Fantastic Four grosses $521.8 million

ComicBook.com reported on Wednesday that Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” ended its 2025 theatrical run with $521.8 million worldwide, a figure the site used as a benchmark while covering the latest “Spider-Man” box-office records. The number puts the film in profitable-looking territory by raw grosses, but it also leaves it far below the scale of Marvel’s biggest recent event releases. The comparison resurfaced this week because Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is posting record numbers in 2026. Variety reported on Aug. 5 that “Brand New Day” had already reached $1.155 billion worldwide after seven days in theaters. ### Where did the $521.8 million figure come from? ComicBook.com cited the $521.8 million total in a Wednesday story about the Russo brothers reacting to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” breaking box-office records. In that article, the site said “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” finished with $521.8 million worldwide and described the result as part of an uneven 2025 for Marvel at the box office. (comicbook.com) A separate entertainment report indexed by web search also matched that total, saying “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” grossed $521.8 million worldwide and identifying it as the highest-grossing Marvel movie of its 2025 release year. That secondary reference attributed the figure to Box Office Mojo. ### Why is that number back in the news now? (comicbook.com) Variety reported on Aug. 5 that “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” became the highest-grossing movie of 2026 in seven days with $1.155 billion worldwide, including $449 million domestically and $706.3 million internationally. That pace turned older Marvel totals into immediate comparison points, including “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” (koimoi.com) ComicBook.com made that comparison directly. Its Wednesday story framed the “Fantastic Four” total against the much faster start for “Brand New Day,” which has surpassed in one week what some superhero films do over a full run. ### How big is the gap versus Marvel’s current hit? Variety reported on Aug. 3 that “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” opened to $932 million globally in its first weekend alone. (variety.com) That means the new “Spider-Man” film had already outgrossed the full reported worldwide run of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” within three days. By Aug. 5, Variety said “Brand New Day” had climbed to $1.155 billion worldwide. (comicbook.com) Against ComicBook.com’s cited $521.8 million for “Fantastic Four,” the newer film was ahead by roughly $633 million in less than a week. ### Does $521.8 million make “Fantastic Four” a flop? ComicBook.com called the result a “mild disappointment,” not a collapse. That wording matters because the film still cleared half a billion dollars worldwide, but it did not perform at the level often associated with top-tier Marvel event titles. (variety.com) The available reporting in this source set does not provide a studio profit-and-loss statement, so any judgment beyond the gross itself would be an inference. (variety.com) What can be stated directly is that the film’s reported worldwide total now looks modest next to the opening-week haul of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” ### What is the clearest takeaway from the comparison? (comicbook.com) The clearest fact is numerical. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” finished 2025 with $521.8 million worldwide, while “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” reached $1.155 billion by Aug. 5, 2026, according to Variety. Sony and Marvel’s “Brand New Day” is still in release, and Variety reported that its next milestones will come as it extends its theatrical run beyond the seven-day mark. (comicbook.com) That leaves “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” as a fixed 2025 benchmark while newer Marvel grosses keep moving. (variety.com)