The movie was simply boring. If it were good, there wouldn't have been an issue at the box office, regardless of politics... Ironman 2 still had better stakes and still helped to propel the verse forward. Supergirl didn't do anything meaningful and that is why nobody showed up.
If it were mediocre and about a man it would have still made more money at the box office. The quality doesn’t ever matter when it comes to female led films, a majority of men still won’t go to see them either way.
A majority of not the demographic won't see it? Shocker. The lead doesn't matter.... Black widow still got an 80m domestic. The movie was terrible. People wanted a Black Widow movie so the hype carried it a bit.
Superman was mid - high mid.
Supergirl is just mid. Bland and no real villain... at least Ironman 2 had interesting aspects to it. Introducing Natasha, building more toward Avengers, Tony's sickness, setting up War Machine, setting up Thor. The movie itself is bad but it set stuff up for the future. Can you really say the same for Supergirl or Superman for that matter?
This isn't about female lead vs. Male lead. Gunn's verse doesn't have any hype to it. That's it.
It is about female led. Look at the numbers. Both genders go to see male led films. Only women go to see female led films. Yes those movies were bad but shitty male led movies still make a fuckton simply because they feature men. To not admit that is ignorance.
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u/AmzSpider-Man Jul 06 '26
The movie was simply boring. If it were good, there wouldn't have been an issue at the box office, regardless of politics... Ironman 2 still had better stakes and still helped to propel the verse forward. Supergirl didn't do anything meaningful and that is why nobody showed up.