First Steps is coming in lighter than projections in its first box office weekend with $117.6 million. Still records were broken.

Coming to the IMAX update, The Fantastic Four: First Steps managed an impressive sum of $26.6 million at the worldwide box office during the first weekend, as per a tracker, Luiz Fernando. Out of $26.6 million, it earned $16 million from North America (USA and Canada) and $10.6 million from the overseas market.

Vanessa Kirby explained how she channeled her 'Pieces of a Woman' performance for her 'Fantastic Four' birth scene.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps has kicked off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an impressive $118 million domestic box office haul from its opening weekend. That’s the fourth biggest domestic opening of 2025, behind A Minecraft Movie ($162 million), Lilo & Stitch ($146 million), and Superman ($125 million).

But since the COVID, the studio has only prospered with entries led by familiar properties such as “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,

That search now appears to be over, thanks to the phenomenal release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The film, which introduces Marvel’s First Family to the MCU, feels both refreshingly distinct and foundational.

Similar to how Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm went through a massive physical transformation after being subjected to cosmic rays during a space mission, Sue's giving birth to Franklin radically changed the mental and emotional structure of the core characters’ brains.