While Superman is taking his lumps throughout the superhero movie, The Green Lantern, played wonderfully by Nathan Fillion, walks through disasters and battles with nary a scratch. He is unflappable and seemingly untouchable by any of the many enemies he faces throughout the movie. He’s even cocky about it.

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a systematic ranking of every "Superman" movie. With the release of James Gunn's "Superman," ostensibly beginning a new era in superhero movies (and in DC Comics superhero movies,

We’ve had a lot of ‘Super’ in Superman over the years, and I’m happy to have made a movie that focuses on the ‘man’ part of the equation – a kind person always looking out for those in need. That that resonates so powerfully with so many people across the world is in itself a hopeful testament to the kindness and quality of human beings.

The superhero film, starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel soared at the box office on its opening weekend, taking $217 million (£161 million) at the global box office. Reacting to the news, writer-director Gunn wrote on Threads ”I'm incredibly grateful for your enthusiasm and kind words over the past few days.

James Gunn’s Superman had a fairly super opening weekend. The movie grossed an estimated $122 million in domestic theaters plus another $95 million overseas for a total of $217 million. That’s a huge improvement over most of DC’s movies of late,