Morbius Ties With Dark Phoenix for Record Breaking Box Office Drop
Morbius has the biggest second-weekend box office drop for any adaptation of a Marvel comic. The latest entry in Sony's Spider-Man Universe opened after two years' worth of delays on April 1, 2022, and follows the story of Doctor Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) who, after experimenting on himself to cure a rare disease, begins to develop vampiric powers. The movie opened at number 1 at the box office with $39 million domestically and $45 million internationally for a worldwide opening weekend of $84 million.
Despite opening at number 1, the future looked very bleak for Morbius as the film was panned by critics as it currently sits with a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences did not take to it kindly either as the film had thesecond-worst Cinema Score for a movie based on a Marvel Comic, only being beaten by 2015's Fantastic Four. Facing stiff competition in the month of April from high profile releases like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore, it seemed thatMorbius would not come close to replicating the success Sony reached with its other Spider-Man spinoff Venom.
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Morbius took a massive fall in its second-weekend box office with a $9.9 million haul. According to Forbes that is a 73.9% drop from the previous weekend, which is the biggest for any Marvel Comic adaptation, beating out the previous record-holder, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which dropped 71.5%. It also tied with X-Men: Dark Phoenix for the biggest Friday to Friday drop at a massive 83%. The much-maligned Fantastic Four reboot dropped 68.2%, however, that film did have a smaller opening weekend than Morbius did.
Currently, Morbius has grossed $57 million domestically,
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