'Fantastic Four' Box Office Crashes

Superhero films have lost their cultural relevance

Box office receipts show that the new Fantastic Four: First Steps is falling behind its competition. “This Monday haul falls short of DC Studios’ Superman, which grossed $12.9 million on its first Monday, July 14, 2025,” Marvin Montanaro reports. In fact, the film is now doing worse than the worst recent releases from Marvel.

More strikingly, it lags beh…