Board Thread:Movies/@comment-4651179-20140124221431/@comment-1895174-20150811211016

So yeah, the movie didn't do well, only grossing less than $26 million in its opening week. That's the lowest opening weekend for any movie with Marvel characters since Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2012 ($22 million), and the second lowest for any FOX superhero movie ahead of Elektra ($12 million). It's also only about half of what the last two Fantastic Four movies made in its opening weekend, with $50 and $58 million respectively. Might also be worth mentioning that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- last year's movie that starred a team of four young superheroes, the internet dreaded, and opened in the second weekend of August - had an opening weekend of $65 million.

To make matters worse, throw in a C- from Cinemascore, the lowest rating any comic book movie has ever received. For those of you who don't know, Cinemascore is a market research company that surveys film audiences on how much they enjoyed the movie. Since they do this right after the audience is done watching the movie, the scores skew really high. Anything lower than a flat B (what Pixels got) is considered a poor score.

Unless Fant4stic finds its legs overseas, expect the sequel to be dead, too. There are already rumor circulating that FOX will shelve the sequel (scheduled for a June 2017 release) and replace it with a sequel to Deadpool. Normally, Deadpool would be an even riskier venture, since R-rated superhero movies don't have the best record at the box office. But FOX knew this, and allegedly only gave the movie a $20 million budget, only 16th what they gave this movie.. Deadpool could end up pulling numbers even worse than Fant4stic's and still be considered a success.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I eagerly anticipate Marvel's The Fantastic Four, coming to theaters near you November 2021.