{"id":52504,"date":"2025-08-08T08:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52504\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:55:05","slug":"first-steps-box-office-blasts-past-mcu-movie-led-by-og-avenger-on-disneys-highest-grossing-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52504\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps Box Office Blasts Past MCU Movie Led By OG Avenger On Disney’s Highest-Grossing Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> is climbing up a major box office chart. The movie is the 37th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the interconnected superhero franchise from Marvel Studios, which is now owned by Walt Disney Studios.<\/p>\n

2025’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> introduces the titular superhero family to the franchise, which includes Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), the Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), the Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and the Human Torch (Joseph Quinn). The movie also stars Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Mark Gatiss, Sarah Niles, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson.<\/p>\n

Per The Numbers<\/a>, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has hit a cumulative global box office total of $382.1 million, comprising $212 million from domestic theaters and $170.1 million from international markets. This total has allowed the movie to climb another spot up the chart of the highest-grossing Disney movies of all time, across their brands.<\/p>\n

The Fantastic Four: First Steps has hit No. 93 on the chart by surpassing the $379.7 million gross of 2021’s Black Widow, which was the first solo film for original Avengers character Natasha Romanoff, played by Scarlett Johansson.<\/p>\n

What This Means For The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/p>\n

Black Widow marks the fourth of the previous Marvel Cinematic Universe movies<\/a> that The Fantastic Four: First Steps has outgrossed at the box office, after The Marvels ($199.7 million), The Incredible Hulk ($265.6 million), and Captain America: The First Avenger ($370.6 million). Naturally, this is not an uncommon achievement.<\/p>\n

Marvel’s 2021 output suffered from the same pandemic-depressed box office that limited the profits of many blockbuster movies released in that year, which explains why that same year’s Eternals and Shang-Chi are also among the lowest-grossing MCU movies.<\/p>\n

In order to surpass a stronger contender than the franchise’s 2021 offerings, the Fantastic Four: First Steps box office<\/a> would have to take in an additional $67.2 million in order to surpass the $449.3 million earned by 2011’s Thor.<\/p>\n

Our Take On The Fantastic Four: First Steps Box Office<\/p>\n

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One factor that is working in Fantastic Four’s favor is the fact that, in spite of it stumbling 66% during its sophomore weekend at the domestic box office, it is still projected to earn between $520 and $570 million by the end of its theatrical run. This would be more than enough for it to outgross Thor.<\/p>\n

Even if The Fantastic Four: First Steps only hits the lower end of that range and grosses $520 million, it will surpass seven more MCU movies (Thunderbolts*, Eternals, Captain America: Brave New World, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Ant-Man) and climb to No. 68 on the all-time Disney chart.<\/p>\n

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7\/10<\/p>\n

Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 25, 2025<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t115 minutes<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Shakman<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJeff Kaplan, Josh Friedman, Ian Springer, Eric Pearson, Kat Wood, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Reed Richards \/ Mister Fantastic\n <\/p>\n

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Vanessa Kirby<\/p>\n

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