Everything is pretty clear right now, as far as the rebooted Fantastic Four franchise is concerned: it is worse than the fans of Marvel's First Family predicted/wanted. Not only it failed to impress the critics (a 9% score on Rotten Tomatoes after just one day from release), but it also didn't attract the audiences.

In this way, people aren't calling the reboot worse than the initial Fantastic Four trilogy. They are calling it even worse than Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. And that says something, since that movie was atrocious (and this is an understatement).

But first things first!

Fantastic Four "“ predictions vs. reality

The box office predictions for Fantastic Four placed the movie's earnings during its first 3 days at around $50 million. Which was more than just a decent amount, considering the facts that the movie didn't have a huge budget and it didn't ignite the interest of the fans with its marketing campaign.

However, this threshold went down to $40 million for the first 3 days after the first reviews were released. With comparisons just like the one mentioned above, it is easy to see why.

But the reality was even grimmer than that, the movie making just about $2.5 million on Thursday (which is less than half of what Ant-Man did in the same amount of time, just as a comparison). So, now, it appears as if Fantastic Four will struggle to make $30 million in its first three days.

And the studio can leave aside the thoughts of taking the first place, because Tom Cruise's MI5 is doing well and is expected to reach this same amount with little to no problems at all.

So here are the reasons why Fantastic Four bombs "“ on the next page, a sudden change required by the fans!