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). It is concurrently available on PVOD. Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. Venom 3 doesnt need Morbius anymore than it really needs Peter Parker/Spider-Man (be it Tom Holland or Andrew Garfield). Morbius flopped again at the box office after . It then returned to theaters with the lowest per-theater average in the top. EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, on its 101st day of release, Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home will reach the rare domestic box office milestone of $800M, becoming one of only three movies to do so in Holl Starring: Jared Leto,Matt Smith,Adria Arjona Watch all you want. Opening $39,005,895. Sony is further exploiting its end of the Marvel franchise this weekend with the long-delayed Jared Leto dark hero title Morbius . Thank you Jesus! [53] A month later, Gibson revealed that he was portraying Simon Stroud, and that Al Madrigal had been cast as his partner, Alberto Rodriguez. [140] One such post made the claim that Martin Scorsese, who had previously declared that superhero films were not cinema, had changed his mind after seeing the film; this fake quote was shared on Instagram by Morbius actor Tyrese Gibson under the belief it was genuine, later being deleted. The good news is that Morbius only cost $75 million to produce. Sazama and Sharpless had written a script by November 2017, and Leto and Espinosa officially joined in June 2018. Offering up Morbius for the roasting would qualify as an added value element from a character who has otherwise been made value-less. [3][93] In its second weekend of release in the US and Canada, the film grossed $10.2 million and finished second behind Sonic the Hedgehog 2,[94] while experiencing a drop of 74%, the second-worst of all time for a superhero movie, behind only Steel (1997), and the worst of any tentpole superhero movie. Maybe, but Id argue its just as likely that Sony knew what the memes meant and no expectation of a box office comeback. Running . Work on the film began at the end of the year with further casting, ahead of production starting in London in February 2019. Upon realizing Milo took his cure and killed the nurse, Morbius escapes to confront him. 1 domestically. In a tragic twist, the film's poor rerelease showing was also predicted by Twitter users,. Paramounts The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, came in No. The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. [167] Tom Holland expressed interest in seeing his version of Spider-Man from the MCU fighting Morbius in the future,[168] while producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal confirmed interest in a potential film starring both Leto and Ali. It has not gone well. The teaser trailer for the film was released on January 13, 2020. Given Morbius' status as something of a superhero tentpole in the Sony-Verse, this $75 million figure is a conservative gamble from Sony, who looks to be banking on Morbius' links to the MCU as a way to bring in audiences en-masse. [68], By October 2019, Jon Ekstrand was set to compose the score for Morbius after doing the same for Espinosa's previous films. [14] Harris was revealed to be portraying Dr. Nicholas, a mentor and father figure to both Michael and Milo. At a hospital in Greece, 10-year-old Michael Morbius welcomes his surrogate brother Lucien, whom he unintentionally renames Milo; they bond over their shared blood illness and desire to be "normal". Domestic Opening $39,005,895. [114] Indo-Asian News Service described the film as having been "utterly ravaged" by critics,[115] and Variety reported reception as being "comically bad". The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News. It doesnt mean audiences demand Morbius 2. [65] The film's release was moved back another week at the end of April 2021, moving to January 28, 2022. All Rights Reserved. These recent $75-$120 million tentpoles (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Uncharted, Venom, etc.) As a result, here's how much Morbius cost to make, as well as how much it needs to earn to be a box office success. The film, which premieres Friday, has garnered poor reviews across the board and recently held at 15% "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes from 168 reviews. (This messaging isnt a surprise, considering Morbius modest opening.). Sony's re-release of Morbius struggled to make an impact at the box office once again despite the popularity of the memes that inspired its return to theaters. Morbius' marketing budget should theoretically be anywhere from $25 million to $75 million, possibly more because of delays. Morbius' marketing certainly did little to dissuade rumors of these ties, with early clips from the movie featuring graffiti that referenced an in-universe Spider-Man. [27] Previously, the character was set to appear in Blade (1998), portrayed by director Stephen Norrington in a cameo appearance ahead of a larger role in a sequel. Morbius hits theaters on April 1, 2022. So far, theres no talk of a sequel. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images), That was the worst end credits scene ever! 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 . It earned $125,000 over the weekend for an $816 per-theater average. [40] By November, box office analysts believed that Venom had been successful enough for Sony to move ahead with other films like Morbius,[41] and at the end of that month the studio dated an untitled Marvel film that was believed to be Morbius for a July 10, 2020, release. MPAA PG-13. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates. 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[58] The film's first trailer, released in January 2020, included a brief appearance by Michael Keaton, reprising his role as Adrian Toomes / Vulture from the co-produced Marvel Studios Spider-Man film Spider-Man: Homecoming. On Sunday, Focus announced it has picked up the Australian filmmakers second feature, Of an Age. [156][157] On Tumblr, the entire film was compressed into a very tiny GIF file and widely spread. The template includes categories for market research, branding, public relations, lead generation, digital marketing, events, sales support and travel. "[121] Wendy Ide of The Observer gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, calling it an "incoherent, vampire-themed Marvel offcut. Morbius has a modest budget compared to recent superhero blockbusters, but how much does the Sony-Verse movie need to make at the box office? 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. 2 domestically in its sophomore outing with $14.8 million for a North American tally of $54.6 million. Updated with weekend numbers. FBI agents Simon Stroud and Al Rodriguez investigate Morbius' victims and deduce his involvement. [116] Jonathon Crump of Manchester Evening News reported that early reviews to the film are mixed at best, although he noted that some critics "praised the acting in the film, including Leto's performance". [109][110] After a dismal $300,000 weekend performance in its re-releasea $289 per-theater averageSony pulled the film entirely from theaters. For context, the Sony-Verse's first Venom outing in 2018 cost $100 million to make, while the adjacent MCU blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home cost a whopping $200 million to make a reality. [83] This re-release also performed poorly, making just $280,000 over the weekend. An unrepentant Milo confesses to his bloodlust-induced crime and urges Morbius to embrace his powers as he has. Nevertheless, movie-going audiences have still shown an appetite for the MCU-adjacent Morbius, with the movie earning$5.7 million alone from Thursday preview screenings ahead of its release. The film, from Goran Stolevski in his feature directorial debut, earned $125,000 from 147 theaters. ", "Sony's Daily Bugle TikTok Video Sets Up Jared Leto's Morbius", "Jared Leto Goes Wild With Adria Arjona at 'Morbius' Premiere", "Jared Leto visita la CdMx para la premiere de 'Morbius', "Disney, Sony and Warner Bros pause film releases in Russia over Ukraine invasion", "Morbius Bombed - But It's Returning To Theaters After Marvel Memes", "Box Office: 'Morbius' Bombs Again With $85,000 Friday", "Is it 'Morbin Time?' [45][46], Principal photography began during the last week of February 2019 in London,[47][48] under the working title Plasma. [28] In May 2017, Sony announced plans for a new shared universe featuring Spider-Man-related properties beginning with Venom in October 2018;[29] this was later titled "Sony's Spider-Man Universe". This could prove to be another financial disaster for WBD, the DC brand and DC studios Co-CEO peter Safran who produced the movie Advertisement In comparison, the lowest opening for the latest three-film Spider-Man films was Spider-Man: Far From Home at $92 million. [72] Scott Mendelson, writing for Forbes, agreed with the comparison to Venom which he felt was a good move by Sony due to the success of their last few Spider-Man films, but cautioned that Leto may not have the same box office draw for general audiences that Tom Hardy gave to Venom. His colleague Martine Bancroft discovers he has secretly captured dozens of vampire bats from Costa Rica in the hope of splicing their genes with his own to cure his condition. Read on to learn how to use each budget template. [113] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 35 out of 100 based on 55 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [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. As expected by anyone who understands the difference between online discourse and real-world interest, Sonys reissue of Jared Letos Morbius earned $300,000 in 1,037 theaters this past weekend. Morbius drops. Nor, for that matter, is Leto's bland hero, whose most distinctive aspect is the demanding physical transformation the actor underwent for the role. Last weekend, Sony re-released 'Morbius' to a thousand theaters. 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