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Fantastic Four’s Box-Office Slide Grows as Pascal Wraps Avengers Shoot Ahead of X-Men Reset

A 66 percent second-weekend decline highlights waning superhero appetite alongside the finish of Avengers: Doomsday filming, preceding an X-Men era reset.

Superhero Fatigue Sets In As THE FANTASTIC FOUR Finally Passes $400M And SUPERMAN Crawls, Not Soars, To $600M
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Overview

  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps debuted to $118 million domestically and $218 million globally, marking the MCU’s first $100 million-plus U.S. opening of 2025.
  • Its second weekend suffered a 66 percent drop to just under $40 million domestically, lifting its worldwide haul to about $385 million and spotlighting retention challenges.
  • Deadline reports that Pedro Pascal has wrapped his scenes on Avengers: Doomsday, which began principal photography in April 2025 and is scheduled for a 2026 release.
  • Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has confirmed a franchise reset after 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars, with the X-Men slated to drive the next narrative era.
  • Despite its standalone, no-homework required approach and retro-futuristic style, the project’s steep post-debut decline underscores broader signs of superhero fatigue.