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Superman Returns
MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3989
- IMDb #4308
- Google retired #2810
- Rotten Tomatoes #2714
- Metacritic #2436
- Letterboxd #4827
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2587
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3338
- Metacritic Critics #1268
- Metacritic Audience #4225
- Criticker #3224
- Douban #1923
- Kinopoisk #5270
- AlloCiné #4393
- Trakt #4487
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 32, highest is Google on 78. Critics average 72, everyone else 58.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After a mysterious absence of five years, Superman returns to Earth to find that the world has learned to move on without him. His love, Lois Lane, has moved on, has a fiancé, and a young son, and has written an award-winning article titled "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." Meanwhile, his old nemesis, Lex Luthor, is plotting a new scheme that threatens the entire continent.
Details
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Writers
- Bryan Singer, Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty
- Released
- 28 June 2006
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $223.0M
- Box office
- $391.1M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →5 wins from 13 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 79th Academy Awards 2007 | Best Visual Effects | Superman Returns | Nominee |
| BAFTAs 2007 | Best Special Visual Effects | Superman Returns | Nominee |
| 27th Golden Raspberry Awards 2007 | Worst Supporting Actress | Kate Bosworth | Nominee |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Actor | Brandon Routh | Winner |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Kate Bosworth | Nominee |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | James Marsden | Nominee |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Parker Posey | Nominee |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Young Actor | Tristan Lake Leabu | Nominee |
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13 awards — Superman Returns
×| Best Visual Effects | Superman Returns | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Superman Returns | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Brandon Routh | Winner |
| Best Director | Bryan Singer | Winner |
| Best Fantasy Film | Superman Returns | Winner |
| Best Score | John Ottman | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris | Winner |
| Best Actress | Kate Bosworth | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | James Marsden | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Parker Posey | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Superman Returns | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor | Tristan Lake Leabu | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kate Bosworth | Nominee |