Petition to Bring Morbius Back to Theaters is Blowing Up

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Sony has the rights to make Spider-Man movies, but thanks to a deal with Marvel, Spider-Man and his associated characters are mostly sticking to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Spider-Man himself busy with the MCU, Sony has decided to make movies about Spider-Man's rogues gallery instead, starting with Venom and its sequel. The Venom movies earned mostly negative reviews, but both turned out to be hits at the box office. The same can't really be said for the Morbius movie starring Jared Leto in the title role.

Morbius wasn't exactly a box office bomb, but the $163.8 million it earned at the box office is very low for a comic book movie from a major studio in this day and age. The lack of interest in Morbius can likely be chalked up to a variety of factors, like Morbius himself not being a big money-drawing character when removed from Spider-Man, and the widespread negative reviews that the film received upon its release.

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Many people who normally see comic book movies did not go watch Morbius, and the general apathy towards the film has inspired one of 2022's biggest memes. Morbius memes have spread through the Internet like wildfire, coming up with hilarious fake quotes like «It's Morbin' time» and making up moments in the movie that didn't actually happen. This meme culture surrounding Morbius seemingly inspired Sony to re-release the movie after its theatrical run had mostly ended, though the return was a flop, earning only a few hundred thousand dollars.

Sony seemed to think that the Morbius memes and the Internet's obsession with the movie would equate to box office returns, but that clearly wasn't the case. To keep the meme going, Ian Hinden has created a petition demanding