It has been coming for a long time, but Marvel Studios has finally added Reed Richards and the gang to Marvel's film universe. With the announcement of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps", Kevin Jegie, and not only finally returned Marvel's first silver family, but they also provided a much -needed hit in the process.

Directed by Matt Shakman, from the fame "Vandasi", "The first steps" had by far the biggest open weekend ever for the Fantastic Four Franchise. He debuted at about $ 118 million domestic to go with $ 100 million abroad for a global $ 218 million debut. It is a very victory that Marvel and Disney needed after the relative wrong fires that were "Captain America: Brave New World" ($ 415 million worldwide) and "Thunderbolt*" ($ 382 million worldwide). This is, if you pardon your pants, heroic open weekend much more in line with what we expected from MCU.

Also, essentially responds to what Jameseshei Gun "Superman" did Just weeks ago when he bowed to $ 220 million, which is a good company to find. So, what was right for this well -accepted reboot? What helped to bring the audience to an era where big superhero films (even those in MCU) are no longer automatic hits as they once were? We look at the biggest reasons why "Fantastic Four: First Steps" was a success in the box office for his open weekend. Let's get into that.

Although not always equivalent to ticket sales, good reception never hurts a big blockbuster. To that end, "Fantastic Four: First Steps" was welcomed with open hands and critics and audiences. The film currently has a very solid rating of 87% critical approval on rotten tomatoes to go with a great 93% audience rating. Not to turn this into a match, but from this writing, both numbers are just just above those for Superman. The latest Shakman also earned A-Kinoskur, who similarly matched Superman. This is important because the new "Man of the Man" DC has proven to be a pleasant crowd of residency.

In his /movie review, Whitney Seibard gave the "first steps" and 9 out of 10 ratingWriting it "is set in a world where I don't mind living". Indeed, many recent MCU releases have earned a far more mixed response than this film did, if not pure sour in some cases. The house that built the fagie is simply not as armored as it was leading to the "Avengers: Endgame", when the company seemed purely unstoppable. Fortunately, that was not the case here, because Marvel seems to have returned my mine. Couldn't come in a better time.

One thing that just can't be overlooked when talking about the success of the "first steps" compared to other recent Marvel is the team's pure recognition in the center of the film. We had several films "Fantastic Four" (of different quality) Over the years. They were one of the teams that helped make Marvel comics, which was back in the 1960s, after being created by the legendary Stan Lee and Jackack Kirby. Even a very random audience know, vaguely speaking, who are these characters. The same cannot be said about the names of "eternal" or "thunderstorms*".

With his own reception of fegi, Lack of character recognition helped doom "Thunderbolts*," " In particular, despite the fact that the film has earned very strong views. MCU was supposed to bring a severe blow. He got four of them in the forms of Mr Fantastic, the invisible woman, things and the human torch. The fantastic quadruple is a huge important team within the canon "Marvel Comics" and, if things go well, the "first steps" can start a franchise that can help carry MCC for the next decade. Put clearly, the studio needed this to work. With all the accounts in the early walking, it happened.

Another thing that greatly benefited "first steps" was the fact that it promised something fresh for the fans of hardcore comics and ordinary films. The fact is that the era of MCU's "Endgame", which is defined by wild expansive storytelling stories within Marvel's larger multiversum, is a little undesirable to the audience. Many of his films have been done - not to mention Disney+ - they feel like the necessary homework, rather than things to enjoy as they rejoice.

Again, Haggy admitted that MCC was focused on the quantity above the quality For some time there, and it hurt the brand. Fortunately, this film was not sad with multivisional luggage and had to exist on its own conditions. It was clear in marketing and during the press tour. In addition, Shakmann made a retro-football look for the film that helped to set this film "Fantastic Four" not only from those that covered the big screen before, but also other MCC films. It looked different and, fortunately, did not require hours of previous homework to appreciate them.

Indeed, people can enjoy the "first steps" as a movie for their own benefit, while Hardcore fans are free to connect all points that can lead to "Doomsday". It is true of something that MCU did well with regularity.

In 2015, director Oshosh Tran "Fantastic Four" has become one of the biggest bombs in the movie history in Superhero. It was an epic disaster, and certainly didn't help the "fantastic quadruple of the silver surfer" in 2007 was also a failure before. The bigger point is that, although Disney completed his Fox purchase in 2019, giving Marvel Studio Control of the Fantastic Four and X-Men Properties, the House of Ideas practiced patience and avoided a new movie with these characters in production immediately. Instead, the studio allowed some time to pass, giving the wounds of previous failures a chance to be treated. Most importantly, allow to build a real appetite.

Now, in 2025, fans are absolutely dying to see this "Fantastic Four" restart, Complete with a lot more comics the correct version of the villain galaxus And the A-List cast brought these heroes to life. To this end, Marvel studio nailed by Pedro Pascal ("Mandalorian") as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby ("Mission: Impossible-Morta Repeat") like Sue Storm, Josephosef Quinn ("strange things") as Johnoni He was ready to love her fantastic four again.

Speaking of Loveubov, one of the biggest things "Fantastic Four: The First Steps" was going on was the very logo of Marvel Studios. To be sure, as much as the last few years of the studio have been defined by disappointments such as "Ant-man and wasps: Quantana" and "Marveli", also gave him a way of Absolutely giant hits like Deadpool & Wolverine ($ 1.3 billion worldwide).

The fact is that the audience is still ready to be for the inubs in these films and will spend their money on the ticket if they think it seems worth it. Is it easy as it once was for MCU Films to make it to $ 1 billion globally? No, but it should never be a bar for success, even for the Marvel studio. The number of films that can be opened for more than $ 200 million globally are slightly and far from the Pandemic era. Despite the numerous wrong fires, however, Marvel can still do so with the right film.

There is a reason why millions of people Viewed and analyzed in "Avengers: Doomsday" classes in March. There is also a reason why his wrong fires did not disturb everything that Marvel expose. The audience just wants to feel like what they see is really worth their time, much of the way "Guardians of the Galaxy" or "Captain America: Civil War" were in their time. In this case, Shakmann, Jagie and everyone hit the mark. The audience seems to be clean that are rooted for Marvel to hit the mark and vote happily with their dollars when that happens. Here's hoping that this can be the beginning of the end for the rough patch.

"Fantastic Four: First Steps" is now in cinemas.