First Steps and Superman stack up at the box office and with critics? With both films launching in July 2025, fans and analysts have been comparing every number and rating to see which superhero epic came out on top.

Fourth time’s the charm. There have been three past cinematic iterations of Marvel’s First Family, including the Roger Corman-executive produced, low-budget The Fantastic Four (1994), Fox’s bigger-budgeted Fantastic Four duology (2005-2007),

Marvel Studios released its latest blockbuster this weekend with The Fantastic Four: First Steps officially hitting theaters. The film put up some impressive opening weekend box office numbers, even topping Superman,