Amazing, even after all the restarts and all the millions spent on nothing, it still managed to make lots of money. That's the power of Superman.
That said, it wasn't an Ultra mega hit, and it couldn't be due to the huge pre-post cost.
I hope this prompts Warner & DC to do a full-on restart of the franchise. New storyline, disregarding "Superman Returns", a complete recasting & a new director. I enjoyed Superman 1 & 2, but feel they should NOT have been used as a springboard for this film. I didn't really want to see a rehash of most of the plot of Superman 1, with added unneeded baggage like "Superman's illegitimate son". Leave the Donner films ALONE, people...
OK, let me rethink that "complete recasting" bit... I think Spacey could have done a MUCH better Luthor if he hadn't been tied into the plot points of the Hackman Luthor. That said, I think Luthor needs to be left out of the next 2 Superman flicks... he's been overused. Luthor needs to be in every Superman film just as much as the Joker should be in every Batman film.
Brandon Routh, on the other hand.... I never once saw him as "Superman" or "Clark Kent" in the film... he always came off as "Christopher Reeve Impersonator." Lose him.