Disney's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," the fifth cinematic adaptation of the Marvel comic characters, opened strongly at the domestic box office with a weekend gross of approximately $117.6 million across 4,125 locations in the United States and Canada. The film achieved a global opening weekend total of $218 million, marking Marvel's first six-figure opening of 2025. Daily grosses for the opening weekend were $57.27 million on Friday, $33.33 million on Saturday, and $27.05 million on Sunday. Following the weekend, the film continued to perform well with a $10.42 million gross on Monday, bringing its domestic total to $128 million, and $14.19 million on Tuesday, surpassing the $131.92 million domestic gross of the 2007 "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." By Wednesday, the film had crossed the $150 million domestic mark with an $8.66 million daily gross, and by Thursday it reached $158.43 million domestically, surpassing the $154.7 million domestic total of the 2005 "Fantastic Four" film. The movie stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. and Apple's "F1 The Movie" grossed $6.31 million domestically over the weekend and had a total domestic gross of $169.19 million by Thursday, with an international total of $357.9 million and a global total of $527.1 million. Warner Bros.' "Superman" also performed well, grossing $24.9 million domestically over the weekend and surpassing $300 million domestically by Thursday, with a global total exceeding $530 million. Other notable releases include Universal's "Jurassic World Rebirth" with a domestic total of $308.91 million and Paramount's "Smurfs" with $26.73 million domestically.
Revision Universal / DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon grossed $368K on Thursday (from 2,346 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $259.06M. #HowToTrainYourDragon #BoxOffice https://t.co/ZsZqAluct6
Paramount's Smurfs grossed $719K on Thursday (from 3,504 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $26.73M. #SmurfsMovie #BoxOffice https://t.co/dVAUdjcq99
Universal's Jurassic World Rebirth grossed $1.54M on Thursday (from 3,550 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $308.91M. #JurassicWorldRebirth #BoxOffice https://t.co/iYgmrkMAYu