{"id":1990947,"date":"2025-09-01T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1990947"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:02:30","slug":"how-thunderbolts-beats-superman-as-the-best-superhero-movie-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-thunderbolts-beats-superman-as-the-best-superhero-movie-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"How Thunderbolts* Beats Superman as the Best Superhero Movie of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Thunderbolts*<\/strong> has beaten <strong>Superman<\/strong>, becoming the <strong>best superhero movie<\/strong> of 2024 on <strong>Rotten Tomatoes<\/strong>, despite its poor <strong>box office<\/strong> performance. Directed by Jake Schreier, the movie was Marvel Studios\u2019 second venture of the year, following Captain America: Brave New World. While it managed to impress critics, Thunderbolts*, which was made on a reported budget of $180 million, failed to break even.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Thunderbolts* is the best superhero movie of 2025 according to critics<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thunderbolts* has surpassed all the other superhero movies of this year and become the best-reviewed one on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With all the superhero movies of 2025 now out in theaters, the Marvel movie has the best score on Tomatometer (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tv-movies\/best-superhero-movies-2025-rotten-tomatoes-3243887\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dexerto;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dexerto<\/a>). It has surpassed even the highest-grossing superhero venture of the year, James Gunn\u2019s Superman, featuring David Corenswet. Superman has made over $611 million at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt5950044\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:box office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">box office<\/a>, as of now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thunderbolts* can also be regarded as the most successful entry by Marvel Studios this year, beating Captain America 4 and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, based on its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/thunderbolts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rotten Tomatoes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here are the Rotten Tomatoes scores of superhero movies that were released this year.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Fantastic Four: First Steps \u2013 87%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Toxic Avenger \u2013 83%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Captain America: Brave New World \u2013 46%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Toxic Avenger\u2019s Rotten Tomatoes score might change in the future as the movie hit theaters on August 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In its run at the box office, Thunderbolts* managed to collect over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl2647753473\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:$382 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">$382 million<\/a>, falling behind Captain America 4\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt14513804\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:$415 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">$415 million<\/a> and The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt10676052\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:$506 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">$506 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While speaking about why Thunderbolts* might\u2019ve bombed at the box office, Marvel head Kevin Feige said in a press conference in July, \u201cThunderbolts* was a very good movie, but nobody knew that title, and many of those characters were from shows. There was that residual effect of [audiences going], \u2018I guess I had to have seen these other shows to understand who this is?&#8217;\u201d (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/marvel-superman-kevin-feige-1236462997\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Originally reported by Ishita Verma on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/news\/624134-thunderbolts-best-superhero-movie-superman-fantastic-four\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SuperHeroHype;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SuperHeroHype<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/news\/2022327-thunderbolts-best-superhero-movie-superman-fantastic-four\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How Thunderbolts* Beats Superman as the Best Superhero Movie of 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How Thunderbolts* Beats Superman as the Best Superhero Movie of 2025<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon.net &#8211; Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderbolts* has beaten Superman, becoming the best superhero movie of 2024 on Rotten Tomatoes, despite its poor box office performance. Directed by Jake Schreier, the movie was Marvel Studios\u2019 second venture of the year, following Captain America: Brave New World. While it managed to impress critics, Thunderbolts*, which was made on a reported budget of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1990948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[311034,339196,315758,320249,337434,346350,31353,333489,331771],"class_list":["post-1990947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-captain-america","tag-jake-schreier","tag-marvel-studios","tag-rotten-tomatoes","tag-superhero-movie","tag-superhero-movies","tag-superman","tag-thunderbolts","tag-walt-disney-studios"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/How-Thunderbolts-Beats-Superman-as-the-Best-Superhero-Movie-of.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}