The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the latest entry in the 2025 movie schedule to dominate the box office, and for many, including me, it’s a great soft reset of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the things I most liked about it was that it wasn’t heavy on the MCU-cameos like so many others have been.

Superman is soaring high at the box office while Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps is struggling to keep up. The latest numbers, reported as of August 3, 2025, show a pretty big gap between the two superhero movies.

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” clobbered the competition and leaped into the No. 1 spot on Friday — its second in theaters — with $11.7 million in earnings, according to The Numbers.