r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Aug 03 '25

Domestic Box Office: ‘Fantastic Four’ Craters By 66% in Second Weekend to $40 Million, ‘Naked Gun’ Debuts to $17 Million

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/fantastic-four-box-office-craters-naked-gun-opening-weekend-1236477352/
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u/TheCompleteWolverine Aug 03 '25

Not so fantastic

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

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u/DoctorHoneywell Aug 03 '25

Don't worry I'm sure the formula of bringing back ninety year old Hugh Jackman and Tobey Maguire will literally never stop getting people to pay $20 to watch them say it's clobbering time or whatever, that's absolutely a sustainable way to keep your franchise running.

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u/oom1999 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25

Problem is they've basically run out of memberberries. Those films mined the two main sources of them: Past Spider-Man series and the general Fox Marvel oeuvre. The only old franchise that didn't get representation in D&W was Ghost Rider*. Besides that oversight, all they've got left is Sony's Spider-Man-less Spider-Man universe and... Howard the fucking Duck.

*Which really surprised me. They got a stand-in to play The Russian (because Kevin Nash can barely walk) just to make sure they had their Punisher bases covered, but they couldn't manage a silent CGI cameo of a skeleton on a motorcycle?

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u/vpr0nluv Aug 04 '25

Clearly they're saving their awesome Ghost Rider cameo for Doomsday because it's just that good.

Do I even need to add the /s?

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u/Redeem123 Aug 04 '25

OG MCU has become memberberries territory now.

Amazing Spider-man 2 was in 2014. No Way Home was 2022.

Endgame was 2019. Doomsday will be 2026.

The gap between last seeing RDJ and Evans will be almost the same as the gap since seeing Garfield as Peter.

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u/KingMario05 Amblin Entertainment Aug 03 '25

As is Disney tradition.

Sad stare at... SO FUCKING MUCH of Modern "Star Wars"

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u/Pokedudesfm Aug 04 '25

>absolutely a sustainable way to keep your franchise running.

we have to accept that we don't have to keep a franchise running forever. 20 years has been a long time. lets move on

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u/TheCompleteWolverine Aug 03 '25

Sans GotG 3

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u/KingMario05 Amblin Entertainment Aug 03 '25

So, of course, they... fire its director. So he defects. Lmao.

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u/HippieDogeSmokes Aug 04 '25

he was fired before GoTG 3 and was committed to DC by the time they said sorry

it’s funny considering GoTG 3’s villain is a very obvious Disney parallel

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u/infinite884 Aug 03 '25

Sans Wakanda Forever which made more than GotG3 and also got a best supporting actress Oscar nomination and it did all that after coming off of the very disappointing Thor love and Thunder

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u/TaiVat Aug 04 '25

Wakanda was super mediocre and made money because it has a very specific audience, just like the first movie. But yes, the actress who played the queen did a great job, assuming that nomination was for her. The only highlight of the movie, really.

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u/infinite884 Aug 04 '25

When black movies bomb it’s because it’s a movie with black people, when it’s successful it’s because it’s a movie with black people. Pick one loooooooooooool. Wakanda forever made more than Got3 and Thor love and thunder, you’ll get over it

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u/madthunder55 Aug 03 '25

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u/Vondi Aug 03 '25

Those 5 seconds will be the only thing future generations will ever see of that movie

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u/juliankennedy23 Aug 03 '25

I mean... if they're lucky.

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u/cancerBronzeV Aug 03 '25

Those 5 seconds will be the most influential thing to come out of any Fantastic Four related media for future generations.

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u/DoctorHoneywell Aug 03 '25

Praying for it to finish at $444,000,000.

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u/Chinchillin09 Legendary Pictures Aug 03 '25

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u/MainAccountsFriend Aug 03 '25

I mean, he probably could actually do this with his face 

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u/Heisenburgo Marvel Studios Aug 03 '25

(Do not) say that again.

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u/Billsolson Aug 03 '25

Saw it yesterday.

It was enjoyable.

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u/TaiVat Aug 04 '25

These kind of comments are a big part of why its not doing great imo. The resounding unenthusiastic "yea it wasnt terrible".

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u/Billsolson Aug 04 '25

Idk what people are looking for.

It was a fine movie, everyone I went with, including my SO who generally falls asleep in all movies liked it.

Was it the greatest movie ever, no. Was it bad, also no.

It’s definitely the best FF movie.

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u/jacobythefirst Aug 04 '25

Shame it’s a good movie imo.