The Fantastic Four: First Stepshas hit a major milestone worldwide even though it has stumbled at the domestic box office. The new movie is the 37th feature-length installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the titular group of superheroes, who must protect Earth from Galactus (Ralph Ineson).
The Fantastic Four: First Stepsreviewshave earned it a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 86% with a Verified Hot audience score of 92%. However, this did not prevent the movie from stumbling hard at the box office during its sophomore weekend, falling 66% from its debut weekend inone of the MCU’s worst-ever week 2 drops.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis projected to conclude its second weekend in theaters by hitting a cumulative global box office total of $368 million. This makes it onlythe 12th movie of the year to surpass the $350 million milestonein spite of its troubles in the domestic marketplace.
What This Means For The Fantastic Four: First Steps
By hitting this global box office milestone,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis beginning to climb the charts. In fact, in the span of just 10 days, it has already surpassed the complete box office totals of the two lowest-grossingMCU moviesin history, which areThe Marvels($199.7 million) andThe Incredible Hulk($265.6 million).
Even if it is hit with another troubling domestic drop in week 3,it seems set to have its global total continue climbing past the $400 million milestoneand higher within a relatively short time.
Hitting the $400 million milestone alone would bothlandThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsin the Top 10 highest-grossing movies of 2025(as the chart currently stands) and see it additionally outgrossCaptain America: The First Avenger($370.6 million),Black Widow($379.7 million), andThunderbolts*($382.4 million).
However, the fact that it has already hit a snag during its sophomore weekend at the domestic box office could indicate a potentially damaging slowdown. The reportedbudget ofThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsis more than $200 million, whichcould place its estimated break-even point as high as $500 million.
It remains to be seen if it will be able to hit that milestone, though the fact that it has already surged past the $350 million benchmark could put it in a good position to do so.
Our Take On The Fantastic Four: First Steps Milestone
While its prospects are looking less sure in the wake of its domestic drop, if it can keep up its current global trajectory,The Fantastic Four: First Stepscould still very well become the first MCU movie of 2025 to be an unalloyed success at the box office in the wake of the underperformingCaptain America: Brave New WorldandThunderbolts*.
