Another weekend gone, another time to look at who were the biggest winners and losers at the box office. It seems that despite positive reviews and a star-studded cast, Marvel might not still be able to retain audiences after a bombastic opening weekend with The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
From Box Office Mojo, we can see that the film garnered $40 million in the US this past weekend, a 66% drop from its opening weekend. This isn’t the worst second-weekend drop Marvel has seen, not even the worst of this year, but considering DC’s Superman scored a 53% drop in its second weekend, it feels like the pendulum may be shifting to the newer, brighter comic book universe.
Still, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has now amassed $368 million worldwide, meaning by the end of its run it’ll likely have surpassed the totals for Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*.
Elsewhere at the box office, The Naked Gun scored a $28.5 million opening, earning one of the biggest comedy openings in the US this decade. Also, the new animated feature The Bad Guys 2 opened to $44 million worldwide, and has a long way to go if it wants to catch the $250 million-earning original film.