Fantastic Four beats Superman with $218,000,000 box office win
The Fantastic Four: First Steps has soared onto the big screen with an almighty bang, toppling Superman at the box office.
The Marvel movie, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, was released in cinemas on July 25, and has already seen huge numbers.
According to reports, the flick earned around $218million in the opening weekend alone, raking in $100m internationally.
Deadline reports that the overseas debut beat James Gunn's Superman by 11% – and has had the biggest superhero opening this year so far in the UK, Italy, France, Spain and Mexico.
As well as this, the new awesome foursome also landed a higher Rotten Tomatoes score with both critics and fans, at 87% and 93% respectively.
In comparison, David Corenswet's stint as the titular hero was met with an industry ranking of 83%, and 91% from viewers.
Fantastic Four was set in a retro-futuristic world in the 1960s, with Pedro leading the gang as Mr Fantastic alongside the Invisible Woman (Vanessa), the Human Torch (Joseph) and the Thing (Ebon).
Following a cosmic accident, they gained extraordinary powers and set about protecting the world from other harmful forces.
However, they found themselves going up against villains Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), who were hell-bent on destroying Earth.
Without spoiling the fate of the family, a mid-credits scene teased Doctor Doom's future role – marking Robert Downey Jr's surprise return to the MCU.
Although his face was obscured in the footage, Vanessa confirmed that it was definitely RDJ on set.
'Yeah! Robert's never not been on set,' she previously told Variety when asked if he was actually present for the shoot. 'He's always there. He is our leader. We call him our Godfather. He's looked after us. More Trending
'It's such a joy working with the Russos and him, because they've had such deep collaboration for so long.
'And it's been amazing being pregnant and working on Avengers. I felt so inspired and so relieved that I've been so taken care of. It's been a really beautiful journey.
'Robert is just doing incredible work. I'm so excited.'
Fantastic Four is in cinemas now.
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