Fantastic Four: First Steps Tops Disney+ Charts

The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuted on Disney+ on November 5, 2025, quickly becoming the platform's most-watched movie worldwide just one day after its streaming release. The film, which hit theaters earlier in the summer as the third MCU production of the year following Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts, introduced audiences to Marvel's First Family in a retro-futuristic 1960s setting, grossing over $520 million at the global box office and marking the highest-earning live-action adaptation of the comic book team to date.

Directed by Matt Shakman and produced by Kevin Feige, the movie stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm. It chronicles the team's origin amid cosmic threats, including a faithful portrayal of the planet-devouring Galactus and his herald, the Silver Surfer. A pivotal sequence depicts the heroes' desperate escape after Galactus demands their unborn child, Franklin Richards, whose reality-warping abilities emerge as a central plot element. In a tense moment during Sue's induced labor, she urges her...