With over $250 million at the global box office in less than week, James Gunn’s “Superman” is widely considered a win for the new DC Universe that Gunn and Peter Safran are spearheading at DC Studios.

Superman swooped into theaters last weekend, but is the first DC Studios movie a bona fide hit for the newly launched DCU franchise or just another superhero movie that's barely meeting expectations?

Batgirl isn’t the only film to be killed off at DC. Two years after newly hired DC Studios co-chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran defended Warner Bros.’ controversial decision to axe the $90 million movie during post-production,