The Superman Movie Rankings

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Sean is joined by Van Lathan and Rob Mahoney to recap the opening weekend reaction to James Gunn’s ‘Superman.’ They share their final thoughts on the film, analyze the first weekend box office numbers, highlight why it performed significantly worse internationally than domestically, and hypothesize what the DCU could look like going forward (1:30). Then, they talk through every Superman movie ever made and rank them (32:40). Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Van Lathan and Rob Mahoney Producer: Jack Sanders THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY. ORDER NOW | STARBUCKS.COM/MENU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Big Picture is presented by Starbucks. We are big Starbucks Frapecino fans over here.
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0:26.1	Frappuccino blended beverage is ready at Starbucks. I'm Sean Fennacy, and this is the Big Picture at Conversation Show about Superman again, joining me today to talk about James Gunn's Superman.
0:48.1	And to rank all the Superman movies, it's Rob Mahoney and Van Laith.
0:52.1	A couple programming things last week on the show, Amanda and I broke down the movie in full.
0:57.1	As did Van and the Midnight Boys on the Ringerverse. As did Van and I on the House of R.
1:03.6	So if you want to know what we think about the movie, you've heard it. There's roughly 14 hours of me and Van potting about it.
1:10.8	But Rob Mahoney,
1:11.6	I think you're the last living ringer podcaster. This is true. Who has not had a chance to
1:17.0	weigh in on this film. So before we start getting into the box office and where this movie sits
1:22.7	in the hierarchy of power in the Superman universe.
1:29.4	You saw the movie Superman?
1:30.0	I did.
1:31.3	What did you think?
1:32.0	Did you like it?
1:36.4	I just think it's really affirming when you see characters that are really important to you, represented well on screen.
1:37.7	And it's been a while, but they finally got Big Head Green Baby.
1:41.9	Just right.
1:42.8	They fucking nailed it.
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