Even with Marvel's First Family putting up a fight this weekend, Superman has still passed the global total of another MCU hit.

This success is no small feat, as previous iterations of the Fantastic Four never caught fire with fans or critics. The 2005 and 2007 Fox films were financially adequate but critically derided, and the 2015 reboot was widely panned,

A look at the Fantastic Four in comics from their 1961 debut onwards shows how the the Marvel universe originated from the Four.

Bloodlines, F1: The Movie, Jurassic World: Rebirth, How To Train Your Dragon, Superman and other Hollywood titles have collectively raked in well over ₹500 crore in India over a period of three months since May.

It has now been overtaken on the stateside leader board by Gunn's Superman. Starring David Corenswet in the lead role, the well-received film has generated over $400 million worldwide so far. It's sitting at an 83% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,

James Gunn’s pointedly bright, colorful, canine-forward new movie, “Superman,” is the second launch in a dozen years of a new shared cinematic universe wherein the superhero in chief is gradually — or in this case, immediately — surrounded by other DC Comics heroes.

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Gunn’s “Superman” is lifted straight from the pages, complete with pocket dimensions, skyscraper-sized monsters and red trunks.