```htmlMarvel’s First Family has made their entrance, bringing excitement to the box office. According to early forecasts, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is expected to generate between $100 million and $110 million during its opening weekend, as reported by Variety. Ahead of its theatrical debut on July 25, the preview screening began its box office journey on a high note.

The Fantastic Four loss to Superman

The publication states that
The Fantastic Four: First Steps outperformed
Superman in preview earnings. It is reported that the Marvel film, helmed by Matt Shakman, raked in $24.4 million during the preview event held on Thursday, while Superman had set the previous record at $22.5 million.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps critique

Our in-house reviewer assessed
The Fantastic Four: First Steps and remarked, “The film’s approach highlights that every superhero is fundamentally human, and no single life holds more value than another. A superhero movie driven by pure emotion is uncommon, and achieving a thrilling narrative while doing so is even rarer, yet
First Steps accomplishes this effectively. There are action scenes, some exhilarating and others more personal, but they never overshadow the emotional essence.”

Commending Matt’s direction, the critic noted, “Matt Shakman’s direction is assured and measured. Renowned for harmonizing spectacle with emotional depth (as demonstrated in
WandaVision), he amplifies those strengths here. His choice to emphasize character interactions over CGI-laden chaos (though grand space visuals are certainly present!) grants
First Steps a distinctive position within the Marvel universe.”

Prior to the film’s launch, it held a score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. It has since risen to 89% on the Tomatometer.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, produced by Kevin Feige and with executive production by Louis D’Esposito, Grant Curtis, and Tim Lewis, features Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, alongside Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.

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