'Mission: Impossible' tops box office again as 'Fantastic Four' falters
'Mission: Impossible 鈥� Rogue Nation' came in number one at the domestic box office again in the movie's second week, while the new superhero movie 'Fantastic' did not perform well. Will a planned sequel move forward and will reboot-happy Hollywood try again with the 'Fantastic' characters even after critics rejected them multiple times?
'Mission: Impossible 鈥� Rogue Nation' came in number one at the domestic box office again in the movie's second week, while the new superhero movie 'Fantastic' did not perform well. Will a planned sequel move forward and will reboot-happy Hollywood try again with the 'Fantastic' characters even after critics rejected them multiple times?
鈥淢ission: Impossible 鈥� Rogue Nation,鈥� the newest action film in the series starring Tom Cruise, topped the box office for the second week in a row, while the new film 鈥淔antastic Four鈥� placed second.
鈥淢ission鈥� debuted at number one domestically last week and grossed more than $29 million in the US this past week. Meanwhile, 鈥淔antastic鈥� grossed more than $26 million over its debut weekend.聽
鈥淔antastic鈥� was the newest take on the Marvel Comics superhero story and was released by 20th Century Fox. The characters were adapted for the big screen in 2005 in 鈥淔antastic Four鈥� and in a 2007 sequel, 鈥淔antastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer,鈥� but the movies were not well received by critics.聽
The newest take stars Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell, but the film has not been liked by reviewers, either. A sequel was already scheduled for 2017, but Twentieth Century Fox may now rethink those plans. Some blogs have reported rumors that the studio could give the 2017 slot to a "Deadpool" sequel.
Meanwhile, the thriller 鈥淭he Gift,鈥� which stars Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, and Joel Edgerton, came in third place with $12 million, and the comedy 鈥淰acation,鈥� which was released in July, placed fourth, with more than $9 million. The July superhero movie 鈥淎nt-Man鈥� placed fifth, with more than $7 million.
As anyone who has been to the multiplex in the last several years knows, reboots, in which film series are restarted new actors as the same characters, are now the order of the day. In the superhero genre, we鈥檙e currently looking at the third Spider-Man series in recent years after what some viewed as the disappointing films with Andrew Garfield, 2012鈥檚 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man鈥� and the 2014 movie 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man 2.鈥� Time will tell whether the upcoming movie with actor Tom Holland succeeds. As for other reboots, the 鈥淭erminator鈥� science fiction films are some of the genre鈥檚 most beloved, but this summer鈥檚 鈥淭erminator Genisys,鈥� which brought on many new actors to portray the story's main characters, did not do well with critics or at the domestic box office. That was only one failure, though; in today鈥檚 Hollywood, the studio could conceivably try again.
But what happens when a story doesn鈥檛 work multiple times? That鈥檚 currently the case with 鈥淔antastic Four.鈥� The characters are some of Marvel鈥檚 most famous, though the series was canceled in 2015, which is doubtless what has kept Twentieth Century Fox trying multiple times. But even in a Hollywood where only three years will separate 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� films with different actors, will the studio keep trying with a story after multiple failures?
We鈥檒l see if we still get a 鈥淔antastic鈥� sequel in 2017.