Marvel's Drop + Brad Pitt's Highest Earning Film
Box Office Trends 8/3
In today's Box Office Breakdown, we analyze five new releases:
Universal’s The Bad Guys 2
Paramount’s The Naked Gun
Neon’s Together
Oscilloscope’s CatVideoFest 2025
A24’s Architecton
Plus, a full breakdown of the box office top ten, including Brad Pitt’s highest-earning film of all time.
Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps took #1 at the box office for the second weekend in a row, with $40M domestically. That brings its domestic total to $198.4M. Internationally, it took $70M for the week, bringing its worldwide total to $368.7M.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps has now earned more than the previous iterations:
Fantastic Four (2005)
$56.1M opening
$154.7M domestic total
$333.5M worldwide
Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
$58.1M opening
$170M domestic total
$301.9M worldwide
Fantastic Four (2015)
$25.7M opening
$111.8M domestic total
$167.9M worldwide
However, The Fantastic Four: First Steps took a large 66% drop in its second week. That’s significant, but not as bad as some of the recent lesser-liked Marvel films:
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
70% week 2 drop
$106M opening
RT: 46%
The Marvels (2023)
78% week 2 drop
$46.1M opening
RT: 62%
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
68% week 2 drop
$88.5M opening (3-day)
RT: 49%
It should be noted that even more beloved Marvel films like Spider-Man: No Way Home (93% RT) took a 67.5% week 2 drop as did Black Widow (79% RT) (68% drop).
The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ production budget was $200M+ and it will recoup.
Here’s the trailer.
Here’s the breakdown of the rest of the top 10:
$22.2M - The Bad Guys 2 (Universal)
$44.5M worldwide total
$80M budget
RT: 85%
Week 1
It opened slightly below the first film:
The Bad Guys (2022)
$23.95M opening weekend
$97.5M domestic total
$250.4M worldwide
These films perform well overseas, with China making up nearly a third of the international box office for the last film.
The Bad Guys 2 opened 34% lower than the average family animated sequel. And well below Universal’s mammoth Minions 2 (2022), which opened at $107M.
$17M - The Naked Gun (Paramount)
$28.5M worldwide total
$42M budget
RT: 90%
Week 1
With inflation, the new Naked Gun had the lowest opening in the series
The Naked Gun (1988)
$9.3M opening ($25M w/ inflation)
$78.8M domestic total
The Naked Gun 2½ (1991)
$20.8M opening ($49.2M w/ inflation)
$86.9M domestic total
Naked Gun 33⅓ (1994)
$13.2M opening weekend ($28.7M w/ inflation)
$51.1M domestic total
However, we’re going to hazard a guess that the good word of mouth based on Liam Neeson’s standout performance in a comedy will bring a strong second week and help this recoup.
$13.9M - Superman (Warner Bros.)
$316.2M domestic total
$551.2M worldwide total
$325M budget
RT: 83%
Week 4
It has already exceeded the domestic gross of the past two solo Superman films. With an average week 4 drop:
Superman (2025)
$125M domestic opening
$13.9M week 4 (44% drop)
$316.2M domestic total
$551.2M worldwide total
Man of Steel (2013)
$116.6M domestic opening
$11.4M week 4 (45% drop)
$291M domestic total
$670.1M worldwide
Superman Returns (2006)
$52.5M domestic opening
$7.3M week 4 (40% drop)
$200.1M domestic total
$391.1M worldwide
This is still a huge win for James Gunn, the current head of DC Studios. Already, topping all the total grosses DC’s last releases:
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
$134.1M worldwide
Blue Beetle (2023)
$130.8M worldwide
The Flash (2023)
$271.4M worldwide
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
$440.2M worldwide
Black Adam (2022)
$393.5M worldwide
The international numbers are the one thing slowing Superman down from recouping, including marketing costs; it is said to need to earn $700M to recoup.
$8.7M - Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal)
$317.6M domestic total
$766M worldwide total
$225M budget
RT: 52%
Week 5
Jurassic World Rebirth earned nearly the same or less in week 5 as every other film in the reboot:
Jurassic World (2015)
$208M three-day weekend
$18.2M week 5 (down 38%)
$643.4M domestic total
$1.67bn worldwide
$150M budget
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
$148M three-day weekend
$11.3M week 5 (down 30%)
$417.7M domestic total
$1.31bn worldwide
$170M budget
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
$145M opening
$8.6M week 5 (down 47%)
$376.9M domestic total
$1bn worldwide
$583.9M budget (highest budgeted film of all time)
On the plus side, Jurassic World Rebirth has recouped its budget, as there’s still a dinosaur-sized appetite for these films.
$6.8M - Together (Neon)
$10.9M domestic total
$17M - Neon paid for the worldwide rights at Sundance
RT: 91%
Week 1
This is a strong opening for a Neon horror. Although nowhere near Oz Perkins’ releases (Longlegs, The Monkey):
Longlegs (2024)
$22.4M opening
$125.4M worldwide
The Monkey (2025)
$14.2M opening
$68.9M worldwide
Together (2025)
$6.8M opening
Immaculate (2024)
$5.3M opening
$35.3M worldwide
Cuckoo (2024)
$3M opening
$6.7M worldwide
It Lives Inside (2023)
$2.6M opening
$7.4M worldwide
Neon is doing what it does well, a critically appreciated horror with a good star angle (leads Allison Brie and Dave Franco are married).
Together will recoup when it hits internationally.
$4.1M - F1 (Apple)
$173.3M domestic total
$545.6M worldwide total
$250-$300M budget
RT: 83%
Week 6
The film is outperforming internationally by a significant margin, which tracks as F1 is much more popular overseas.
The film took a 35% week 6 drop, the second lowest of any film this weekend.
It is Apple’s top-performing film of all time by nearly 2.5x:
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
$68M domestic total
$158.8M worldwide
Napoleon (2023)
$61.5M domestic total
$221.4M worldwide
Not factoring inflation, this is Brad Pitt’s highest-grossing film of all time:
World War Z (2010)
$66.4M domestic opening
$540.5M worldwide total
Mr. Mrs. Smith (2005)
$50.3M domestic opening
$487.3M worldwide total
Everyone in the film industry is watching as if Apple gets a good result; the hope is that they’ll re-enter the theatrical business (like Amazon), versus the pivot to streaming their films after a series of expensive failures (Argylle, Fly Me to the Moon).
$2.65M - I Know What You Did Last Summer - (Sony)
$29.4M domestic total
$58.8M worldwide total
$18M budget
RT: 38%
Week 3
The film took a 49% drop in its third week.
The first film in the series, by comparison, was a big hit and dropped only 25% in its third week. It also opened higher:
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
$15.8M opening (vs. 2025’s $12.8M opening)
$12.5M week 2 (21% drop)
$9.4M week 3 (25% drop)
$72.6M domestic total
$125.3M worldwide
Even the disregarded 90s sequel fared better in week 3.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
$16.5M opening
$7M week 2 (58% drop)
$4.5M week 3 (36% drop)
$40M domestic total
$84M worldwide
The low performance critically is keeping this from the trend of horror films reboots/sequels opening much higher than their previous, decades-old iterations like Halloween (2018) and Final Destination Bloodlines (2025).
Luckily, I Know What You Did Last Summer had a small budget and has recouped.
$1.8M - Smurfs (Paramount)
$28.5M domestic total
$89.7M worldwide total
$58M production budget
RT: 22%
Week 3
The film had opened at $11.1M, the worst opening ever for a Smurfs movie. It also fared worse in its third week than the last film in this Smurf-universe. This puts it on track to be the worst-performing Smurfs film:
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
$13.2M opening
$4.9M week 3 (down 27% vs. 2025’s Smurfs 68% week 3 drop)
$45M domestic total
$197.2M worldwide
Smurfs 2 (2013)
$17.5M opening
$71M domestic total
$347.5M worldwide
The Smurfs (2011)
$35.6M opening
$142.6M domestic total
$563.7M worldwide
These films overperform at the international box office (the cartoon originates from Belgium), earning an average of 77% of their worldwide total from overseas.
This film’s international total is 68% of its worldwide gross so far.
Despite having Rihanna as a draw, Smurfs (2025) will struggle to recoup.
$1.4M - How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
$260.4M domestic total
$618.3M worldwide total
$150M budget
RT: 77%
Week 8
By next week, it will be the highest-grossing film in the series:
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
$49.5M opening
$177M domestic total
$621.5M worldwide
$145M budget
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
$84.6M opening
$260.4M domestic total
$618.3M worldwide total
$150M budget
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
$55M opening
$160.8M domestic total
$521.8M worldwide
$129M budget
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
$43.7M opening
$217.6M domestic total
$494.9M worldwide
$165M budget
It’s already recouped its budget.
Here are the lowest-grossing films of the week:
$42.5K - Materialists (A24)
$36.4M domestic total
$62.4M worldwide
$944 /screen average
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans
Week 8
$2.1K - Blue Sun Palace (Dekanalog)
$83.4K domestic total
$2.1K /screen average
Premiere: Cannes Critics Week
Week 15
$159 - Drowning Dry (Dekanalog)
$9.8K domestic total
$27K worldwide total
$159 /screen average
Premiere: Locarno
Week 3
A24’s Architecton earned $58.5K in its opening weekend, with a low per-screen average of $547/screen. The film premiered at Berlin.
Oscilloscope’s CatVideoFest 2025 earned $460K in its opening weekend, with a great per-screen average of $2.3K/screen. It is besting last year's CatVideoFest 2024, which opened at $380K and topped out at $1M worldwide.
A24’s Sorry, Baby pulled back in its sixth weekend with $184.5K across 251 screens. Its per-screen average was $735. It has closed $2.09M domestically.
Sony Picture Classic’s Oh, Hi! took the largest drop of the weekend, losing 85% in its second week with $175K. It has made $1.8M domestically.