The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis rising up a major box office chart. The new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was helmed by franchise alumnus Matt Shakman (WandaVision).TheFantastic Four: First Stepscastincludes Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as the Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing, and Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch.
After debuting with $117.6 million at the domestic box office, marking the best MCU debut of the year,The Fantastic Four: First Stepscratered with a 66% dropduring its sophomore weekend. However, it has still topped the domestic chart for two consecutive weekends so far.
PerThe Numbers,The Fantastic Four: First Stepshas now reached a worldwide box office total of $378.3 millionin the middle of its second full week in theaters. This is composed of a $208 million cumulative domestic gross and an additional $170.3 million from international markets.
This total has pushed the movie up the chart of the all-time highest-grossing superhero movies worldwide,surpassing the $374.8 million gross of the poorly received 2009 movieX-Men Origins: Wolverine(which has 37% from critics and 58% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes) to land at No. 70.
What This Means For The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Although theFantastic Four: First Stepsbox officehas had some severe ups and downs during its first few weeks in theaters,it has already outgrossed a number of other major superhero movieson the chart. This includesCaptain America: The First Avenger($370.6 million),Batman Begins($356.8 million), andBatman Forever($336.7 million).
Additionally, it has already becomethe highest-grossing movie to adapt theFantastic Fourcomics to the big screen, outpacing the 2005 movie ($333.1 million), its sequelRise of the Silver Surfer($289.5 million), and the 2015 version ($167.9 million).
Our Take On The Fantastic Four: First Steps Milestone
Ultimately, in spite of its severe slowdown and the fact that it is poised to fall to No. 3 behindFreakier FridayandWeaponsduring its third weekend in theaters,2025’sThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsisalmost certain to continue climbing up the all-time superhero movie chart.
At the time of writing,the current trajectory ofThe Fantastic Four: First Stepscould see it earning between $520 and $570 millionby the end of its run.
If it has less severe drops from its third weekend on, and hits the upper end of that range,it could climb quite a few places up the chart, landing at No. 51 by surpassing movies such asThor,Ant-Man, andX-Men: Apocalypse.
However,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsultimately seems unlikely to secure a place in the Top 50. The current No. 50 is 2025’sSuperman, but once it rises as its ongoing theatrical run continues, the movie to beat will be 2008’sIron Man, which grossed $584.9 million.
