This movie bombed and it deserved it. Not even international box office is going to save it. It was a fricking mess, I don't think the original tone of the movie was perfect, but it was ok up until the thid act. That ruined everything. Fox ruined the few things Fant4stic was doing ok.

The 55% rule applies to the worldwide gross, there's no reason to think the studio is getting less from non-US box office, indeed with less clout smaller companies in smaller countries possibly have to pay more. The 55% rule of thumb already factors in diminishing returns over several weeks. So the first 2 weeks the % for the studio is higher. It's not always the case but typically the production budget includes promotion.

"Even though specific numbers are hard to nail down, we have a good idea where studios spend their money. A film's production budget includes all costs incurred during pre-production, filming, post-production and promotion. That includes buying the rights to the script, actor's salaries, production staff salaries, set construction, special effects, wardrobe, craft services, marketing, dog training -- everything!"  http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-cost1.htm

So applying the 55% rule for worldwide gross ($300 million without this weekend taken into account) means $165 million for Marvel/Disney so far.  So that should mean profit.

I want it to bomb even worse, in a way Fox will be left with no option other than returning the rights to Marvel so we can get Avengers x Galactus and Doctor Doom.

Ppl used the fact that Avengers 2 didnt make 2 billion as an "evidence" of the super hero decline lol, theyll use anything to suit theyre agenda. Batman x Superman and Captain America Civil War will completly debunk any clains fo a decline tough.

Big fan of Fantastic Four. Not really the comics / cartoons, but the previous two movies were fun with great characters.

I knew the reboot would be a dud the second they made the cast younger and had the Chronicle guy behind it. Also, cant stand fucking Kate Mara.

Franchise is done for now.

Yeah, I've seen that argument being used as well. It's pretty fucking hilarious. I mean Avengers 2 is only the sixth highest grossing film of all-time (w/o adjusting for inflation), so that definitely means it's on a decline

I saw that movie with zack efron, and after that I can't stand him lol

26.2 million final estimate. A disaster.

At 122 mil budget yeah. But even China has standards, though really bad movies have flown before.

Inside Out says suck my script!  Hollywood can still be original and captivatiing at the same time if it fucking tries !!!

Seems like these days marketing budget is not included in that production budget number, unlik in the past apparently. So the total cost will be well above $120 million. And apparently China only lets 25% of box office gross leave the country, so that slashes the % accruing to the stodio down to about 40%. All that probably adds up to the movie needing to do over $300 million at the foreign box office to try to break even. It's getting to be that break even point for a movie with a $130ish million production budget has a break even point of about $400 million worldwide gross when marketing costs are added. This is getting worse than AAA games in terms of ticket sales needed to break even. It won't be long before big budget movies won't be profitable with grosses below $1/2 a billion. Crazyness man!