SATURDAY UPDATE: On Friday, Warner Bros/DC’s Superman added another $21.5M from 78 international box office markets. That brings the offshore flying cume to $40M through Friday.

Warner Bros./DC Studios’ “Superman” is keeping a red hot July box office humming with a $56.5 million opening day that includes $22.5 million from Thursday previews. Independent projections now have the first film in James Gunn’s new DC cinematic universe earning a $122 million domestic opening from 4,135 locations.

It’s up, up and away for Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ “Superman,” which got off the ground with $56.5 million across Friday and preview screenings in 4,135 theaters. That’s the second-biggest such figure for the calendar year,

The ending of James Gunn's "Superman," including the post-credit scenes, liberate the DC Universe from taking superhero storytelling too seriously.

James Gunn's film includes two additional scenes after the end of the movie. You should plan to stick around for about 10 minutes to catch both. If you missed the clips or just want all the spoilers,

From superheroic battles to the post-credit scenes, here’s everything you need to know about the conclusion of James Gunn’s ‘Superman’

The director James Gunn reboots the DC Universe with "Superman," and smartly skips the character's over-told origin story.

The David Corenswet-led film is both a reboot and the big-screen introduction to a new DC Universe that will unfold in the coming years across movies and television. While Superman isn’t technically the first official new DCU project —that honor belongs to last winter’s Creature Commandos—the new film is Gunn’s first broad-stroke,