Marvel's first family stumbled in theaters in its second weekend but still held on to the top spot at the box office. The Fantastic Four: First Steps earned $40 million from 4,125 North American theaters, a 66% drop from a healthy $117.6 million debut. The superhero movie dipped significantly more than Marvel's previous film, Thunderbolts, which took a 55% dive in its second weekend, the AP reports. First Steps is the last major blockbuster of the summer. It added nearly $40 million internationally in its second weekend, bringing the film's global total to $369 million. The movie's box office drop-off was surprising given its strong reviews, said Paul Dergarabedian of the data firm Comscore.
Although the movie's debut weekend may have given box office results a strong push toward the $4 billion summer benchmark, August is off to a slow start. "It really means that all the films are going to have to stand on their own," Dergarabedian said. Newcomer comedy The Bad Guys 2 earned second place this weekend, with $22 million from 3,852 North American theaters. That was on par with projections and in line with the first movie in the series, which brought in $23 million in 2022. Paramount's slapstick The Naked Gun, also in its debut weekend, snagged the third spot, with $17 million from 3,344 locations. The next few weeks will include the releases of Freakier Friday and Zach Cregger's horror movie Weapons. The box office is up 9.5% from last year.
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps, $40 million.
- The Bad Guys 2, $22.2 million.
- The Naked Gun, $17 million.
- Superman, $13.8 million.
- Jurassic World Rebirth, $8.7 million.
- Together, $6.8 million.
- F1: The Movie, $4.1 million.
- I Know What You Did Last Summer, $2.7 million.
- Smurfs, $1.8 million.
- How to Train Your Dragon, $1.4 million.
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