10 Facts About Superman III

Superman III is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman.

Later, while having a picnic with Lana, Superman III saves an unconscious Ricky from being killed by a combine harvester.

Lana convinces Superman III to appear at Ricky's birthday party, but Smallville turns it into a town celebration.

Guilt-ridden and horrified by the notion of "going down in history as the man who killed Superman III", Gus destroys the Kryptonite ray with a firefighter's axe.

Superman III's drinking binge was filmed at the St Louis Hotel in Downtown East Village, Calgary, while other scenes such as the slapstick-comedy opening were shot several blocks to the west.

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Superman III was shown at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D C on June 12,1983, and then had its New York premiere on June 14,1983, at Cinema I It was released in theatres on June 17,1983, in the United States and July 19,1983, in the United Kingdom.

The "Deluxe Edition" of Superman III, released in 2006 on par with the DVD release of Superman Returns, included these scenes in its extra features section as "deleted scenes".

Superman III grossed $60 million at the United States box office, and $20.

Fans of the Superman III series placed a great deal of the blame on director Richard Lester.

Reeve stated in his autobiography that the original script for the first Superman III had so many puns and gags that it risked having Superman III earn a reputation akin to that of Batman being associated with the campy TV show of the 1960s.