With over $250 million at the global box office in less than week, James Gunn’s “Superman” is widely considered a win for the new DC Universe that Gunn and Peter Safran are spearheading at DC Studios.

Superman swooped into theaters last weekend, but is the first DC Studios movie a bona fide hit for the newly launched DCU franchise or just another superhero movie that's barely meeting expectations?

Warner Bros. isn’t framing this as just another summer tentpole. The studio is pitching Superman as the beginning of a new era. Gunn’s lighter, more hopeful vision marks a deliberate pivot away from the grim tone of the studio’s “Snyderverse” era.