Box office tracking has . Morbius' initial box office projections and numbers look solid in relation to the film's relatively modest superhero movie budget. The next Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU) movie is Morbius, a film that has already been delayed several times. No, the only really surprisingand, therefore, the most disappointingthing about "Morbius" is the fact that it's an honest-to-goodness horror film. Maybe Im wrong and Paramounts Sonic the Hedgehog 2 skews young while Warner Bros. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore plays for fans only. Jared Letos Morbius does have the advantage of being a user-friendly, no homework-required, 105-minute all-quadrants franchise/superhero flick. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease. [68], By October 2019, Jon Ekstrand was set to compose the score for Morbius after doing the same for Espinosa's previous films. [26][59] Some of Keaton's scenes had to be reshot when the events depicted in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) did not properly coincide with Morbius. Meanwhile, Morbius director . It hasn't quite managed to reach $40 million, but Morbius hauled in a decent enough $39.1 million domestically, with a $45 million international bow bringing it up to $84 million after . Morbius ' earnings have dropped a lot, but that does not necessarily mean it will be a box office failure. Morbius 2022 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 1h 44m | Action & Adventure Unavailable on an ad-supported plan due to licensing restrictions. 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Reply . However, by leaning into the mockery associated with the character, by essentially throwing themselves on the sword, Sony can use Jared Letos self-serious living vampire as a comic foil for a later Sonys Spider-Man Universe movie. dont require record-breaking grosses (or big bucks in China) to cross into profitability. [156][157] On Tumblr, the entire film was compressed into a very tiny GIF file and widely spread. [63] In January 2021, the film was delayed again, first to October 8, 2021, and then to January 21, 2022, when No Time to Die was moved to the October 2021 date. The shot on the left is from "Homecoming," and the right is from "Morbius.". Moreover, that Morbius turned out to be about as bad as we all feared is less of a sting after the mostly enjoyable Venom 2 and the $1.88 billion-grossing Spider-Man: No Way Home. While this clash between a web-slinger and Michael Morbius did not come to pass, the long-touted addition of Adrian Toomes/The Vulture (Michael Keaton) as a part of Sony's Sinister Six plans did ultimately materialize in Morbius' mid-credits scenes. [75][76][77][78] Prior to the film's theatrical release, Espinosa clarified that Morbius is set in the same universe as the SSU Venom films. [22][51][52] Smith was reported to be portraying the villainous Loxias Crown / Hunger,[22] though he was later revealed to be playing an original character named Milo who is similar to Loxias Crown. The son of Makarioa Morbius, Michael was raised by his single mother after his father left them. However, hes old enough to have seen New Line Cinemas Snakes on a Plane backfire by turning what otherwise was a pulpy little bit of counterprogramming turn into an online event that failed to drive theatrical ticket sales. Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Lucas Foster were producing,[8] and filming was expected to begin by the end of 2018. 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Given Morbius' ties to two several highly lucrative IPs, it is little wonder Sony provided ample backing for Espinosa and company to bring the Living Vampire to life on the big screen. Well, at the very least, the reissue offered up a new movie amid a ridiculously quiet weekend for new releases. "Morbius" is an Action - Adventure movie in which we watch Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist trying to find the cure behind an extremely rare blood disease. Nicholas recognizes Milo and pleads with him to stop. Sony's Morbius has made an unlikely return to over 1000 theaters across the US today. It then returned to theaters with the lowest per-theater average in the top twenty, Morbius is a rare movie that essentially bombed twice at the domestic box office. [137][139][140][141][142] Following its release, the hashtag #MorbiusSweep, which jokingly claimed Morbius was the most financially and critically successful film of all time, began trending. [20] In March, filming took place in Manchester's Northern Quarter, doubling for New York City. "[134] Time Out's Cathy Brennan felt that the film's "attempts" to "court an audience by dangling a potential connection" to the MCU's Spider-Man is "the worst kind of unearned fan service in a film this lacklustre. In a tragic twist, the film's poor rerelease showing was also predicted by Twitter users,. Morbius premiered at the Plaza Carso in Mexico City on March 10, 2022 and was theatrically released in the United States on April 1, 2022, after being delayed several times from an initial July 2020 date, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [67] Espinosa cited Pokmon as an influence on the portrayal of Morbius' powers, specifically singling out the series's use of light and color to depict the title creatures' attacks and abilities. Milo dies peacefully and Morbius flies off with the bats, mourning his loved ones and embracing his identity as a fugitive vampire. Opening $39,005,895. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. Audiences are also mixed, giving it a C+ CinemaScore, while exit scores on PostTrak are likewise mediocre. [111][5], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 275 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. [99] The film's "re-release" in theaters during its tenth weekend made $310,665 from 1,037 screens during its first three days. Sony shelled out a cool $75 million for Morbius' budget, with the Living Vampire origin story taking two years to complete (outside of release slate delays). Did he forget about the movie he was just in? - My son, age ten, in the middle of a Lewis Black-level comic meltdown over Morbius terrible mid-credit scenes. Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. Thats a non-starter, and Id argue the theatrical release is a glorified marketing campaign for its PVOD debut in a few weeks. [62] At the end of March, the film's release date was pushed back to March 19, 2021, due to the pandemic closing theaters around the world. While it's helpful to have individual budget templates for specific marketing departments and activities, it's also nice to be able to take a step back and see the bigger picture. [83] This re-release also performed poorly, making just $280,000 over the weekend. [105], On June 3, 2022, Sony announced the film would return to 1,000 theaters weeks after its initial theatrical and digital release. Advertisement In comparison, the lowest opening for the latest three-film Spider-Man films was Spider-Man: Far From Home at $92 million. [64] At the start of January 2022, the film was delayed to April 1, 2022, due to the box office success of Spider-Man: No Way Home which Sony hoped would continue throughout early 2022. It has only rolled out in 17 markets so far overseas for an early foreign total of $7 million and $61.6 million worldwide. 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