At this point, the Fantastic Four franchise might just be too tainted for even Marvel Studios to want the rights back. Earlier this week, early estimates had the reboot opening around the $50 million mark. Even when the negative reviews from the trades hit, analysts maintained that something around $45 million was a possibility, but as things got worse for the movie - including director Josh Trank disowning it on Twitter - so too did those estimates plummet. However, it still looked like Fantastic Four would beat Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation in its second week, but that hasn't been the case! In fact, it's a good few million behind it, which is a humiliating blow to Fox.
The well received Ghost Protocol follow-up held onto the #1 spot with an estimated $29.4 million for the weekend, taking its domestic total to $108.65 million. Fantastic Four on the other hand came in second with a paltry $26.2 million, and while it could potentially earn its budget back overseas (we've yet to hear about how it's performed worldwide), the franchise might just be dead thanks to this flop. Avengers: Age of Ultron did more than that at Thursday evening showing alone! Ant-Man on the other hand is still doing pretty well as it closes in on $150 million domestically and hits $326 millon worldwide with a number of other locations set to release it soon. Thoughts?
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