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Almost like the Marvels: ticket sales for the Fantastic Four movie fell by 70% in the second weekend

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Kateryna Danshyna

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Almost like the Marvels: ticket sales for the Fantastic Four movie fell by 70% in the second weekend

“The Fantastic Four delivered one of the biggest box office collapses in Marvel history with a modest $40 million domestic box office on its second weekend.

According to Variety, after a solid domestic debut of $117.6 million, the movie about the “first Marvel family” added only $40 million in its second weekend — a 66% drop, even more than analysts’ expectations. Such figures are a bit surprising given the positive reactions from both specialized publications and ordinary viewers, who dubbed Fantastic Four one of the studio’s best projects.

Movie review «The Fantastic Four: First Steps»

In fact, it’s now one of the biggest drops in Marvel’s history, second only to except for the failed Marvels (-78% on the second weekend) and is on par with Captain America: Brave New World (-68%), Ant-Man 3 (-70%) and Thor: Love and Thunder” (-67%). Competitive “DC’s Supermanby comparison, lost 53% after starting with $125 million in domestic box office receipts

To summarize, so far Fantastic Four: The First Steps has grossed $198 million domestically and $368 million worldwide. There is no reliable information about the film’s budget: initially it was reported to be $200 million, but later Variety hinted at a “much higher amount.” Actually, we may never know, but there is less and less doubt that the movie will make at least $500 million at the box office. Even so, it would be Marvel’s highest result in 2025, as the previous releases, Captain America with Anthony Mackie and The Thunderbolts, finished with $415 million and $382 million respectively — too far from the studio’s once billion-dollar earnings.

Next year, the situation may be improved new “Avengers” and “Spider-Man 4”although there are already reports that Marvel plans to “limit costs” in future projects. For example, for the new X-Men, the studio will be looking for young and unknown actors, the company will not require $80 million in fees, as it did for Robert Downey Jr.

The Fantastic Four franchise used to be owned by 20th Century Fox-Marvel, but after the merger of Disney and Fox, Marvel took full ownership of the franchise. “First Steps, directed by Matt Shackman, presents a renewed Fantastic Four quartet consisting of Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (The Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (The Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bacrak (The Creature), who must defend the Earth from a ravenous space god named Galactus (Ralph Fiennes) and his mysterious Herald (Julia Garner’s Silver Surfer).

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