\n\tIt\u2019s box office clobberin\u2019 time \u2014 or so Marvel hopes. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a>,\u201d the 37th installment in Disney\u2019s Marvel Cinematic Universe and third to release in 2025, is aiming for $100 million to $110 million in its opening weekend. The retro-futuristic adventure, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn as the titular team, is estimated to collect another $90 million to $100 million at the international box office for a global start between $190 million and $210 million.<\/p>\n \n\tThose ticket sales are similar to the Warner Bros. DC tentpole \u201cSuperman,\u201d which took flight earlier this month with $125 million domestically and $220 million worldwide. Meanwhile projections are slightly above this year\u2019s two prior Marvel entries, February\u2019s \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World\u201d with $88.8 million domestically and $181 million worldwide, and May\u2019s \u201cThunderbolts\u201d with $74 million domestically and $162 million worldwide. <\/p>\n \n\tMarvel movies often start strong, but \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World\u201d and \u201cThunderbolts\u201d cratered in subsequent weekends, with the latter becoming one of the lowest-grossing installments in the entire MCU. \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World\u201d and \u201cThunderbolts\u201d tapped out with $415 million and $381 million respectively and ended up as major money-losers against their $180 million production budgets. \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps\u201d was much more expensive than those films, carrying a price tag above $200 million. So the comic book adaptation needs serious staying power \u2014 strong reviews and great word-of-mouth would be helpful \u2014 to avoid a similar box office fate and qualify as a hit for Marvel, which has greatly struggled with commercial consistency over the past five years. <\/p>\n \n\tDirected by Matt Shakman, \u201cFantastic Four\u201d follows Reed Richards a.k.a. Mister Fantastic (Pascal), Sue Storm a.k.a. Invisible Woman (Kirby), Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing (Moss-Bachrach) and Johnny Storm a.k.a. Human Torch (Quinn) as they protect their world from a planet-devouring cosmic being. Critical sentiment has been positive with Variety\u2019s Peter Debruge declaring that Marvel got \u201cits mojo back.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFirst Steps\u201d doesn\u2019t have to clear a high bar to cement itself as the highest-grossing \u201cFantastic Four\u201d movie to date. That\u2019s because pior attempts to bring Marvel\u2019s First Family to the big screen weren\u2019t exactly creative or commercial triumphs. Fox\u2019s first two takes, 2005\u2019s \u201cFantastic Four\u201d ($330 million) and 2007\u2019s \u201cFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer\u201d ($301 million) starring Jessica Alba and Chris Evans, were financially successful but critically derided. Meanwhile a widely panned 2015 reboot with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan completely fizzled with $167 million globally.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFantastic Four\u201d is this weekend\u2019s only major newcomer, though the comic book tentpole will face competition from \u201cSuperman,\u201d which is now in its third week in theaters. After two consecutive weekends at No. 1, the Man of Steel looks to add $28 million to $30 million in its third frame. So far, \u201cSuperman\u201d has grossed $243 million domestically and $415 million worldwide. <\/p>\n \n\tMovie theater owners are banking on these heroes to pack a collective punch to ride out the dog days of summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s box office clobberin\u2019 time \u2014 or so Marvel hopes. \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d the 37th installment…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":84950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,14020,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-84949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-the-fantastic-four-first-steps","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114900558440154414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}