I think it's actually 2.5 times its budget it needs to make. So I think Final Reckoning would need to make at least 1 billion just to break even (not that I think it couldn't do that).

I am 100% open to 'Smallville' being revived. I at least would love for it to return for 1 season, if not more, and have the the original cast play their original characters, particularly Tom Welling as Superman and Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor. And I really really want Tom Welling in the full suit and flying and fighting in it, as well as, of course, including the iconic shirt rip part.

Exactly. What I would love is for 'Smallville' to return for at least 1 season with the actors in the traditional versions of the characters we know today, with Michael Rosenbaum as the evil Lex Luthor, determined to stop Superman, and then Tom Welling as Superman in the full Superman suit (like the one he wore in the finale (at least what we did see)).

Particularly about Tom Welling, I think that would bring it to a proper conclusion with him wearing the full suit, with us knowing and growing up with his journey as Clark Kent before becoming Superman.

Exactly. True words spoken (or typed). The DCEU did what the MCU didn't do, which was not connecting its universe very well (except 'Man of Steel', 'Batman v Superman' (both versions) and 'Justice League' (both versions), and look where that got them.

I think the key lesson in building a cinematic universe is connect its films and TV shows enough that it actually feels like a cinematic universe, but simultaneously don't connect to the point where you had to have watched previous entries in that universe.

It's like when we get so much comedy the MCU, it's not liked, but then when we get so much seriousness in the MCU, that's also not liked. I suppose you can't please everyone. I think the thing is that the MCU is gonna please so many people whilst simultaneously annoying so many people.