Man of Steel’ sets June US box office record

Los Angeles: Man of Steel, "the big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, jumped over the apocalyptic buddy comedy" This is the end, "collecting a muscular $ 113.1 million (£ 71.9 million) in the domestic box office lead with second biggest debut of the year and the biggest June opening weekend ever. "Man of Steel," starring British-born Henry Cavill in the first Superman movie released in seven years, carried a hefty budget of $ 225,000. 000 and took in a total of $ 125 million through Sunday including early screenings, according BoxOffice.com. The special effects laden film is the story of the child Kal-El, who escaped his doomed home planet Krypton and grew up in the idyllic town of Smallville with his parents, played by Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. Amy Adams plays the budding superhero's girlfriend Lois Lane. The film, directed by Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan ('The Dark Knight', 'Inception') as co-writer and one of its producers, added $ 71.6 million from overseas box offices in 24 markets.-Reuters