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

Through news headlines, mug shots, and reels, we see flashes of classic Fantastic Four comic book villains like Red Ghost (John Malkovich) and his team of Super-Apes (who once played a larger role in the film before being cut for time), Mad Thinker, and Puppet Master.

The movie's performance is a needed win for Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios after a string of misses save for 'Deadpool & Wolverine.'

This iteration of the Fantastic Four has a standalone adventure without all the burden of the MCU's history and cast of characters.

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Similar to how Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm went through a massive physical transformation after being subjected to cosmic rays during a space mission, Sue's giving birth to Franklin radically changed the mental and emotional structure of the core characters’ brains.

Franklin Richards, the superpowered baby of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman, is played by a group of real-world babies in Fantastic Four: First Steps. However, in several scenes, the little guy is depicted through CGI.

First Steps," the core Four superheroes are a bit of a bore, and in a way that works to the advantage of this grounded tale of heroism and sacrifice, which is scaled properly for what it is.It's not a flashy or over-the-top special effects extravaganza,