RE: Wow couldn’t even manage 40 million3 Apr 2022 18:12
IS MORBIUS A SUCCESS?
Early projections for Morbius were as high as $60M at the opening weekend domestic box office. As negative word of mouth and reactions trickled out before its release, Sony released a projection of $33M for the film's opening weekend. This meek projection set the studio up for its latest Spider-Man spin-off creation to outperform its studio projection.
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Unsurprisingly, it beat that projection by about $6M and is on track to be a $100M global movie by next week. For context, the blood-sucking flick only cost roughly $75M to make, less than average for contemporary comic book movies.
In a wise move by Sony, Morbius wasn't a huge monetary swing at the box office. The studio heads played it safe with the budget and tried to bank off of non-existent connections to Spider-Man.
April is a crowded month at the box office. Just next week Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Ambulance hit the silver screen and will eat into Morbius' potential earnings. Besides, competition at the theater and general word of mouth is setting Morbius up for a big second-weekend drop-off and an overall lack of legs at the 2022 box office.