I guess it's fair to say that these summer movies all flopped:

ELIO
SMURFS
BALLERINA
M3GAN 2.0
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER


KARATE KID: LEGENDS made over 100 M worldwide on a 45 M budget, so it wasn't a total disaster. But it didn't exactly light up the box office

Did something I have not done in years and went to opening night of Fantastic Four First Steps IMAX 3D.

I thought it was great and much more enjoyable than Superman. Right now it is on track to equal first weekend domestic box office, but I think international appeal will go to MARVEL.

Jurassic Park is killing it at $718M as the superhero films battle it out. Both of which should hit Hit status. F1 would have been fine if someone didn't make the decision to spend between $200-$300M for a racing movie.

Fantastic Four grossed 118 M this weekend which is very good, but slightly less than what Superman made. Superman is now the #4 film of the year, having passed Sinners. It is slightly behind Jurassic World.

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Originally posted by David R:
Fantastic Four grossed 118 M this weekend which is very good, but slightly less than what Superman made. Superman is now the #4 film of the year, having passed Sinners. It is slightly behind Jurassic World.

My prediction is FF will significantly pass Superman world wide.

Superman crossed the 300 M mark domestically. It is less than 10 M behind Jurassic World. These films are currently # 3 and 4 for 2025.

In its second week, Fantastic Four is likely to make another 75 M and will probably move into the 7th position of the year, passing Mission Impossible and Captain America.

Fantastic Four had a steep drop in its 2nd week, making only about 40 M. Within a day or two it will pass 200 M domestically and will knock Captain America out of its spot, becoming # 7 for the year in terms of the highest grossing films.

This week the Top 5 of the year will soon be:

1) MINECRAFT
2) LILO & STITCH
3) SUPERMAN
4) JURASSIC WORLD
5) SINNERS


LILO is still 2 M plus behind MINECRAFT

So far this is the first year since 2020 that no film has hit 500 M in U.S.

Saw an article in which the powers that be at Disney are discussing why FANTASTIC FOUR has not been a bigger hit (it's made 208 M domestically so far)

Looking at the numbers, Marvel hasn't had a movie which made 300 M since 2022, aside from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Deadpool & Wolverine.

Of the 37 Marvel films released since 2008, Fantastic Four is currently #27 in terms of the domestic box office.