Take your hats off, folks, because we need to have a moment of silence as #RIPMCU continues! That’s right! Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps has bombed harder than initially thought, as the second weekend actuals have come in lower.
The second weekend actually comes in at $38.7M marking a massive 67.1% drop, one of the biggest ever for the MCU (see below).
The original estimates pegged a 55% to 60% drop, but that “devastating” 80% drop on its second Friday saw the estimates revised to $40M and a 66% drop.
Well, it’s worse, again coming in at $38.7M over the weekend, with a 67.1% drop.
The MCU now goes on a big hiatus, which seems to be exactly at the right time. Marvel pushed both Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars back, likely knowing full well FF would bomb. There’s a reason Feige didn’t show up at Comic-Con.
DC is now on top. James Gunn’s Superman continues crushing Fantastic Four. As I went over, Superman only dropped 53.2% in its second weekend, bringing in over $58.4 million, following an opening of over $125 million. Gunn’s Superman is flying high with over $550M at the box office.
The budget is reported to be $200M, so that means FF needs to hit at least $500M to break even. I’ve been told the budget is a lot higher, actually north of $350M when all the reshoots are taken into account. If that is indeed the case, FF needs to hit $875M to break even, which is not happening.
Expect Fantastic Four to continue to plummet. Fans have already turned their attention to Spidey.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Grosses:
- Domestic (53.8%): $197,127,635
- International (46.2%): $170,300,000
- Worldwide: $367,427,635
MCU 2nd weekend drops:
- Black Panther – 44.7%
- Thor – 47.2%
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 47.6%
- Iron Man – 48.1%
- Doctor Strange – 49.5%
- The Avengers – 50.3%
- Far From Home – 51.1%
- Shang-Chi – 52.6%
- Thor: Ragnarok – 53.5%
- Deadpool & Wolverine – 54.2%
- Captain Marvel – 54.8%
- Guardians of the Galaxy – 55.3%
- Infinity War – 55.5%
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 55.5%
- Thunderbolts – 56.4%
- Ant-Man – 56.5%
- The Winter Soldier – 56.6%
- Thor: The Dark World – 57.3%
- Iron Man 3 – 58.4%
- Endgame – 59.2%
- Age of Ultron – 59.4%
- Iron Man 2 – 59.4%
- Civil War – 59.5%
- The Incredible Hulk – 60.1%
- Captain America – 60.7%
- Eternals – 61.4%
- Ant-Man and the Wasp – 61.6%
- Homecoming – 62.2%
- Wakanda Forever – 63.3%
- Multiverse of Madness – 67.0%
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps – 67.1%
- No Way Home – 67.5%
- Thor: Love and Thunder – 67.7%
- Black Widow – 67.8%
- Captain America: Brave New World – 68.3%
- Quantumania – 69.9%
- The Marvels – 78.1%
