‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ tops box office with $118 million
This image released by Disney shows Pedro Pascal in a scene from “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” (Marvel/Disney via AP)
LOS ANGELES – “Fantastic Four: First Steps” opened with $118 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The highly anticipated Marvel release stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the titular superheroes, astronauts who attain special powers when their spaceship encounters a cosmic storm.
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This image released by Disney shows the Human Torch, voiced by Joseph Quinn in a scene from “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” (Marvel Studios/Disney via AP)
“Superman” was second with $24.8 million Friday though Sunday in its third week of release, Comscore reported.
“Jurassic World Rebirth” took in $13 million in its fourth weekend in theaters.
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“F1 The Movie” was fourth with $6.2 million in its fifth week, followed by “Smurfs,” which made $5.4 million in its second week.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “I Know What You Did Last Summer” ($5.1 million), “How to Train Your Dragon” ($2.8 million),“Eddington” ($1.6 million), “Saiyaara” ($1.2 million) and “Oh, Hi!” ($1.1 million).
Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold.
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt Disney Co. has become the fourth biggest opening of the year, behind “A Minecraft Movie,” “Lilo & Stitch” and “Superman,” and the biggest Marvel opening since “Deadpool & Wolverine” grossed $211 million out of the gate last summer.
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Internationally, “Fantastic Four” made $100 million from 52 territories, adding up to a $218 million worldwide debut. The numbers were within the range the studio was expecting.
The film arrived in the wake of another big superhero reboot, James Gunn’s “Superman,” which opened three weekends ago and has already crossed $500 million globally. That film, from the other main player in comic book films, DC Studios, took second place with $24.9 million domestically.
The box office success of “First Steps” and “Superman” means “the whole notion of superhero fatigue, which has been talked about a lot, can I think be put to rest. I always say it’s bad movie fatigue, not superhero fatigue,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore. (With reports from CNS, AP)
