I think this is one of the few cases where the studio does care more about the critical and especially fan reception than the box office returns. They are trying to relaunch their whole franchise and this is one of the cornerstones.

Also $1b is just way off considering not a single superman movie has ever achieved it based on this source.

Children's movies tend to have inflated numbers because kids can't see the movie on their own

You must not have seen any of the recent Superman films.

An arguement can be made that Superman itself is not a great sign for the movies.

Not telling anyone what they should watch, but for me personally there is little difference between Minecraft, Lilo and Stitch and Superman.

fun movies need to be fun. time and time again we have learned to accept giant potholes as long as the ride is fun.

no one complained that the Trex came out of no where at the end of Jurassic park, but we were all glad it did.

this movie hits the right levels of wierd and goofy while still being fun.

did lex luthor steal the plan from Vought?

It seems like Craig Gillespie is directing instead of Gunn.

"Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" is the source material for the Supergirl movie.

It's dark and gritty as hell. Not Gunn's strength.

It was a Disney villain death. Nothing more. It was a dark moment, but was there to highlight the difference between the naive Superman and the more cynical Heroes. Superman would have dragged him to the Hague, but does Hawkgirl even know about that? I would like to see something like that going forward in the series, but it makes sense now.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisneyVillainDeath

Idk what Pinochet is