THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Opening Weekend Estimates Rise After Tickets For Next MCU Movie Went On Sale

Opening weekend estimates for Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps continue to rise, and with tickets now on sale for the reboot, all signs point to the MCU delivering a much-needed hit...

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By JoshWilding - Jun 14, 2025 11:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Fantastic Four

Tickets for The Fantastic Four: First Steps went on sale earlier this month, but Marvel Studios still has just under six weeks to build excitement for its next movie.

With so much hype surrounding Superman (which arrives in theaters two weeks before Marvel's First Family), it wouldn't hurt to up the ante in terms of marketing, with another trailer heavier on action—and Galactus—than previous efforts.

We'll see what happens, but there's some good news for The Fantastic Four: First Steps today, courtesy of Box Office Theory. While fully reliable tracking data won't be available until two or three weeks before release, the site's early estimates take into account pre-sale tickets and social media buzz to predict a movie's opening weekend.

Filmmaker Matt Shakman's reboot had been eyeing a $125 million - $136 million start, but that latter figure has now risen to $155 million. As we write this, Superman should land with a $140 million - $185 million debut.

There's no real competition between the movies, though, and Marvel Studios ultimately just needs a win after Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts* underperformed.

Fans appear excited to see the Fantastic Four back on the big screen, with Vanessa Kirby's Sue Storm looking like the standout based on recent sneak peeks.

The Mission: Impossible franchise star embraced the challenge of playing the iconic hero, as she explained in a recent interview. "I’m such a Sue nerd. I think I out-nerded everyone in that room. I got so into quantum physics. It’s sad how much I got into it. I could waffle on about cellular vibration frequency."

Have you bought your tickets for The Fantastic Four: First Steps yet?

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne have been cast in mystery roles. Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is rumoured to appear, though that's surely a given with Avengers: Doomsday on the way.

Director Matt Shakman worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on The Fantastic Four: First Steps' screenplay, with Eric Pearson (Black Widow) later coming on board for a final polish.

The movie is set to be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.

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TheJok3r - 6/14/2025, 11:08 AM

F4 and Superman's early estimates show just how hungry the general audience is for good comic book content. If these studios can get their act together, they will literally be making billions a year.

ObserverIO - 6/14/2025, 2:45 PM

@TheJok3r - Both movies are fresh starts too. The audience just gave up on the DCEU, but were ready for the first Joker, The Batman and now Superman.

They've given up on the current MCU too, but they are there for multiverse movies and now it seems for The Fantastic Four.

ObserverIO - 6/14/2025, 2:48 PM

The audience is still there, waiting.

Basically my advice would be that when your universe shits the bed, screws the pooch and jumps the shark you take the 'L' and reboot hard.

JurassicClunge - 6/14/2025, 11:10 AM

I'll be there!

I'm soon to be FantasticClunge once I see Jurassic world 😬😌

SuperCat - 6/14/2025, 11:11 AM

Wahhvacado - 6/14/2025, 11:38 AM

@SuperCat -

BobGarlen - 6/14/2025, 11:16 AM

I'm still going to wait for word of mouth on this one. I still have a bad feeling about it - and I know I'm in the minority on that one. Superman is the only one I have a genuinely good feeling about. As far as Jurassic World goes, I've never been a dinosaur guy.

GeneralZod - 6/14/2025, 11:48 AM

@BobGarlen - You're not in the minority on FF.

dragon316 - 6/14/2025, 2:45 PM

@BobGarlen - unless I’m bored I’ll go see it I don’t trust crap from people , rotten tomatoes and critics say go by reviews and rotten tomatoes I may as well like avatar movies with out doubt, transformers one be successful, I have talk to people who said they like black widow movie wife of owner of comic book store I use shop at.,

Trust word of mouth may as well eat fish eggs by asking French person if fish eggs taste good

BobGarlen - 6/14/2025, 4:04 PM

@dragon316 - there are a few friends who i talk to, who usually align with my taste.

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 4:22 PM

@BobGarlen - You are not in the minority. We are going to continue to see articles from the access media that this movie is going to do great. They already started with the it took down the movie theater websites.

We'll hear how great it did opening weekend and denial that it did badly.

Then we'll hear take after take about people not accepting a female leader and female SS.

Then Marvel will admit it lost money and months later we will hear that it "underperformed" which is not the right word. Underperformed means it didnt do as well as they hoped. The correct term is bomb but they dont use that word if they think it was good.

This movie is easily over $300m with these new reshoots and no one actually reports how the studio makes money or how the split works overseas. In the last trailer, they cut Silver Surfers voice and Pedro cant shut his mouth. He was a bad casting to begin with and hes is Rachael Zegler'ing himself.

I dont think this one has a chance.

@GeneralZod

GeneralZod - 6/14/2025, 7:56 PM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - and in recent FF promo posters, they are showing Pedro with a light beard -- which we won't see on film -- to 'drown out' the annoying AF moustache. It's damage control throughout.

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 11:52 PM

@GeneralZod - Maybe I just dont follow him but I keep seeing all these interviews or pictures of him dressed in outrageous outfits. The one video of him licking that glow stick or whatever. Like what is he even doing? They easily spent over $300m on this movie. I never thought his casting would actually be worse than gender swapping SS. They did this to themselves. They knew what he was about and now he thinks he can do whatever he wants, hes already casted in Avengers, Mandolorian. Talk about putting your eggs in one basket.

gambgel - 6/14/2025, 11:32 AM

Am I the only one thinking both Superman and F4 estimates are too high taking into account current state of the genre?

A 90m/110m opening sound more realistic, imo.

Apophis71 - 6/14/2025, 12:16 PM

@gambgel - Has never realy been about 'the state of the genre' as they have still regularly had CBM's in the top ten film releases of the year.

Currently two of the top five for the year are MCU films after all.

Last year (when there was only one Marvel film from Disney) DP&W took the number two spot narrowly behind Inside out 2, year before had three of the top eight being CBM's and 22' half the top ten CBM's.

It is way more the I'll wait and watch at home mindset for almost all content across all genres unless REALY sold well as a must see on the big screen event outside of kids films. Thus far this year the average BO across all films has only been around $10M, the lowest it has been in decades outside of 2020 Covid lockdowns.

DTor91 - 6/14/2025, 5:43 PM

@gambgel - I think this could be true for FF, but I’m seeing a fervor and excitement for Superman that I haven’t seen since Endgame.

I can only speak for myself, but for me locally, most theaters are nearly 100% sold out for Superman. Still plenty of seats available for FF.

But, there’s always too many variables to consider on both ends and all we can do is wait and see. I can see Superman doing big numbers to start, and go stronger if reviews/ word of mouth are positive.

I do hope the same for FF, and both are the superhero films I’ve been looking most forward to this year (desperate for good iterations of both for YEARS.) But I think it’s safe to say the days of just any Marvel film hitting a billion are done unless it’s the A-list names. Which, FF should always be amongst that list anyway but given how the property has been treated for too long…

bobevanz - 6/14/2025, 11:43 AM

It's nice seeing Superman will be entirely in 1.90 imax ratio, and F4 having 1.90 and a few 1.43 ratios. It's clear the industry is catching onto the profit margins for PLF screens. Imax announced they're adding or renovating 80 screens up to laser. 3d worked a decade ago, times have changed indeed (except for Cameron of course). This is just another excuse why watching a movie at home isn't the [frick]ing same lmao. Bring back 90 day windows!

dragon316 - 6/14/2025, 2:46 PM

@bobevanz - imax wasn’t impressed with anything at all

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 12:05 PM

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Opening Weekend Estimates Rise After Tickets for Next MCU Movie Went on Sale.

jackbauer884 - 6/14/2025, 12:51 PM

@AllsGood - Bye bye disgusting creep. See you next year, when Spider-Man 4 comes. Coz FF will flop, and you go MIA again.

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 7:10 PM

@jackbauer884 - Disney and Marvel Studios are the Diversity Studios like to make something for everyone. Everything don't have to be made for the White Men's Approval.

Marvel Studios made Ironheart for women, children and minorities NOT for Angry White Men's Approval. Simple solution. Don't watch it.

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 12:10 PM

AllsNotGood just what you want to hear. :)

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 4:25 PM

@AllsGood - Werent you the same person posting these celebratory posts for BNW and Thunderbolts. Even Josh is admiting both failed. Thunderbolts lost MILLIONS.

Are you just trolling at this point? That last 4 out of 6 MCU movies failed. D+ is drowning. Im not sure what exactly you are cheering. Certainly by now, you understand what the studio take actually is?

Right?

@jackbauer884

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 4:45 PM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - Box Office History for Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies. 36 Movies later and Climbing Box Studios has made Billions and Billions and Billions and Billions and Growing = $31,834,118,542

None of those poor box office numbers has STOPPED Marvel Studios.

Marvel Studios holds ALL Box Office Records. Now it sounds like Fantastic Four: First Day will another hit. Tracking around 150 million domestic opening.

Studios have to beat Marvel Studios have beat their box office records and $31,834,118,542 and Climbing Fast.

CLICK HERE

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=summary

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 4:47 PM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - Everyone keeps attacking Marvel Studios movies like Brave New World and Thunderbolts, Antman and the Marvels.

BUT can you name the last WB/DC DCU movie that was a Box Office Hit and Hit One Billion Dollars?

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 5:06 PM

@AllsGood - What does DC have to do with it? You completely ignored my post. You are picking historical numbers to show the MCU has been successful? Of course it has but you think companies make money in the past?

You think the shareholders care if DC fails when they are ALSO failing?

"Tracking around 150 million domestic opening."

Here we go again. Go do the math. How much does the studio make from that? The average dropoff is 50% in the second week. Grab a calculator and go figure it out.

You also ignored that you do this with every movie. I dont usually pick on you about it. You did it with the Marvels. You do it with all the D+ series. You did it with BNW and TB.

They all lost money. All of them. You are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. So in 2024, they released a movie as a banger and moved everything else, including Ironheart. Why?

Pressure, thats why. They couldn't have 3/4 fiscal failure years in a row. They get a break for Covid which covered the Eternals disaster. Like I get your a fan but they haven't been making money for years now. The Marvels wiped out what Guardians made. Like be a fan but at least know whats going on.

On the other side, they nuked Star Wars into deep red. They are bled out over the Acolyte and Skeleton Crew. Everyone in charge over there should be fired, including Feige.

Even in sport, a championship coach eventually gets fired if the team stops winning.

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 5:49 PM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - Marvel Studios Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) just last Summer was a Huge Box Hit. Even broke the R rated movie record. Now you post WB/DC DCU last box office hit?

Domestic = $636,745,858

International = $701,327,787

Worldwide = $1,338,073,645

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 6:22 PM

@AllsGood - Are you feeling ok or can you just not read. I said "o in 2024, they released a movie as a banger and moved everything else, including Ironheart. Why?"

Which banger did you think I meant?

Go ahead, keep going.

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 6:45 PM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - Disney and Marvel Studios are the Diversity Studios like to make something for everyone. Everything don't have to be made for the White Men's Approval.

Marvel Studios made Ironheart for women, children and minorities NOT for Angry White Men's Approval. Simple solution

CreateNowSlpL8r - 6/14/2025, 11:47 PM

@AllsGood - Jesus Christ.

For a second I thought you were a serious person.

Also, NO ONE IS WATCHING. Thats the problem.

AlexGSpeaks - 6/14/2025, 12:18 PM

So the How to Train Your Dragon live action remake is gonna make $80-$100 million this weekend. People get mad at studios for these remakes, yet they keep watching them.

UnderBelly - 6/14/2025, 12:22 PM

@AlexGSpeaks - Kids/family friendly movies are usually the guaranteed ones to make bank. They will keep recycling those until that cow no longer has bones.

DSAC294 - 6/14/2025, 12:45 PM

@AlexGSpeaks - no complaints here. It was great family night out at the movies on Wednesday for the pre-screening.

dragon316 - 6/14/2025, 2:50 PM

@AlexGSpeaks - different people have diffnert likes in intersts adults do prefer live action over animated original it’s reason g1 series and animated movie don’t go over well with NEW fans of transformers they like live action not cartoon and adults who have kids take them to see any kids movie live action or animated goood or bad kids don’t pretend be something there not non paid movie critic

ModHaterSLADE - 6/14/2025, 12:29 PM

Looking forward to this and Superman. Both look promising.

AllsNotGood - 6/14/2025, 12:31 PM

The more films come out the closer we get to reset

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 12:41 PM

@AllsNotGood - Filmmaker Matt Shakman's reboot had been eyeing a $125 million - $136 million start,

but that latter Figure has now Risen to $155 Million.

AllsGood - 6/14/2025, 12:45 PM

@AllsNotGood - NOT Good news for you and Best Friend Make America.

TheVisionary25 - 6/14/2025, 12:50 PM

Sweet , that’s a nice jump so hope that happens when the film comes out!!.

Anyway , anyone else find it weird that we still don’t know who Natasha Lyonne is playing in this film…

Like we atleast have seen John Malkovich’s character who is likely Red Ghost and have clues about Mole Man being in this universe aswell and is probably Paul Walter Hauser yet nothing about her character.

I don’t think she would be reprising Byrdie from What If and feel she doesn’t particularly fit Alicia Masters either so perhaps she could be a version of Sharon Ventura from the comics?.

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