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Fantastic Four Reboot Blasts Off with Stellar $218M Worldwide Launch
27 Jul
Summary
- Fantastic Four: First Steps opens to franchise-best $218M globally
- Superman flies past $500M domestically in third week
- Jurassic World: Rebirth crosses $300M mark in the US
In a major win for both Marvel Studios and the Fantastic Four franchise, the new film Fantastic Four: First Steps rocketed to a global launch of $218 million, including $118 million domestically and $100 million overseas. This marks the best-ever opening for the Fantastic Four franchise, nearly matching the recent $220 million global debut of the DC superhero blockbuster Superman.
Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is earning praise from critics and audiences, stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the iconic Marvel superheroes. The film follows the team as they return to Earth with superpowers after a space expedition goes awry, and must confront the threat of the cosmic entity Galactus.
Elsewhere at the box office, the DC film Superman continued its impressive run, flying past the $500 million mark domestically in its third week of release. The Jurassic World: Rebirth franchise also celebrated a milestone, crossing the $300 million threshold in the US in its fourth weekend.
