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Ebon Moss-Bachrach in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”<\/p>\n
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is beating pre-release projections on its way to as much as $125 million opening at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n
The fourth film iteration of Marvel\u2019s First Family of Superheroes stars Pascal, Kirby, Quinn and Moss-Bachrach as Reed Richards\/Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm\/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm\/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm\/The Thing, respectively.<\/p>\n
Forbes\u2018South Park\u2019 Season 27 Media Reactions To The Donald Trump EpisodeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Rather than going the origin film route, director Matt Shakman picks up the story four years after a cosmic event during a space mission altered each of the scientists\u2019 DNA and gave them unique superpowers.<\/p>\n The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> \u2014 which marks the characters\u2019 debut in Disney\u2019s Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2014 earned an estimated $56 million on Friday and is projected by Deadline<\/a> to earn $120 million to $125 million in the film\u2019s opening Friday to Sunday frame. The film opened Friday in 4,125 North American theaters after playing in Thursday previews.<\/p>\n If the film reaches $125 million in its opening weekend, it will match the same amount of money James Gunn\u2019s Superman<\/a> earned from July 11-13. Released by Warner Bros.\u2019 DC Studios division, Superman opened on 4,135 screens in its opening weekend.<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018South Park\u2019 Season 27 Release Schedule For Episodes On Streaming And CableBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n To date, Superman has earned $264.6 million domestically and $172.7 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $437.2 million against a $225 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers.<\/p>\n David Corenswet in “Superman.”<\/p>\n Warner Bros. Pictures Going into the weekend, three major Hollywood trade publications all projected The Fantastic Four: First Steps to open with anywhere between $100 million to $110 million domestically, an amount far below Superman\u2019s<\/a> $125 million opening.<\/p>\n As such, Disney and Marvel Studios will no doubt be celebrating the overperformance of the film after the lackluster showings of the studios\u2019 first two MCU releases of 2025: Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thunderbolts* (aka The New Avengers).<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018Happy Gilmore 2\u2019 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Does Sandler Sequel Make Critics Happy?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n With the huge opening for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman will no doubt be kicked off the top of the domestic box office perch, but how far it will fall is yet to be seen.<\/p>\n In the film\u2019s second weekend, from July 18-20, Superman held onto the No. 1 spot domestically with a take of $58.4 million. Since there are no other wide releases this weekend and Superman handily defeated last weekend\u2019s newcomers I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/a>, Smurfs and Eddington<\/a>, in all likelihood the latest Man of Steel film will finish at No. 2 at the domestic box office this weekend.<\/p>\n Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend as new numbers are released. The final numbers for this weekend\u2019s box office will be released on Monday.<\/p>\n
\n\u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 Box Office Was Projected To Open Much Lighter<\/p>\n