Last Updated on February 20, 2024
A female-oriented Spider-Man spinoff called Madame Web flopped hard at the box office. The film, starring 50 Shades of Grey actress Dakota Johnson, is getting decimated by critics and audiences.
The movie was released on Valentine’s Day, and six days later, as of press time on February 20, it still has not even grossed $27 million in the United States despite a reported $80 million budget.
“On Wednesday night, you could actually watch advance purchase sales declining in real time as buyers were refunding their tickets. It really says something when you’d rather have Shazam! 2 numbers,” a movie theater “insider” told The Hollywood Reporter.
The trailer for the female flick is pretty Cringe.
Screenrant.com reported: With Madame Web failing to connect with critics or audiences, Marvel should pay attention to what went wrong when creating Spider-Man 4. Not only has Madame Web earned a record-breaking low box office for Sony, but it has also been unpopular with critics. Though some have defended Madame Web as campy fun, that isn’t the reputation Marvel really wants for a major character in the MCU timeline like Spider-Man.”
Screenrant is not wrong.
On Metacritic, the film has a lowly Metascore of 27 based on critic reviews, and a “Generally Unfavorable” 2.4 rating from users. A critic for The New York Times opined: “The only real bummer about Madame Web, the latest installment in the Spider-Man chronicles, isn’t that it’s bad, but that it never achieves memorably terrible status.”
On Rotten Tomatoes, Madame Web clocks in at a measly 13 percent on the Tomatometer.
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