'Fantastic Four' Tops 'Superman' Opening, Second-Largest of the Year

Marvel's Fantastic Four: First Steps 'raked in about $57 million at the domestic box office for its opening day, according to multiple outlets,' reports Forbes.

That haul makes it 'the year's second-largest opening day so far and a win for Marvel and Disney about a year after they announced a reduction in film and TV show quantity to focus on quality.'
The roughly $57 million 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' generated at the domestic box office Friday fell narrowly short of the opening day for 'A Minecraft Movie' ($57.11 million) and just topped opening day for DC Comics rival 'Superman' ($56.1 million), according to Variety. The film has netted about $106 million globally after securing $49.2 million overseas, setting itself up for an opening weekend of around $125 million, the same figure achieved by 'Superman' earlier this month.

Fantastic Four: First Steps is receiving praise from critics and fans alike, boasting an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.6/10 on IMDb... With its opening weekend alone, 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' out-earned the entire domestic run of 'Fantastic Four' (2015), an adaptation of the heroes that flopped hard at the domestic box office ($56.1 million) and received poor ratings...

Marvel's next movie is slated to release almost a full year from now, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day hitting theaters next summer before Avengers: Doomsday in December.

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