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Box office: The Fantastic Four plunge back to Earth, while The Bad Guys 2 and The Naked Gun have so-so debuts

Marvel's first family had one of the steeper second-weekend drops in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and the second-steepest of the MCU's non-sequels.

Aug 4, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Fantastic Four clobbers its way to one of the best opening weekends of any Marvel non-sequel

The fourth cinematic version of Marvel's first family is also off to a slightly slower start than the fourth cinematic version of DC's Superman... for…

Jul 28, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Superman has one of the best second-weekend holds of the year

Meanwhile, attempts to revive the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Smurfs franchises fell flat.

Jul 21, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

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