Fantastic Four may fall just short of James Gunn's Superman reboot's opening weekend, but it's on track to make more than the 2015 FF movie did in its whole theatrical run

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is projecting for a smaller opening than Superman, but it's still more than the 2015 version in its whole run

Michael B. Jordan as Human Torch, Kate Mara as Invisible Woman, Miles Teller as Mister Fantastic, and Jamie Bell as The Thing in 2015's Fantastic Four
(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)

Marvel Studios is looking to finally land a big hit this year with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is trending toward a $190-$210 million worldwide opening weekend box office, per Deadline. That may wind up falling just short of James Gunn's Superman, which opened to $217 million globally. But even at the low end, that opening weekend box office is more than enough to surpass the entire worldwide theatrical run of the last attempt at bringing the FF to the movies.

2015's Fantastic Four - derisively nicknamed 'Fant4stic,' thanks to its goofy logo - took in just $167,882,881 in its entire run on a budget of $120 before marketing costs, according to Box Office Mojo. Along with being a financial failure, it also landed with a massive thud with both audiences and critics, with a current 9% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an audience score of a meager 18%.

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George Marston
George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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