The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis climbing an important box office chart during its fourth weekend. The Matt Shakman-directed movie is the 37th theatrical installment in the interconnected superhero franchise known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
2025’sThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, which debuted on July 25,introduces the MCU’s version of the titular superhero family, which includes Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/The Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach).
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis projected to close out its fourth weekend in theaters by hittinga cumulative global total of $468.7 million, comprising $247 million from the domestic box office and $221.7 million from international markets.
This will make itthe ninth movie of 2025 so far to pass the $450 million global milestone, behindF1 The Movie,Superman,Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,How to Train Your Dragon,Jurassic World Rebirth,A Minecraft Movie,Lilo & Stitch, andNe Zha II.
Additionally, this total allowsThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsto leap up the all-time chart of the highest-grossing MCU movies worldwide. It has nowsurpassed the $449.3 million global box office total earned by the originalThorin 2011, placing it at No. 28.
What This Means For The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Thormarks the thirdMarvel Cinematic Universe moviefrom Phase 1 of the franchise thatThe Fantastic Fourhas outgrossed, after 2011’sCaptain America: The First Avenger($370.6 million) and 2008’sThe Incredible Hulk($265.6 million). However,the 2025 movie is still relatively low on the chart.
There are 27 MCU movies ahead ofFirst Steps, ranging from the underwhelmingAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania($476.1 million) to the smash hitAvengers: Endgame($2.7 billion). WhileThe Fantastic Fourcan keep climbing as its theatrical run continues,it will most likely remain in the bottom half of the chartgiven its current trajectory.
Our Take On The Fantastic Four: First Steps Box Office Milestone
Ultimately, even thoughtheFantastic Four: First Stepsbox officehas had the best performance for an MCU movie in 2025 and could still scrape together a theatrical profit against its reported budget of more than $200 million,it is the franchise’s third underperforming title in a rowafterCaptain America: Brave New World($413.6 million) andThunderbolts*($382.4 million).
The MCU needs a major hit to reestablish itself. They seem sure to get one, though, as the two movies currently scheduled to followThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsinto theaters are 2026’sSpider-Man: Brand New DayandAvengers: Doomsday, both of which belong to multi-billion-dollar subfranchises of the MCU.
