An unexpected crash for the fantastic four at the US box office
After a solid start, the new Hit Marvel already sees its attendance fall spectacularly.
What give cold sweats to Kevin Feige ?
The fantastic four: first steps is in free fall. Already. After an excellent launch boosted by the curiosity of MCU fans, the second week was much harder for the superheroic adventure, which failed to seduce beyond the regulars.
The superheroic adventure fails to seduce beyond the audience of fans accustomed to MCU.
After a solid start at $ 117.6 million, the film accuses a brutal fall of 66 % for its second weekend, with only 40 million harvested in 4,125 cinemas. Analysts, however, anticipated a more moderate drop (around 55%). All the more surprising that The fantastic four: first steps Benefits from positive criticism, good word of mouth and a calendar without real frontal competition.
Despite this marked drop, the film retains first place in the North American box office. But this withdrawal remains one of the most severe for production Marvel of Disneyin the line of Captain America: Brave New World (–68 %), Ant-man and the wasp: Quantumania (–70 %) or Thor: Love and Thunder (–67 %). At this stage, The Fantastic Four Acute $ 198 million on American soil and 368 million at the Global Box-Office. A still reassuring performance for Marvelwhose post-Covid results are very unequal: the film should exceed the global scores of recents Brave New World ($ 415 million) and Thunderbolts ($ 382 million). But it will have to last for time to hope to tickle the billion course.
Behind, Les Bad Guys 2signed animated comedy Universal et DreamWorksachieves a nice start with $ 22.8 million in 3,852 rooms. It is practically the same score as the first opus in 2022, released at an era still marked by the reluctance of post-pandemic studios. The original film had finally finished its race at 250 million worldwide.
In third position, Is there a cop to save it?version 2025, opens at 17 million in 3,344 cinemas, online with forecasts. A promising start for this comedy, like rare on the big screen. The public seems to be conquered by this new opus carried by Liam Neeson in the role of Frank Drebin Jr. – the son of the legendary inspector embodied once by Leslie nielsen – alongside Pamela Anderson et Paul Walter Hauser.
Lower in the ranking, TogetherBody Horror film, distributed by Neon, ranks sixth with $ 6.8 million over the weekend and a total of 10.8 million since its release on Wednesday. Gathered on the screen as in the city, Dave Franco et Alison Brie Embody a fusional couple in it confronted with a mysterious entity provoking terrifying physical changes. Word of mouth will have to follow because Neon had spent 17 million to acquire the film in Sundance.
Finally, two blockbusters continue to garner impressive recipes. Superman Fall in fourth place with 13.9 million for its fourth weekend, bringing its total to 316.2 million in the United States and 551.2 million worldwide. The launch of the new DC Universe is therefore being successful at the box office, even if you are far from a tidal wave.
Moreover, in the competition of the mastodons of the summer, it is Jurassic World: Renaissance which holds the top of the pavement. With 8.4 million in the fifth week, the Reboot of Universal, led by Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey et Maharshala alihas already reported 317 million in North America and 766 million worldwide.
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