. The first entry of Marvel Studios in MCU was a breath of fresh air that fully enjoyed the masses of its own advantages, with Stinger’s thickening after the ice -cake ice. Just one month later, “The Incredible Hulk” hit the theaters, and although it was not a great success like the “Iron Man”, it disturbed the flames of excitement with promises to an ambitious cinematic crossover in the coming years. Although Marvel was subject to a lot of tune in that summer, the lights immediately turned towards the capital when “The Dark Knight” broke the left and right box office records, and it became the largest movie in 2008. To this day, it is still widely considered one of the comic book in all times, if not the better.

2010 was a contract of shared cinematic universes, where MCU SuPreme rules. Meanwhile, after the end of the Christopher Nolan trilogy, Warner Bros. tried. Take advantage of the success of these films by restarting the following Superman. “Man of Steel” from Zack Snyder sparked a darker and cruel tone created by Batman’s films in Nolan, and eventually led to the broader extended universe. DCEU’s mixed success at the end led to the current restart under DC Studios, James Gan and Peter Safran.

the next Lack of box office on the second weekend of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, “ “Superman” is on the right path to become a higher comic book for 2025. This would give DC the first undisputed victory over Marvel for the first time since 2008, When “The Dark Knight” “Iron Man” is at the box office. Some may argue that the year 2008 was the year in which the capital won the battle, only for Marvel to win the long-term war for the year 2010. Marvel Studios is guaranteed to appear victorious on the capital studios at the box office next year with the most profitable nickname, “Spider-Man” and “Avengers”, and they return to theaters. But the basis that was appointed with DC Studios tempts the masses to expand the world of the capital that will come, especially with “Supergirl” and “ClayFace” looking to be bold and different in this type.

“Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” play in theaters.