‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Expected To Be Big With $190M-$210M Global Box Office Opening – Preview
WORLDWIDE, JUL 22 – The MCU reboot aims to revive the franchise with a $190M-$210M global debut, surpassing earlier 2025 Marvel releases and marking the best-reviewed Fantastic Four film to date.
- Marvel Studios will debut their new Fantastic Four film, First Steps, in theaters on July 25, 2025, featuring a retro-futuristic story that introduces Marvel’s First Family.
- This reboot follows two prior Fantastic Four adaptations, with the 2015 movie underperforming and Marvel seeking a strong comeback amid recent MCU hits and misses.
- The film stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and features cosmic threats Galactus, voiced by Ralph Ineson, and the Herald Silver Surfer played by Julia Garner.
- Advance tickets reached $20 million with projections estimating a $190 million to $210 million global opening, including $100 million to $110 million domestically and $90 million to $100 million internationally.
- Strong early reviews call it a quintessential superhero movie and MCU’s best franchise entry, suggesting it could revitalize Marvel's box office trajectory after recent underperformers.
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The Fantastic Four is making a big splash in Europe as it brings Marvel fans back to theaters, especially in Italy where the movie kicked off with a strong opening day. Starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, The Fantastic Four: First Steps earned about $1 million on its first Wednesday in Italy. That’s a solid... The post ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Doubles ‘Superman’s’ Opening Day Earnings in Europe! appeared first on Comic Basics.
Soon, DC and Marvel reboots will hit theaters at the same time. The new Superman, which has been collecting money at the box office for two weeks, will be competing with the new Fantastic Four. It will be released on July 25, and shortly before that, the Deadline portal published another forecast for the film's first box office receipts at the global box office. The film is expected to gross $100–110 on its debut weekend
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