MADAME WEB Is the Worst Box Office Opening for Sony's SPIDER-MAN Franchise
Madame Web hit theaters on Valentine's Day, and the one box office milestone that the movie broke is that it is now the worst box office weekend opening ever for a Spider-Man movie from Sony Pictures. Madame Web managed to make less money in six days than Morbius did during its three-day opening. The movie made $25.8 million domestically this weekend.
For comparison, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse made $35.3 million domestically during its opening weekend, Morbius made $39 million, The Amazing Spider-Man made $62 million, Venom made $80.2 million, Spider-Man 2 made $88.1 million, Venom: Let There Be Carnage made $90 million, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made $91.6 million, Spider-Man: Far from Home made $92.5 million, Spider-Man (2002) made $114.8 million, Spider-Man: Homecoming made $117 million, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse made $120.6 million, Spider-Man 3 made $151.1 million, and Spider-Man: No Way Home made $260.1 million.
I’m not surprised that the movie did so badly at the box office because the movie is easily one of the worst Marvel movies ever made.
The synopsis for the film reads: “In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures… if they can all survive a deadly present.”
Madame Web stars Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Isabela Merced (Transformers: The Last Knight), and Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), along with Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps (The Upshaws), and Adam Scott (Severance).
The film was directed by S.J. Clarkson (Jessica Jones).