Fantastic Four Flop: Marvel's Latest Fails to Soar at Box Office

As of August 20th, 2025, Marvel's latest superhero film, Fantastic Four: First Steps, has failed to gain traction at the box office. The movie has dropped below $1 million in North America in less than a month since its release, a disappointing performance for the highly anticipated reboot.

Interestingly, the Fantastic Four film is now on track to surpass the worldwide box office of the recent Ant-Man installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. This Paul Rudd-led movie is the lowest-grossing film in the Ant-Man franchise, which has generally been among the weaker earners in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Despite their commercial struggles, the Ant-Man movies have played a significant role in the MCU. Paul Rudd's Ant-Man character made an essential contribution in Avengers: Endgame, introducing the quantum realm to the Avengers. The Fantastic Four film, on the other hand, has seen a slight improvement in its North American performance, but it is likely too late to turn its fate around.

As the Fantastic Four: First Steps film approaches the $500 million milestone globally, it is poised to surpass the worldwide box office of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in the coming weeks. This underscores the uneven fortunes of Marvel's superhero franchises, with some struggling to find the same level of success as the MCU's more popular properties.