James Gunn's "Superman" soared to the top of the box office this weekend, notching a win for Warner Bros. and DC Studios, which see the film as a way to revive the entire DC universe.

Contrast that with Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel," which opened to similar numbers but drew polarized reactions, hobbling its efforts to build a larger cinematic universe from the get-go. That doesn't appear to be the case this time,