“The Fantastic Four: 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 podcast “Daily Variety.” Rebecca Rubin, Variety‘s senior film and media reporter, explains all that Marvel Studios has riding on the film that introduces a new generation of new-ish characters to the vaunted Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film’s $118 million opening weekend haul was fueled largely by the core target audience for Marvel movies. But
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