2025 has seen an enormous debate between DC viewers members in terms of whether or not James Gunn’s Superman or Zack Snyder’s Man of Metal was the higher movie for Krypton’s final son. Whereas the DCU’s Chapter 1: “Gods and Monsters” noticed David Corenswet deliver the DC icon again to the massive display screen, the comparisons had been at all times going to be made with Henry Cavill’s entry from 2013.
The @_DCCBRASIL account just lately caught an Instagram reel that Zack Snyder had favored that was particularly concerning the field workplace variations between Superman and Man of Metal. The put up, translated from Portuguese, says: “Director Zack Snyder favored a put up evaluating Man of Metal and James Gunn Superman’s field workplaces.”
The unique Instagram reel got here from @badsantagamingg, which was shared on August 18, 2025, the place it in contrast the field workplace runs, as Superman had solely been in theaters for a month at the moment. The reel got here with the caption, “Simply going to go away this right here,” whereas exhibiting the 2 tasks’ monetary gross.
Snyder joined Instagram on September 26, 2025, greater than a month after @badsantagamingg’s reel was shared. The account that formally favored the put up was by Snyder’s now-verified web page. The ticket costs for the DC Studios entry that the reel was pulling from had been through Cinemark, at $16.08.
By way of Man of Metal’s $8.13 ticket worth, the common value went as much as these numbers in 2013 (through The Hollywood Reporter,) which is when Snyder’s movie was initially launched. On the time of this story’s publication, the DCEU filmmaker hasn’t commented on his social media exercise.
On the subject of the Superman vs Man of Metal field workplace dialogue, it is price remembering that because the reel’s posting, Gunn’s movie completed its theatrical run with $616.7 million on the worldwide field workplace. Snyder’s challenge grossed $670.1 million, which solely leaves the distinction between the 2 at $53.4 million (not adjusted for inflation.)
Following the Superman film ending, the Corenswet movie outperformed Cavill’s challenge within the home market, because the 2025 film grossed $354.1 million within the U.S. whereas the 2013 entry collected $291 million. Internationally, nevertheless, Snyder’s DCEU installment collected $379.1 million whereas Gunn’s DCU reboot landed $262.5 million outdoors the U.S.
In a report from Forbes on November 8, 2025, it was revealed that Superman was worthwhile for DC Studios, therefore the greenlight for Man of Tomorrow. The movie has additionally loved large success on HBO Max because it arrived on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streaming platform.
The Man of Tomorrow film is ready to start principal images in 2026, with Brainiac because the villain. Corenswet will reprise the function of Superman, with Nicholas Hoult additionally returning as Lex Luthor, as the 2 DC rivals should crew up towards the well-known DC antagonist.
A by-product challenge can also be in improvement at DC Studios, starring the DCU’s Jimmy Olsen from the 2025 movie. Superman and Man of Metal are each out there by way of streaming and residential media launch.