First Steps is coming in lighter than projections in its first box office weekend with $117.6 million. Still records were broken.

First Steps” kept up the momentum at the summer box office that has boosted Hollywood’s year-to-date haul at the turnstyles to a more than 10% gain over last year’s strike-disrupted frame. The nuances of “Fantastic Four’s” performance in its opening weekend at the box office are discussed on the latest episode of

Comparatively, The Fantastic Four: First Steps had a reported budget of $200 million, a figure it has already crossed at the box office. Still, the MCU's latest outing needs to make a minimum of $400 million to break even, with promotional costs driving that number up to $500 million.

First Steps opened to an estimated $218 million at the global box office; Superman and F1 have crossed $500M and Jurassic Rebirth $700M