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* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/AntMan1'' for the position of the more successful late-Summer superhero movie. It lost, leaving ''Ant-Man'' as the {{dark horse victor|y}} in the situation ([[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail as many presumed it would be a major flop due to the titular hero being something of a punchline among comic book fans]]).
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* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/AntMan1'' for the position of the more successful late-Summer superhero movie. It lost, leaving ''Ant-Man'' as the {{dark horse victor|y}} in the situation ([[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail as many presumed it would be a major flop due to the titular hero being something of a punchline among comic non-comic book fans]]).
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* AshcanCopy: The movie was made primarily so Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox could keep the rights to the characters. [[PyrrhicVictory The rights were retained, but the movie itself was a nuclear flop, killing the possibility of a sequel or another Fox-helmed reboot.]] Ironically, it's entirely likely that Fox would have actually made a lot more money if they had simply sold the rights back wholesale before entering production than they would in making a deal after the movie's release. In any case, [[ShaggyDogStory this became entirely pointless when Disney bought 21st Century Fox's TV and film divisions and the franchises associated with them, including the remaining Marvel movie rights]].
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* AshcanCopy: The movie was made primarily so Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox could keep the rights to the characters. [[PyrrhicVictory The rights were retained, but the movie itself was a nuclear flop, killing the possibility of a sequel or another Fox-helmed reboot.]] reboot. Ironically, it's entirely likely that Fox would have actually made a lot more money if they had simply sold the rights back wholesale before entering production than they would in making a deal after the movie's release. In any case, [[ShaggyDogStory this became entirely pointless when Disney bought 21st Century Fox's TV and film divisions and the franchises associated with them, including the remaining Marvel movie rights]].
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* FranchiseKiller: After the movie flopped, a [[StillbornFranchise planned sequel was taken off of Fox's release schedule]], and two years later, Disney announced that they intend to integrate the ''Fantastic Four'' and ''X-Men'' properties into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse following their purchase of assets from 20th Century Fox, making this the very last Fox-produced Fantastic Four movie. Sure enough, characters from both mentioned franchises made their MCU debut in 2022's ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''[[note]]in alternate versions unrelated to the main MCU iterations[[/note]], and a new film with absolutely no relation to ''[=Fant4stic=]'' is set to arrive in 2024, nearly a full decade after that film's release.
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* FranchiseKiller: After the movie flopped, a [[StillbornFranchise planned sequel was taken off of Fox's release schedule]], and two years later, Disney announced that they intend to integrate the ''Fantastic Four'' and ''X-Men'' properties into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse following their purchase of assets from 20th Century Fox, making this the very last Fox-produced Fantastic Four movie. Sure enough, characters from both mentioned franchises made their MCU debut in 2022's ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''[[note]]in alternate versions unrelated to the main MCU iterations[[/note]], and a new film with absolutely no relation to ''[=Fant4stic=]'' is set to arrive in 2024, nearly 2025, a full decade after that film's release.
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** Creator/KateMara had a rough start to her career when she starred in ''[[Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes Zoom]]'', but remained steady with supporting roles in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', and particularly her UsefulNotes/EmmyAward-nominated performance in ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''. While this film failed, she recovered slightly with ''Film/TheMartian'' and a return appearance to ''Cards''. Her critical esteem healed further with praised work in ''Megan Leavey'', ''Series/{{Pose}}'', and ''Series/ATeacher2020'', but ''Fantastic Four'' was the last big-budget blockbuster she headlined.
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** Creator/KateMara had a rough start to her career when she starred in ''[[Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes Zoom]]'', but remained steady with supporting roles in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', and particularly her UsefulNotes/EmmyAward-nominated MediaNotes/EmmyAward-nominated performance in ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''. While this film failed, she recovered slightly with ''Film/TheMartian'' and a return appearance to ''Cards''. Her critical esteem healed further with praised work in ''Megan Leavey'', ''Series/{{Pose}}'', and ''Series/ATeacher2020'', but ''Fantastic Four'' was the last big-budget blockbuster she headlined.
