First Steps is looking to have a very strong opening weekend at the box office. Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps finally arrives in theaters this coming weekend. Directed by Matt Shakman, the movie stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic,

Internationally, the MCU movie is projected to earn around $90 million to $100 million or more. Thus, the worldwide opening collection is expected to be within the $190 million to $210 million range. It will be the biggest since last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine. However, it will still be far behind Deadpool 3’s domestic weekend collection.

The U.S./Canada summer box office still has a shot at hitting $4 billion, per Comscore, which would be the second time post-pandemic to cross that benchmark, and here’s how it’s expected to go down. Disney is expected to ring in the last $100M+ opener of the season — from the first weekend of May through

With no connection to past films or series, the MCU's latest is on pace for one of the biggest box office openings of the year

Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Julia Garner also star in Matt Shakman’s superhero adventure, in which the team must save Earth from a “Devourer of Worlds.”

Despite mixed reviews and further box office success, a third film was cancelled before Fox rebooted with one of the worst superhero movies ever made. Miles Teller (Mister Fantastic), Kate Mara (Invisible Woman),

While Fox had respectable success with the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies (which starred Chris Evans as Johnny Storm pre-Captain America), the former studio saw a Josh Trank-directed 2015 reboot completely tank after a full reshoot, grossing only $167M worldwide. This time, it’s different — it’s Feige’s Fantastic Four.