Fantastic Four off to a slow start

The latest superhero film to land in theatres, “Fantastic Four” had a slow start at the box office, taking in just $2.7 million on its opening day. There are now huge concerns that the poor critical response and lack of word of mouth could leave the new origin story floundering.

According to Coming Soon, 20th Century Fox's “Fantastic Four” took in the above number after being screened in most of its 3,995 theaters. While it would be remiss to compare it to the haul of “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and “Furious 7”, as these efforts both were released on IMAX and 3D, a good comparison for the “Fantastic Four” might be Marvel's “Ant-Man”. Both are origin stories for long existing comic book characters -- while the “Fantastic Four” are arguably more well-known than their miniature rival.

Fantastic Four's $2.7 million total is way less than what “Ant-Man” opened -- $6.4 million -- just last month.

Source: Cinemablend