The Fantastic Four: First Stepshas surged up an important box office chart. The superhero movie, which is the 37th feature-length installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stars Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing.
2025’sThe Fantastic Four: First Stepshas already experienced some turbulence at the box office. After debuting with $117.6 million, Marvel’s best opening weekend of the year,it cratered with a 66% drop during its sophomore weekendthat represented one of the MCU’s worst drops in history.
PerDeadline,The Fantastic Four: First Stepshas taken in an additional $2 million at the domestic box office on Thursday. In addition to bringing the movie’s cumulative domestic total to $214.8 million, thispushes its global box office total to more than $385.29 million(not all international grosses for Thursday have been calculated just yet).
That number is enough forThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsto outgross the $382.4 million global haul of Marvel’s previous 2025 outing,Thunderbolts*. This means thatit has officially escaped the Bottom 5 of the MCU, as it has already outgrossedThe Marvels,The Incredible Hulk,Captain America: The First Avenger, andBlack Widow.
What This Means For The Fantastic Four: First Steps
This surge up the all-time MCU chart has come at the right time fortheFantastic Four: First Stepsbox office. It is currently poised to begin its third weekend at the domestic box office, where it will be competing with the new original horror movieWeaponsand the comedy legacy sequelFreakier Friday, andits prospects are looking underwhelming.
Current projections suggest that one of the new releases will take No. 1 at the domestic box office while the other will take No. 2,knockingThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsfrom its perch at the top of the domestic chartafter just two consecutive weekends.
Our Take On The Fantastic Four: First Steps Box Office
Surpassing the worldwide gross ofThunderbolts*is an important step forThe Fantastic Four: First Steps. Even if it doesn’t climb much higher up the chart ofMCU movies,it needs to outgross both of Marvel’s previous 2025 releasesif it is going to have a chance of succeeding.
BothThunderbolts*andCaptain America: Brave New World($413.6 million worldwide) underperformed compared to their reported budgets of $180 million. BecauseThe Fantastic Fourhas an even higher reported budget of $200 million or more, it needs to continue climbing to avoid the same fate as its predecessors.
This is possible in spite ofThe Fantastic Four: First Steps' impending drop to No. 3, because August is still relatively quiet as far as other competitive new releases. The next majorly competitive tentpole is most likelyThe Conjuring: Last Rites, which doesn’t premiere until September 5.
