Things started on a promising note of Marvel Studio's "Fantastic Four" at the box office, but as these things go, it's not just a weekend - it's about weeks. To that end, the takeover of director Matt Shakmann on Reed Richards and the gang suffered much larger than the expected fall in his second weekend despite the fact "First Steps" is one of the best reviews in Marvel's Chinese universe at some time. As a result, Marvel Studios should probably start ringing some alarm Svona at this point.

The first steps made about $ 38.6 million in their second weekend at home, dropping 67% to its opening. He also added $ 39.6 million internationally in its second framework. Restarting Fantastic Four debuted at $ 118 million domestic and $ 100 million abroad. The projections before Marvel had the latest Marvel maintenance far better, but that's not how things were going. Hence, there is a reason for Marvel and Disney to be worried.

The film brings a $ 200 million production budget and has currently earned $ 367.4 million globally. Not to do this thing Marvel against DC, but against similar reviews, the Jameseshei Gunn's Superman was far better at its second weekend, crossing the brand from $ 400m to that point. Superman also crossed the $ 500 million brand to its third weekend And it is currently like the highest 2025 comic book film with $ 551.2 million worldwide. At least it will reach $ 600 million, if not closer to $ 700 million depending on how things shake.

"Fantastic Four", meanwhile, will have to calm down over/under $ 500 million globally. Combined with indecisive results for Captain America: A Brave New World "($ 415 million worldwide) and" Thunderbolt*"($ 382 million worldwide), it was a rough year for MCU. Movies like "Deadpool & Wolverine" withdraw at $ 1.3 billion They are now very exception and is no longer the rule for the Marvel studio. It is a reality that the company will have to accept. As for what it does within that new reality? It's a billions of dollars.

"Fantastic Four" may not touch $ 600 million, but even if he does, it is far from what Marvel Studio was hoping for. Remember, the rights "fantastic four" were a big part of Disney $ 71.3 billion in Fox in 2019along with the rights "X-Men". It was certainly much, much more than securing the character rights for the Marvel Studio, but Kevin Jegie undoubtedly assumed that these characters could lead to $ 1 billion franchises in the larger MCC volume.

When the "Avengers: Endgame" made $ 2.79 billion in 2019MCU seemed untouchable. However, in the years to come, the pandemic has increased movement and Disney+ habits+ have become a greater focus, with more people choosing to carry things home. More importantly, Marvel Studios failed to constantly deliver pleasures from the crowd, as he did pre-panda, with films like "Ernals", "Black Widow", "Marveza" and "Ant-man and Osa: Quanumania", proving to be divided. Even hits like "Thor: Loveubov and GROM" met much less praise than their predecessors as "Thor: Ragnarok".

All this has been added to a situation where the general public does not perceive the average MCU film as an event that must be seen more. Even restarting the property, known as the "fantastic four", one that was filled with excellent views, can only attract so much attention. If Marvel can't make a team of A-Essen to work at this point, what hope does the property like "new" or "power pack"? The case at the point: "Thunderbolt*" was also filled with very good reviews, but still failed to submit them to the box office. So what now?

Does Marvel only hope that the audience will appear in "Avengers: Doomsday" next year because the word "Avengers" is in the title? Let's not forget, a fantastic quadruple and The Thunderbolts (aka the new avengers)are large parts of the cast. If "Doomsday" disappoints with the expectations of the sky, what then? It may sound silly to assume that the movie "Avengers" may disappoint, but at this point, nothing is guaranteed for MCU. The only thing that is clear is or something to change or Disney needs to make peace by reducing the return.

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