Man of Steel (film) asked Professor Craig Detweiler of Pepperdine University to "create a Superman-centric sermon outline for pastors titled 'Jesus: The Original Superhero.'" Paul Asay of "The Washington Post" writes that the "religious themes keep coming: Free will. Sacrifice. God-given purpose. "Man of Steel" isn't just a movie. It's a Bible study in a cape. The messages are so strong that its marketers been explicitly pushing the film to Christian audiences." "Man of Steel" was released as a single disc DVD (feature film only), on two-disc DVD with bonus features, and respective Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D combo packs on November 12, 2013, and
Man of Steel (film) second weekend, "Man of Steel"s box office fell almost 65%–68% if the Thursday night gross is included—putting it in third place, behind "Monsters University" and "World War Z". Box Office Mojo called it an "abnormally large drop," close to the second weekend decline for "Green Lantern". "Man of Steel" earned $73.3 million on its opening weekend from 24 countries, which includes $4.2 million from 79 IMAX theaters, setting a June opening-weekend record for IMAX. The film set an opening-day record in the Philippines with $1.66 million. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta, the film earned $5.6 million on its