‘Fantastic Four’ drops 69% in its second weekend

As the summer winds down, so do the superhero movies at the box office and things weren’t looking up for 20th Century Fox‘s Fantastic Four in its second weekend.

In fact, it was looking quite down, as it took a massive plunge in its second weekend, down 69% to $8 million for fourth place. That’s on par with second-week drops for other poorly-reviewed superhero movies like Fox’s Elektra and Ang Lee’s The Hulk, but its $42 million gross so far and the fact that it’s unlikely to even gross $80 million domestically is not a good sign for 20th Century Fox going ahead with a sequel.