Marvel Comics Fantastic Four first appeared on the big screen back in 2005, when the film starred Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis. Although the first part of the franchise was a commercial success, sequel to the film called Rise of the Silver Surfer, is not as good as its predecessor. More than 15 years later, sequel director Tim Story reflects on how his film failed to do well at the box office.
When the first film in a franchise is such a success, you would think that the success would continue for many subsequent films. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Promoting his comedy slasher film Blackening To Insiders, Tim Story thought about Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer The first film was not a box office success, saying:
I don’t know if this can be called a failure. I think I made a film that I’m very proud of. So you find that with these things, because I’ve been involved in other sequels and franchises, you just have to keep doing them and make them what you want them to be. And when and if the audience comes out, they do. If not… What I’ve done many times in my career is that I always make things that I like and you cross your fingers that it will find its audience.
It’s good that Tim Story stayed true to his vision, even though the superhero franchise didn’t work out for him. After all, audiences can be very unpredictable about the latest movies they like. Fantastic Four did a great job in its opening weekend, earning $56.1 million. Cashier Mojo reported that it raised a total of $333.5 million. It’s understandable why audiences were so interested in the first film, since it was the film debut of the superhero foursome (not counting the unreleased 1994 film).
Box office receipts for 2007 Rise of the Silver Surfer in the end it turned out to be a different story. This Superhero sequel’s weekend box office performance got off to a great start, earning $58 million, $2 million more than its predecessor. But by the second weekend, sales of the Marvel sequel fell by 66%, and by the third – by 54%. Eventually, Rise of the Silver Surfer grossed $301.9 million, more than $30 million less than Fantastic Four. Bye the third film was initially on the riseeventually it was scrapped, which led to That Fantastic Four the franchise becomes kaput for a while.
When Insider asked Tim Story about the canceled third sequel, he said that “regime change” ruined plans and he had no control over the outcome. It’s hard to understand what Story meant, but according to loopersOne might argue that 2008 changed the superhero genre when iron Man the premiere took place. The film, led by Robert Downey Jr., led to a string of box office hits featuring members of the Avengers team. After that there seemed to be no real need for it. Fantastic Four a film that will attract superhero fans to cinemas. Also, I’m sure the box office numbers didn’t help motivate a third film.
In 2015 there was an attempt to revive Fantastic Four With reboot featuring a superpowered cast Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell. Unfortunately, superhero reboot lost an incredible amount of money, earning just $167.9 million and losing $80 million. 20th Century Fox also planned to make a sequel to this film, but due to poor box office receipts, it had to be abandoned. But hope is not lost for the superhero quartet. The MCU will have its own Fantastic Four movie will be released in theaters in 2025. For now, we know that he will be part of the sixth phase, following the fifth phase. BladesAnd WandaVisionMatt Shakman will direct. Let’s cross our fingers that the MCU takes good care of this superhero team.
Rise of the Silver SurferTim Story doesn’t seem too upset that his film didn’t do well at the box office. Considering what he has his clever film successful at the box office Blackeningwhich also did well with critics, Fantastic Four the sequel might just be a movie he can look back on and admit that it just didn’t work. When will the MCU take the reins? Fantastic Four franchise, we’ll look at how it can improve a franchise that’s just down on its luck. You can see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer with your Disney+ subscription.