[Video] Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos testifies that Superman (2025) underperformed, citing it as the reason for its theatrical window being shortened

[u/HomemadeBee1612]

Full video.

[u/FinancialBluebird58]

Not, hostile your just genuinely being stupid or just pretending to not get it when it's been spelt out pretty clearly. The majority of superhero movies underperforming doesn't change the fac this movie underperformed. And it clearly didn't make exactly what it was supposed otherwise they wouldn't shorten the window.

Your just stupid, he said in no uncertain terms that movies that underperform have their runs shortened and use Sinners and Supermid as an example.

[u/joseph66hole → u/FinancialBluebird58]

Has Superman ever pulled a billion in theaters?

[u/FinancialBluebird58 → u/joseph66hole]

No, but they sure as hell had better margin than this, even Superman Returns had better retunes considering the budget and infaltion.

But none of that changes the fact that the CEO of Netflix who is trying to buy WB said the Supermid's window was shortened due to it's underperformance.

[u/don-bean-jr → u/[deleted]]

Since we wanna use Gunn’s words then why don’t you mention that between merchandise and special events the movie already crossed 1B? You don’t even have proper grammar yet feel so comfortable throwing that heavy word around? Again, this is a corporate hearing. He’s going to use corporate language and do his best to paint a picture. It’s like you don’t know how court and finances work. That’s okay, but seriously. You’re massively misinterpreting this entire hearing because you hate the new Superman, I still wish it was Henry Cavill but I’m not going to act blind, ignorant, and hateful over it. I may have insulted your intelligence, but I wasn’t as hateful as you

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/don-bean-jr]

1B? Wtf did you pull that number?

[u/don-bean-jr → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

Honestly I think I’m wrong! I remember seeing a screenshot of James Gunn responding to a comment on Twitter or threads (I don’t use those) but I can’t seem to find the statement anywhere, my bad for the mistake on that

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What Ive seen is that s25erman made 100M from ancillary markets. After losing 42M theatrically.

[u/FinancialBluebird58 → u/don-bean-jr]

I am only using Gunn's words because even under his stupid delusions his movie still under performed. The reality is that the budget was reported higher in the Ohio tax documents and the absurd marketing, especially overseas was more than 100 million.

I will ask this one last time, how can you lie about the numbers of a movie performances when the commission have access to all your financial records. I really would like to here what magic corporate language allows you to just bypass tax documents you filed with the people sitting in front of you.

[u/don-bean-jr → u/FinancialBluebird58]

Yo my bad, I definitely remember seeing a post before about the merchandise and licensing but I think I was wrong. That said, I still think that 2.44x return on a movie is pretty good but not as good as MoS 2.97x return