After two years of postponements due to the covid-19 pandemic which shook the cinema industry, Morbius of Daniel Espinosa is finally about to be released in our French cinemas from March 30 as well as the April 1st in the United States. This will be the third iteration of the Sony Universe of Marvel Characterswhich opened with Venom (2018) then Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and which will continue with the solo film on Kraven The Hunterwhich will be carried by Aaron Taylor Johnson and the filmmaker JC Chandor.
Regarding Morbiusthe feature film did not arrive in theaters on conquered ground since the first critical feedback turned out to be much more negative than for Venom 2, when it was very difficult to do worse. The first returns also tackle the inconsistent post-credits scene of the last film Spider Versearguing a cascade of bad choices for the firm dear to Kevin Feige. But it would also seem that the first box office predictions go in this direction and do not announce anything very exciting for the super vampire from Marvel.
The website boxofficepro.com announces that the production of Daniel Espinosa could well record a first opening weekend between 40 and 60 million dollars domestic revenue. While that’s a pretty decent score, it’s terribly low for a Blockbuster of this stature. Product for $75 million of budget, Morbius should hardly reach the 100 million dollars at the end of domestic operation. It would remain only the international to transform the film into a success.
In comparison, Venom: Let There Be Carnage had an opening to $90 million in revenue on American territory to finish its race with 500 million internationally (213 million on US territory). No Way Home he had exploded all the counters by totaling $260 million in revenue in three days. Bis repeated for the first Venom who had totaled 80 million for its opening. The opening score of Morbius is therefore very low and word of mouth, a fortiori negative, could considerably damage its course at the box office.
It is therefore likely that Morbius becomes Sony’s worst Marvel film by box office score. Boxofficepro.com estimates the total revenue of Morbius in the USA between 80 and 130 million dollars.
