I think it has more mass appeal than it did when it originally released with Evans. So we'll see how it turns out. But I think WoM will help here as it would be a second MCU movie with positive reviews, and I think that has great appeal for many.
I think that is doable, maybe more if positive ground swell happens.
This. ^
I’m not gonna quit on my belief that The Fantastic Four will make a billion.
Why?
Because it’s the 1 film out of the 3 MCU films that Disney and Marvel Studios seem to be promoting like it’s an actual event film by way of the following reasons:
Exhibit A: Sharing the film’s theme from Michael Giacchino not only once during D23 but a second time as a surprise epilogue to the Marvel Studios Infinity Saga concert experience in Los Angeles during the second to last weekend of August.
Exhibit B: The fact that the cast was out there promoting the teaser trailer when it launched at the beginning of February at the Alabama Space Center, and the hype surrounding the teaser trailer made it debut to over 200 million views globally in its first 24 hours that made it the 10th biggest trailer launch ever, let alone one that made it into the Top 10 all-time trailer launches.
Exhibit C: The special Fantastic 4-themed IMAX countdown that played before Cap 4 and Thunderbolts* that made people say “oh Marvel Studios is actually really serious about the Fantastic 4.”
Exhibit D: Special limited edition trading cards for The Fantastic 4 being given away at 4DX Regal screenings of Thunderbolts*, a way of marketing no one’s ever done for a movie in America, only in Japan. By the way, I got the same cards off of eBay for $154 ($30.80 per card).
And I don’t have to remind you about how the official account does their weekly tweet every Sunday night at 7PM ET/4PM PT about Reed Richards saying that they “make a point to do family dinner every week, Sunday at 7 on the dot,” with occasional unexpected change ups when it came to the scene of Johnny telling Sue and Reed they were late for dinner and just recently on Mother’s Day when they pulled out the scene of Johnny telling Sue she’ll be the best mom in the world.
Plus, don’t forget that this is the last film before the next Avengers movie comes out, which might give it a boost, along with the positive reception of Thunderbolts*, if we see Robert Downey Jr’s Doom in the very last end credits scene of the movie.
So, for those reasons alone, I’ll take my chances, flaunt my pride, and believe against all odds that Fantastic 4 WILL make a billion dollars.
That’s why it’s muppets to me. We always assume it’s tuned a “corner” past the ardents…but it slides back…
It’s like the adventures Club…Everyone loves it…but lots of empty seats/space
It has to go to at least $500 or it’s a mcu flop. I think it’s gotta get past guardians 3 or it’s a major defeat…I just don’t trust it will?
The cast is a mishmash of relatively unknowns…and no doom? What we got going here?
Sorry, but this is just not true in the case of Pedro Pascal with him starring in Game of Thrones, The Last of Us, and the big one in The Mandalorian. Even Joseph Quinn is well-known from Stranger Things. And don’t get me started on Ebon Moss-Bachrach from The Bear. Now, you could probably make a case for Vanessa Kirby being unknown but even people might know her and go “hey isn’t that the White Widow from the last two Mission: Impossible movies” when they see her.
Also, you seem to be ignoring my comment sayin’ RDJ Doom’s in the end credits scene.
Also, your mistrust that people won’t show up for it and thinking it’s like The Muppets are unjustified.
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