Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps leads this week’s new releases in the UK and Ireland, opening in 665 cinemas.

Marvel parent company Disney is distributing the second reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise. The first Fantastic Four film opened to £3.5m in 2005 and ended on £12.7m. Its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer opened with £4.1m and closed on £12.4m. The franchise was then rebooted for a first time in 2015 with Fantastic Four , opening to £1.9m and ending on £6.2m.

In the latest reboot Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, alongside Vanessa Kirby as Sue, Joseph Quinn as Johnny and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. Matt Shakman directs, having previously overseen 2021 Marvel television series WandaVision .

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