“ The Fantastic Four: First Steps ” stretched its arms around $57 million from 4,125 theaters across Friday and preview screenings. Per Disney ‘s numbers, that’s the second-biggest opening day of the calendar year, ranking just behind “A Minecraft Movie” ($57.11 million). The film gets Imax and other premium large format auditoriums.

First Steps stretched and stretched as far as it could, and it almost beat out Minecraft as the biggest opening day of the year. The second reboot of the superhuman astronauts made around $57 million on Friday and during preview screenings — Minecraft made $57.