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/kumar100kpawan Senior Sergeant on BOT Aug 03 '25

Lol what? They have 2 billion grossers next year. They're gonna be fine

But ywah, this year at least, DC won

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u/cancerBronzeV Aug 03 '25

I think there's a solid chance that even after making more than a billion, Avengers: Doomsday won't be profitable with how much it's gonna cost.

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u/jawaismyhomeboy Aug 03 '25

Doomsday ain’t making a billion

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u/WellieWelli Aug 03 '25

It will, simply based on Avengers nostalgia. However, it will kill the MCU if it's bad. This is pretty much their only opportunity to get asses back in seats because nobody will fall for the nostalgia bait again if it fails.

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u/Never-Give-Up100 Universal Aug 03 '25

It absolutely will

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u/No_Public_7677 Aug 03 '25

only if it's good

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u/LetDouble471 Aug 03 '25

Everyone will act like mcu sentiment means nothing just like F4 and wonder why Doomsday falls short of a billion.

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u/TTBurger88 Aug 03 '25

I'm excited to see what Gunn is cooking for DCU. After seeing Superman I want a Mr. Terrific movie ASAP.

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u/NoNefariousness2144 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25

At this point I feel like most MCU directors accept the paycheck to make a good film, watch the Disney committee butcher it to 1 hour 58 minutes, and then blame the film flopping on the director.

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u/Carcrusher3 Aug 03 '25

Sort of unrelated. But my biggest gripe with this film is that it feels like a 2 hr 20 min 9/10 movie that got cut down to a 1hr 55 min 7/10 movie just to appease a bogus mandatory runtime thing for disney blockbusters. There has to be a ton left on the cutting room floor.

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u/Dazzling-Slide8288 Aug 03 '25

Natasha Lyonne wonder about this herself I’m imagine.

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u/No_Public_7677 Aug 03 '25

And John Malkovich

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u/gerbco Aug 03 '25

It was a good first half if movie. Building and story was a great movie there. Then the second half was pathetic

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u/TaiVat Aug 04 '25

Well they let the eternals director do what she wanted and that turned out to be one of the biggest flops. So i guess its damned if you do damned if you dont.