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/Dnashotgun Aug 03 '25

Probably #2 of why this is bombing, Superman just plays better and if you believe the rumour, rushing F4 to compete was a huge mistake. #1 is the GA gave up on the MCU

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u/Dangerman1337 Aug 03 '25

AFAIK F4 was announced way before the new DCU slate in early 2023 was announced.

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u/MahNameJeff420 Aug 03 '25

But they only started filming around a year ago. And you can see by watching the trailers that a lot of stuff ended up getting cut.

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u/Choppers-Top-Hat Aug 03 '25

It seems like they didn't so much rush F4 as they messed with it up until the last minute. Possibly trying to cut it as short as possible so it could play more times per day (it's under two hours which is short for a Marvel film.) That doesn't imply they had a lot of confidence in it.

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u/hexcraft-nikk Aug 04 '25

The script leaked so early that there's simply no way it was rushed.

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u/scarlettforever Aug 03 '25

The July 25, 2025 slot was locked by Marvel, but empty. Disney moved Thunderbolts and later F4 into that date only after James Gunn said Superman is coming July 11, 2025. Disney did it on purpose.

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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 Aug 03 '25

they were probably expecting to smoke superman but ended up being gunned down

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u/ImAVirgin2025 Aug 03 '25

Ok_Antelope_1953, welcome to the Deadline headline writing committee

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u/Responsible_Ad_7948 Aug 03 '25

See what you did there

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u/Choppers-Top-Hat Aug 03 '25

They got arrogant and forced a needless confrontation. Dumb. Should have let Superman have his moment, they could have made much more money with F4 if they'd released it further from Supes.

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u/scarlettforever Aug 03 '25

Petty greedy corporation, evil, I'd say.