A new era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about the start with the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, violence.

The movie stars the man who is in most things at the moment Pedro Pascal who has also been in movies like The Adjustment Bureau and Wonder Woman~2011, the movie also stars Vanessa Kirby who has appeared in Mission:Impossible - Fallout and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.

The movie is directed by Matt Shakman who is a TV director veteran and was responsible for much of the acclaimed series Wandavision, he has previously directed Cut Bank in 2014.

Movie Synopsis

A group of famous superheroes are the planet’s only hope when an intergalactic being threatens to consume the world.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: the-fantastic-four-first-steps
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate threat, violence
• Release date: 24th July 2025
• Runtime: 114 minutes (1 hour 54 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Matt Shakman
• Starring:
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Joseph Quinn

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It has been over 12 years since the Synderverse Man of Steel it cinemas with Henry Cavill as Superman and a lot has changed in the DC Cinematic Universe since then.

Superman~2025 from director and current DCEU boss James Gunn hits the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend with a solid nearly £7 Million weekend gross.

Compared to Man of Steel from 2013 this is lower with that movie taking £11 Million on its debut.

Comparing it to other Superman movies, its higher that the 2006 Bryan Singer movie Superman Returns which scraped in just over £4 Million and the classic 1978 Superman starring Christopher Reeves took just over a million on its debut which would be just over £4 Million adjusted for inflation - but cinema was very different back then.

Falling to number 2 this weekend after a single weekend at the top is Jurassic World: Rebirth which has taken over £19 Million after just 2 weekends in cinemas.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 11th - 13th July 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,236,504 over the weekend, a 74% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £19,383,470 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took £21,759,279 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,170,337 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £19,383,470 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £498,015 over the weekend, a 65% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,729,504 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Weeks Later which took £4,938,925 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

As the summer box office season gets into full flow a new movie comes from the Jurassic Universe in the shape of Jurassic World: Rebirth starring Scarlet Johnasson.

The sequel movie, the seventh in the long running Jurassic park series of movies thats close to $150 Million on its debut, very much in the same ballpark as the previous movie Jurassic World: Dominion.

Last weeks top movie, F1 falls to number 2 this weekend after a single week at the top, it has a total gross in North America of nearly $110 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th July 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $147,304,630 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took $143,370,000 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $26,060,000 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $109,517,106 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,000,000 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $224,000,615 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,700,000 over the weekend, a 47% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $55,074,749 after 3 weekends of release

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,600,000 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $60,234,494 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Weeks Later which took $0 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Seven movies in and the Jurassic Universe is showing no sign of stopping as superstar Scarlet Johansson heads up the start of a new trilogy with Jurassic World: Rebirth.

The movie which joins a now long line of movies which started with the ground braking Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg back in 1993 makes its debut with nearly £12.5 Million.

This is almost the exact same as the previous movie in the series Jurassic World: Dominion.

After just a single weekend at the top of the UK box office F1 falls to number 2 and has taken a total of £12.9 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th July 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,074,421 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,901,088 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,489,573 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,197,343 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £691,062 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,042,685 over 3 weeks of release

Brad Pitt stars in the new movie based around the Formular One racing competition called F1 which makes its debut at the top of this weeks UK box Office

The movie has a weekend debut gross in the UK of just over £7 Million.

Last weeks top movie 28 Years Later falls from the top spot to number 2 this weekend with nearly £2.5 Million for a total gross of nearly £10 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th June 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,379,963 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,704,462 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Weeks Later which took £3,335,395 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,996,805 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £15,925,368 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £539,281 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £35,064,308 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025