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Day 0 (US wide release) is 26 Jun 2026. Filter by phase, market, tactic, mechanic, partner, evidence or origin; the address updates so you can share the view. Use the copy button on any card for a citation.
31 Jan 2023 T−1242
James Gunn and Peter Safran named the film among ten film and TV projects, describing a science fiction adventure based on Tom King's comics and "a Supergirl viewers are not used to seeing."
GLOBALConfirmed
James Gunn
14 Nov 2023 T−955
Deadline reported that playwright Ana Nogueira would adapt Supergirl - Woman of Tomorrow. No director was attached.
USReported
Ana Nogueira
29 Jan 2024 T−879
The House of the Dragon actor won the role after screen tests against Emilia Jones and Meg Donnelly. Gunn confirmed the casting on Instagram. Deadline said she would appear in another DC project first.
GLOBALReported
Milly Alcock · James Gunn
03 Apr 2024 T−814
Deadline reported that the I, Tonya and Cruella director was in talks, with filming planned after Superman.
USReported
Craig Gillespie
14 May 2024 T−773
Warner Bros. set the release two years out, on a weekend with no other wide release dated at the time.
USGLOBALReported
Studio-led
31 Oct 2024 T−603
Matthias Schoenaerts was cast as the villain Krem in September. Eve Ridley of 3 Body Problem joined as Ruthye, the girl whose quest drives the story, at the end of October.
GLOBALReported
Matthias Schoenaerts · Eve Ridley
30 Dec 2024 T−543
Momoa posted a screenshot of an old interview in which he said he always wanted to play Lobo, captioned "They called." Deadline confirmed the casting.
GLOBALReported
Jason Momoa · Talent as distribution
23 Jan 2025 T−519
Gunn shared a photo of Alcock as Kara Zor-El on X as cameras rolled at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
GLOBALReported
James Gunn · Milly Alcock
Reported by Deadline, which embeds the post; the desk has not opened the post on X.
11 Jul 2025 T−350
In a tag before the credits of Gunn's Superman, a drunk Kara stumbles into the Fortress of Solitude to fetch Krypto. It was Alcock's first appearance in the role.
GLOBALReported
Milly Alcock · David Corenswet · Plot integration
16 Jul 2025 T−345
During Superman's opening week, Gunn posted the first teaser poster on his social accounts without notice.
GLOBALReported
James Gunn
Reported by Movieplayer.it; the desk has not opened Gunn's post.
11 Sep 2025 T−288
On The Howard Stern Show, Gunn said the film was in editing and called Alcock "absolutely stunning in the movie."
USReported
James Gunn
03 Apr 2026 T−84
In Vanity Fair, as reported by Deadline, Alcock said fans have "this weird ownership of women's bodies" and that she can only be herself.
GLOBALReported
Milly Alcock
27 May 2026 T−30
Ulta ran a co-branded spot with Alcock on cinema, CTV and streaming, three Supergirl looks in every store from 7 June, and window vinyls by comic artist Bilquis Evely at five flagship stores. Joico, OPI and Sol de Janeiro joined. OPI released a limited 18-piece polish and press-on line.
USMXConfirmed
Ulta Beauty · OPI · Joico · Sol de Janeiro · Milly Alcock · Talent as distribution
29 May 2026 T−28
Amazon listed Lobo's motorcycle as a shoppable vehicle, the car marketplace's first entertainment tie-in. From 10 June fans could take an AI test drive and share an image of themselves riding through space.
USConfirmed
Amazon Ads · Platform subversion
02 Jun 2026 T−24
KFC announced Supergirl meals from 8 June with three character sauces and an electric-blue Kryptonian Kooler, five blind-bag keychains, and from 10 June a limited bucket with a puppy Krypto lid for chicken or popcorn. KFC said it was its first film collectibles in more than 20 years.
USConfirmed
KFC · Scarcity & collectibles
03 Jun 2026 T−23
Gunn announced presales on Instagram. DC and Warner Bros. UK posted tickets-on-sale spots, and Warner Bros. India released Hindi and Telugu final trailers.
USUKINConfirmed
James Gunn
03 Jun 2026 T−23
A two-hour sponsored Twitch stream gave away Fandango IMAX ticket codes to viewers who used a custom chat command, a mechanic Amazon says Twitch had not used before.
USConfirmed
Twitch · Fandango · IMAX · Amazon Ads · Gamification
04 Jun 2026 T−22
Deadline reported three-week tracking of more than $55M for the US opening, with unaided awareness above Thunderbolts and Shazam at the same stage.
USReported
Fan / organic
05 Jun – 07 Jun 2026 T−21
Fans in Los Angeles saw the film's motorcycle, posed with an S-Shield, made Krypto pet tags and shopped a merchandise wall. Samsung ran a Micro RGB lounge at the press tour the same weekend.
USConfirmed
Amazon Ads · Samsung
14 Jun 2026 T−12
On a podcast, Alcock said her cape was remade with material from the original 1978 Superman cape.
GLOBALReported
Milly Alcock
18 Jun 2026 T−8
Gillespie, Safran, Alcock, Momoa, Ridley and Schoenaerts attended a sneak-peek fan event. Fan places were given by ballot.
UKConfirmed
Milly Alcock · Jason Momoa · Craig Gillespie
07 Dec 2025 T−201
Gunn, Safran, Gillespie and Alcock showed the teaser at an influencer-studded event in New York, four days before it went online. Gillespie called it "an anti-hero story." Alcock let slip that David Corenswet's Superman appears in the film.
USReported
James Gunn · Craig Gillespie · Milly Alcock · Creator access
11 Dec 2025 T−197
The teaser picks up from the Superman tag. Kara blows out a lone candle on her 23rd birthday, Krypto pees on a newspaper with Superman on the cover, and Lobo appears for a moment. First-look stills went out the day before.
GLOBALConfirmed
Blondie · Mystery & easter egg
08 Feb 2026 T−138
DC released a new trailer, titled Home, before the game. It shows Kara on Krypton before its destruction and her first meeting with Krypto as a puppy. "Krypton didn't die in a day," she says.
USGLOBALConfirmed
Studio-led
The trades say it was released on Super Bowl Sunday. The desk found no trade report of a paid spot inside the game broadcast.
31 Mar 2026 T−87
A countdown spot ran the day before. The trailer opens on a call from Clark, shows Krem's men poisoning Krypto with three days to live, and gives Lobo and Ruthye more screen time.
GLOBALConfirmed
David Corenswet · Jason Momoa
11 Dec 2025 T−197
Warner Bros. India released a Hindi-dubbed teaser alongside the English one. It later added Hindi and Telugu versions of the final trailer.
INConfirmed
Studio-led
31 Mar 2026 T−87
A retailer listing showed McFarlane figures of Supergirl with puppy Krypto, Lobo with his bike, and Krem. Sideshow lists a Hot Toys sixth-scale Supergirl and Krypto set.
GLOBALUnverified
McFarlane Toys · Hot Toys · Scarcity & collectibles
The McFarlane reveal comes from a fan collector site. The Hot Toys set is confirmed by Sideshow's product page, which gives no announcement date.
14 Apr 2026 T−73
Warner Bros. showed exhibitors new footage of Alcock fighting on an interplanetary bus. Deadline later reported that the scene was not fully embraced in the room.
USReported
Milly Alcock
19 Jun 2026 T−7
Social reactions praised Alcock, Momoa and Corenswet's cameo, but several called the film "just fine" or bland, and many compared it to Guardians of the Galaxy and Mad Max.
GLOBALReported
Fan / organic
20 Jun 2026 T−6
The press-tour pop-up recreated Kara's bedroom, her ship, an intergalactic bus stop and a space bar, fitted out with Samsung TVs and audio.
UKConfirmed
Samsung · Phonica Records
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Deadline reported the shield marking planes on the airline's flight tracker across 1,475 aircraft, a Supergirl and DC channel on board, lounge mocktails and AAdvantage perks.
GLOBALReported
American Airlines · Platform subversion
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Gotta Need Milk put Supergirl on 17M cartons and bottles in more than 2,700 stores. Synergy Kombucha ran co-branded bottles and murals in SoHo, Brooklyn and at NYU. Cold Stone Creamery and Pinkberry sold themed desserts.
USReported
Gotta Need Milk · Synergy Kombucha · Cold Stone Creamery · Pinkberry
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Deadline reported the biggest promotional partner campaign for any Warner Bros. DC film. 65 partners were international, and Samsung, OPI, American Airlines and Timex had global reach. Timex, Samsung, American Airlines and Milk-Bone returned from Superman.
GLOBALReported
KFC · Samsung · OPI · American Airlines · Timex · Milk-Bone · Waymo · Ulta Beauty
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Milk-Bone made Krypto treats, appears in the film, and hosted a rooftop dog screening in New York. Best Friends Animal Society ran PSAs, Pumpkin Insurance promoted in 800 vet clinics, and Stanley Steemer sold a pet-cleaning package after the teaser showed Krypto peeing.
USReported
Milk-Bone · Best Friends Animal Society · Pumpkin Insurance · Stanley Steemer · Plot integration
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Timex made a special-edition watch with a pop-art Debbie Harry dial, Blondie's logo and the Supergirl emblem. Deadline said it was promoted in 42 markets and tied to Kara being a Blondie fan.
GLOBALConfirmed
Timex · Blondie · Scarcity & collectibles
Date is Deadline's report; Timex's page carries no date.
22 Jun 2026 T−4
Alcock, Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Gunn walked the carpet. Warner Bros. streamed it on YouTube. Deadline reported that Waymo sponsored the premiere and ran Supergirl-wrapped cars in its top three markets.
USConfirmed
Waymo · Milly Alcock · David Corenswet · James Gunn
23 Jun 2026 T−3
Samsung added 15 DC artworks to its Art Store until March 2027. In more than 600 Best Buy stores, Supergirl content on Micro RGB TVs hid a riddle that unlocked extra sweepstakes entries, from 22 June to 19 July.
USUKGLOBALConfirmed
Samsung · Best Buy · Physical-to-digital · Mystery & easter egg
24 Jun 2026 T−2
Two days out, Deadline said presales pointed to an opening in the upper $40Ms at 3,600 theaters, down from $55M+ tracking, with first choice low across all audiences. Reviews published the same day.
USReported
Fan / organic
26 Jun 2026 T0
Epic revealed a Supergirl outfit with Alcock's likeness, a trench coat style and a cape, in the Item Shop from 26 June. A second video showed Alcock reacting to her character model.
GLOBALReported
Epic Games · Milly Alcock
Reported by a tech outlet; the desk has not opened Epic's own posts. A free-skin Supergirl Cup tournament is described only by gaming guides.
26 Jun 2026 T0
The soundtrack album went out digitally on opening day.
GLOBALReported
WaterTower Music
28 Jun 2026 T+2
The film opened to an estimated $38M domestic and $68M worldwide, with $30M from 77 markets and no market at No. 1. Previews were $7.8M. Premium screens were the one bright spot, with 51% of the gross from IMAX and PLF.
USGLOBALReported
IMAX
28 Jun 2026 T+2
DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran told The New York Times the film was one part of a long-term strategy the studio remained confident in.
USReported
Peter Safran
29 Jun 2026 T+3
Monday actuals were $37.1M domestic and $62.6M worldwide. Variety cited $170M production and about $120M marketing. Deadline put breakeven near $315M and the loss at $125M. RelishMix measured pre-release social reach at 639M, against 953.8M for Superman.
USGLOBALReported
Fan / organic
30 Jun 2026 T+4
Opening crowds were 59% male and 65% over 25. Deadline said women under 25 were 15%. CinemaScore was B- and PostTrak definite recommend 52%, with women at 62%.
USReported
Fan / organic
05 Jul 2026 T+9
The film took $8.6M over the July 4 weekend, fourth place, for $57.4M domestic and $99.5M worldwide to date.
USGLOBALReported
Fan / organic
03 Sep 2026 T+69
Variety reported a final worldwide gross of $126M. The Numbers lists $72.4M domestic and $54.1M international.
USGLOBALReported
Fan / organic
10 Sep 2026 T+76
HBO Max began streaming the film worldwide on 10 September, with an American Sign Language version the same day. HBO's linear channel aired it on 12 September.
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HBO Max
