For screenwriter and director James Gunn, the poor performance of the latest “Superman” film outside the U.S. is due to an “anti-American” sentiment.
For screenwriter and director James Gunn, the poor performance of the latest “Superman“ film outside the U.S. is due to an “anti-American” sentiment.
Despite the film’s huge success at the North American box office, grossing over $253 million, it didn’t achieve the same result worldwide, grossing only $173 million internationally.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn stated that Superman is not as well-known a hero globally compared to the United States, and that there is currently a global disapproval of North America.
“Superman is not a well-known commodity in some places. He’s not as well-known a superhero in some areas as Batman. That affects things,” he said.
“And it also affects the fact that we currently have a certain anti-American sentiment around the world. That’s not helping us much.”
Despite not performing well internationally, the director believes it can change: “We’re definitely performing better in the domestic market than in the international market, but the international market is also growing and showing great numbers on weekdays, just like we are,” the director explained.
“So, obviously, the word of mouth is very positive both here and elsewhere, which was exactly what we needed to do. At the same time, there are certain countries where the performance is really good: Brazil and the UK,” he added.
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