When Is James Gunn's ‘Superman' Coming To Streaming?
James Gunn's Superman, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult, is new in theaters. How long will it be before the movie comes to streaming?
Rated PG-13, Superman opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. The summary for Superman partially reads, 'When Superman (Corenswet) is drawn into conflicts both abroad and at home, his actions to protect humankind are questioned, and his vulnerability allows tech billionaire and master deceiver Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) to leverage the opportunity to get Superman out of the way for good.
'Will the Daily Planet's intrepid reporter Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) together with the aid of Metropolis's other metahumans and Superman's own four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help Superman before Luthor can completely destroy him?'
Right now the only way you see Superman is in theaters, so check your local listings for showtimes.
When Superman comes to the home entertainment marketplace the first place viewers will be able to see it at home is on digital streaming via premium video on demand.
Warner Bros., the studio behind Superman, tends to release its films on PVOD anywhere from a month to six weeks after they open in theaters. For example, the studio's hit Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opened in theaters on Sept. 6, 2024, and arrived on PVOD just over a month later, on Oct. 8, 2024.
Another one of the studio's blockbuster hits, A Minecraft Movie, opened in theaters on April 4 and debuted on PVOD just under six weeks later on May 13. Sinners, which was also a smash hit for Warner Bros., opened in theaters on April 18 and debuted on PVOD about six weeks later, on June 3.
If Superman follows the same release pattern as the above listing, viewers can expect to purchase or rent the film on PVOD sometime between Aug. 12 and Aug. 26, since new film releases tend to premiere on digital streaming on Tuesdays.
Since Superman is expected to be a major summer blockbuster which carries a $225 million production budget before prints and advertising (via Variety), Warner Bros. will likely stretch out the theatrical to PVOD window to six weeks, so look for a late August release on digital.
Which Streaming Service Will Get 'Superman' First?
Since Superman is a Warner Bros. film, the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming platform HBO Max will be the first to offer the film as part of its subscription package.
For non-subscribers, Max is available with ads for $9.99 per month, ad-free for $16.99 per month or ad-free with 4K Ultra HD Programming for $20.99 per month.
Until recently, it generally took three months for a film to arrive on HBO Max after it opened in theaters. For example, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice arrived on Max on Dec. 6, 2024, exactly three months after it premiered in theaters on Sept. 6.
Lately, however, Warner Bros.' high-profile titles have arrived a bit quicker on HBO Max. For example, A Minecraft Movie arrived on the streaming service on June 20, about 2 1/2 months after its theatrical release on April 4.
Sinners followed the same sort of release pattern. The film arrived on HBO Max on July 4, about 2 1/2 months after its April 18 release.
If Superman follows A Minecraft Movie and Sinners' lead, then viewers can expect the DC superhero film to arrive on HBO sometime around Sept. 26.
If Warner Bros. goes back to the three-month window between their films' theatrical and HBO Max releases, then viewers can expect Superman to debut on its streaming platform on Oct. 10. Both Sept. 26 and Oct. 10 are Fridays, which is the day new films typically debut on Max.
Superman, which also stars Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, María Gabriela de Faría, Wendell Pierce, Mikaela Hoover, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell and the voice of Alan Tudyk, opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.
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