Despite its best effort (or worst apparently, according to our review) Fantastic Four could not accept the impossible mission of taking the top box office spot over the weekend. Mission: Impossible remains a basic average girl with $29 million as Fantastic Four and The Gift round out the top three with $26 and $12 million respectively.
But I expect Fantastic Four to gain traction. Although critics are bashing it, the general audience seems to love it. Good or bad word of mouth will definitely push it forward. I don’t expect it to top with Straight Outta Compton releasing soon, but I’m sure it’ll make a dent by Summer’s end.
Hit the jump for the rest of the box office performances for the August 7-9 weekend.
[via Rentrak]
1. Rogue Nation – $29,400,000
2. Fantastic Four – $26,200,000
3. The Gift – $12,007,000
4. Vacation – $9,145,000
5. Ant-Man – $7,826,000
6. Minions – $7,370,280
7. Rick and the Flash – $7,000,000
8. Trainwreck – $6,274,625
9. Pixels – $5,430,000
10. Southpaw – $4,764,000
