Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers

	Superman Returns	King Kong	War of the Worlds	Batman Begins	Spider-Man 2	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Release Summary
Genre	Comic Book Adaptation Adventure Superhero IMAX	Adventure Remake Creature Feature Past	Horror Book Adaptation Remake Disaster Alien Invasion	Comic Book Adaptation Adventure Superhero Prequel Origin Story IMAX	Comic Book Adaptation Adventure Superhero	Chase Action Person vs. Machine Robot Time Travel
Distributor	Warner Bros.	Universal Pictures	Paramount Pictures	Warner Bros.	Sony Pictures Releasing	Warner Bros.
Release Date	Jun 28, 2006	Dec 14, 2005	Jun 29, 2005	Jun 15, 2005	Jun 30, 2004	Jul 2, 2003
Gross To Date	$200,081,192	$218,080,025	$234,280,354	$205,343,774	$373,585,825	$150,371,112
Production Budget	$270,000,000	$207,000,000	$132,000,000	$150,000,000	$200,000,000	$200,000,000
Running Time	2 hr 34 min	3 hr 7 min	1 hr 57 min	2 hr 20 min	2 hr 7 min	1 hr 49 min
MPA Rating	PG-13	PG-13	PG-13	PG-13	PG-13	R
Domestic Summary
Total Gross	$200,081,192	$218,080,025	$234,280,354	$205,343,774	$373,585,825	$150,371,112
Opening Weekend	$52,535,096	$50,130,145	$64,878,725	$48,745,440	$88,156,227	$44,041,440
Opening % of Total	26.3%	23%	27.7%	23.7%	23.6%	29.3%
Widest Release	4,065	3,627	3,910	3,858	4,166	3,504
Close Date	Nov 2, 2006	Apr 6, 2006	Nov 22, 2005	Oct 30, 2005	Dec 19, 2004	Oct 30, 2003
Weekends at #1	1	2	1	2	2	1
Weekends in Top 10	4	5	6	6	7	6
Worldwide Summary
Worldwide Gross	$391,081,192	$556,906,378	$603,873,119	$373,443,774	$783,548,506	$433,371,112
Foreign Gross	$191,000,000	$338,826,353	$369,592,765	$168,100,000	$409,924,115	$283,000,000
Foreign % of Worldwide	48.8%	60.8%	61.2%	45%	52.3%	65.3%
Domestic Gross	$200,081,192	$218,080,025	$234,280,354	$205,343,774	$373,585,825	$150,371,112
Domestic % of Worldwide	51.2%	39.2%	38.8%	55%	47.7%	34.7%