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Superman (1978)

DEMO 5.7 · BUBBLE 10.0 · BOOM 3.2 (with BEQ 7.7). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Richard Donner. Adventure, Science Fiction, Action.

Superman (1978) poster
Front
28%
L39%
29%
R40%
100%
C88%
LFE
17%
LFE26%
Surround
17%
Ls34%
20%
Rs37%
14%
Lrs31%
14%
Rrs31%
Wide
21%
Lw32%
26%
Rw35%
Height
30%
Ltf38%
31%
Rtf38%
10%
Ltm16%
11%
Rtm16%
12%
Ltr26%
12%
Rtr27%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
5.7 / 10
Bubble
10.0 / 10
Boom, as released
3.2 / 10
Boom with BEQ
7.7 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-35.0 dBFS · with BEQ -20.0
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-17.8 dB · with BEQ +3.6
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-63.8 dBFS · with BEQ -48.8
Minutes of deep bass
5 min · with BEQ 32 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 29.1 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
87% · as of 12 Jan 2026
Metascore
82 / 100 · as of 14 Jul 2025
Chart scale read
-10 to -69.8 dBFS
Height uptime
26.6%
LFE uptime
26.1% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
33.3 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
Tags
action, science fiction, superhero
Audio
Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Released
10 Dec 1978
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
39%
R
40%
C
88%
LFE
LFE
26%
Surround
Ls
34%
Rs
37%
Lrs
31%
Rrs
31%
Wide
Lw
32%
Rw
35%
Height
Ltf
38%
Rtf
38%
Ltm
16%
Rtm
16%
Ltr
26%
Rtr
27%
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Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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