Fantastic Four First Steps Box Office Surprises
The film's success highlights the importance of Marvel's "Thunderbolts" success in reviving the franchise and marks a major comeback for the series, which was previously rebooted by 20th Century Fox in 2015, with the international box office cume being 46% of the global total, a sign of the times, the properties, or other factors, including Hollywood's challenges in Asia.
The new Marvel movie "Fantastic Four: First Steps" has opened to $118M domestically, falling short of expectations but still managing to surpass "Superman" as the best-performing weekend for a Marvel film this year, with a global box office total of $218M.
The film received positive reviews from fans, with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score and a "A-" CinemaScore, indicating a strong enthusiasm from the audience. Internationally, the movie opened soft, bringing in $100M, but still managed to surpass pre-weekend projections, with the international box office being 13% ahead of Thunderbolts and 11% ahead of Captain America: Brave New World in like-for-like markets.
The film's success is also a milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has reached $32.2B in worldwide grosses across 37 titles. Other films, including Jurassic World Rebirth, F1, Superman, and How to Train Your Dragon, have also performed well at the box office, with Jurassic World Rebirth topping $700M global and Superman reaching $502.7M worldwide.
The strong performance of superhero films this month has lifted the box office 12.3% year-to-date, and experts predict that the box office could reach $4 billion this summer, indicating a continued enthusiasm for superhero movies despite concerns about "superhero fatigue."