The three DCEU films’ output thus far are much meager compared to the box office results of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is already on its 14th film with the release early this month of “Doctor Strange” on global theaters.
The top four highest grossing Marvel films have earned over $1 billion and the first two are the two “Avengers” movies. Warner Bros expect to do the same when “Justice League” hits theaters next year.
“Man of Steel 2” would not have been possible already because of the earnings of the next two movies of DCEU but when the positive reviews started coming out, Warner Bros learned that “Man of Steel” got a 55% rating as compared to the 27% of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and 26% of “Suicide Squad.”
Thus, it has become imperative or inevitable that Warner Bros delve into “Man of Steel 2” and shortly confirmed that there is going to be one coming out in 2019.
Because it will be a continuation of the DCEU, most of the characters in “Man of Steel 2” will be those who have been introduced in both “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and the upcoming “Justice League” film.
There are now reports saying that Warner Bros has given the film a top priority status and is very much in active development.