{"id":344602,"date":"2025-08-11T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=392764"},"modified":"2025-08-11T01:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:20:36","slug":"the-fantastic-four-confirms-its-absolute-failure-at-the-box-office-it-has-lost-to-a-small-horror-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-fantastic-four-confirms-its-absolute-failure-at-the-box-office-it-has-lost-to-a-small-horror-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;The Fantastic Four&#039; confirms its absolute failure at the box office: it has lost to a small horror movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The movie Weapons, directed by Zach Cregger, has debuted at the top of the U.S. box office<\/strong>, surpassing both The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Switch Places Again. In its opening weekend, Weapons grossed $42.5 million, a result that has exceeded expectations. The critics have responded positively, giving it a 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes for several days and currently an impressive 95%, which has significantly contributed to its success.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Armed and Ready Against Marvel!<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Fantastic Four: First Steps, after a two-week reign, has suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espinof.com\/listas\/5-mayores-fracasos-2023-estas-peliculas-que-perdieron-dinero-ano-calamitoso-para-disney\">a drastic drop in its earnings<\/a>, with a 60% decrease compared to the previous weekend, <strong>raising only 15.5 million and positioning itself in third place<\/strong>. This notable drop has cast doubt on its ability to surpass the 289.49 million dollars earned by Superman, a film by James Gunn. Meanwhile, Put Yourself in My Place managed to secure the second spot in the box office ranking with 29 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The impact that Weapons has had at the box office is not only the result of a good promotional campaign by Warner; <strong>it is also attributed to the positive reception that Barbarian, Cregger&#8217;s previous work, received<\/strong>. In fact, the success of Weapons suggests that the director has managed to establish himself as a relevant voice in the horror and comedy genre, successfully capturing the audience&#8217;s attention in a competitive cinematic landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weapons | Final Trailer | Only In Theaters August 8\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W28vpeRBSDg?start=64&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>With the weekend premiere of Weapons, the conversation about the future of superheroes at the box office will intensify, <strong>especially in light of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com.mx\/cine-y-tv\/mayor-fracaso-marvel-studios-toda-su-historia-pelicula-que-le-causo-perdidas-230-millones-dolares-a-disney\">the failure of The Fantastic Four<\/a><strong> to maintain their dominance<\/strong>, which could mark a shift in audience dynamics and box office trends in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie Weapons, directed by Zach Cregger, has debuted at the top of the U.S. box office, surpassing both The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Put Me in Your Place Again. In its first weekend, Weapons grossed $42.5 million, a result that has exceeded expectations. Critics have responded positively, giving it a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes for several days and currently an impressive 95%, which has significantly contributed to its success. Armed and ready against Marvel! The Fantastic Four: First Steps, after a two-week reign, has suffered a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":344603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[14099,5929,2004],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-344602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-los-4-fantasticos-2","tag-taquilla","tag-weapons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344613,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344602\/revisions\/344613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344602"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=344602"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=344602"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=344602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}