'Supergirl' TANKS opening day, brings in only $18 million

Supergirl is off to a bad start for its opening day, bringing in just $18 million in ticket sales at the box office after spending $175 million before any marketing or promotional spend.

The Supergirl movie, which also lost the number one spot to Toy Story 5 on the Disney/Pixar film's second weekend, is set to bring in about $40 million for its opening weekend at 3,602 theaters, per Deadline. Toy Story 5 is set to have the number one spot for the entire weekend, sitting around $70 million in ticket sales.

The flop comes after actress Milly Alcock, who stars as Supergirl in the movie, implied that she has been getting criticism for being a woman in a superhero movie during a March interview. "It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on," she told Vanity Fair. "We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself."

After there were general negative reactions to that comment, Alcock doubled down and said, "I didn’t even say ‘men’ — I said ‘people!’ And they got so angry. I was like, ‘You’re proving my point. You’re proving my point!’"

In her comments, she said the negative reactions were coming from people who said they were a "dad" or "Christian."

"And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts," Alcock said. "Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me."

Then, just before the movie's release, Alcock said that she questioned the sexuality of "Supergirl" when she was asked by Queerly Radio if that was an aspect of the character she had explored. "It wasn't, but in honor of 'Pride month,' as I'm getting all these questions...I don't know. I think that what makes this film beautiful is that it's not centered around a man, it's not centered around love at all. I don't really know. I don't know. I don't know. She probably goes both ways."

The comments quickly drew backlash online for the "woke" messaging from the actress.