It was a flop with an announcement. The new Spider-Man movie failed on every level. The ratings were devastating, a crash landing at the box office followed and the leading actresses distanced themselves from their Marvel film or even made fun of the film's failure.
What does Spider-Man have to do with these films?
The film rights to the friendly neighborhood spider do not belong to Disney, but to Sony. To continue on about this valuable license In order to be able to have it, new Spider-Man films have to be released in cinemas on a regular basis. In addition to the collaboration with Disney (Tom Holland's Spider-Man is known to be a member of the Avengers and part of the MCU) and the animated Spider-Verse masterpieces, there is also the so-called “Sony's Spider-Man Universe”, or SSU for short.
This includes the successful Venom series with actor Tom Hardy, who also played the Batman villain Bane The competitor DC embodied. A possible connection to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a confrontation with Spider-Man has already been teased.
Another spin-off with the presumed new James Bond is also in the works. And a blood-sucking opponent of Spider-Man's ventured onto the big screen two years ago, but without success. Madame Web is the title of the SSU's current film. And it really went bad and completely flopped.
A huge flop in the cinema – even though it says “Marvel” on it
It even significantly undercut the double flop of Marvel's Morbius. The vampire and opponent Spider-Man could only do so in 2022 $167.5 million gross at the box office. Madame Web smeared with narrow ones $99 million completely and sets a negative record within Sony's superhero universe. The fate of the film is now finally sealed.
At least on the big screen. It flew just five weeks after launch Spider-Man-Spin-Off out of the cinemas again. Because even though that Label Marvel emblazoned on the film, no cinema operator can afford empty halls. You can now stream Madame Web anyway. However, it is more than questionable whether a “Spider-Man film” with a devastating critic score of just 12 percent will encourage audiences to stream.
Quelle: Comic Book Movie