Fantastic Four: First Steps came to a theater near you this weekend, and its opening numbers are looking good.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel’s latest earned $218 million worldwide in its first three days. While it’s slightly behind expectations and the similarly solid $220 million global opening of Superman two weeks prior, this is already more than the 2015 Fantastic movie made in its theatrical run. Of its current take, $118 million came from domestic audiences, where it outperformed initial projections. According to THR, this has been one of Marvel’s best domestic openings in years.
Of the three MCU movies hitting in 2025, Fantastic Four had some of the biggest momentum behind it. Not only is it the first movie starring these characters since the aforementioned 2015 film, it’s distinctly different from previous MCU movies as the first to take place entirely in a separate universe. Add onto that its collective star power and glowing pre-release impressions, and it seems to have generally stuck the landing with critics and audiences alike.
Meanwhile, Superman’s totals increased to $502.7 million this weekend, making another $44.7 million between domestic and international markets. Jurassic World Rebirth is now at $718.4 million after making an additional $13 million in North America. Previous World movies have made a lot of money and been some of the best-grossing films of their respective years, and it looks like Rebirth will be keeping that tradition alive.
Genre-wise, next weekend is free, though Paramount’s been putting a lot of weight behind its Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson. (Which you might’ve gotten a trailer or ad for ahead of Fantastic Four.) The following week on August 8 sees two family movies, albeit in different forms: on one end is the nostalgia sequel Freakier Friday, and on the opposite end is Weapons, a horror movie about missing kids. Maybe one of those can pair with Fantastic as well as Superman does?
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