Columbia Pictures’ new superhero adventure, Madame Web, has already failed at the box office with only $15.1 million in opening weekend.
The film opened on Wednesday, February 14, and grossed an additional $8.2 million on Wednesday and Thursday.
The first estimates for Monday, the Presidents’ Day holiday, put it at $2.4 million, for a national haul of $25.8 million.
It has grossed just $25.7 million from overseas markets, for a worldwide opening weekend haul of $51.5 million, after star Dakota Johnson admitted she hadn’t seen it yet.
With the film having a budget of $80 million, it could be very difficult for it to turn a profit barring some kind of box office miracle.
Columbia Pictures’ new superhero adventure, Madame Web, has already failed at the box office with only $15.1 million in its opening weekend.
It has grossed just $25.7 million from overseas markets, for a worldwide opening weekend haul of $51.5 million, after star Dakota Johnson (seen with Sydney Sweeney) admitted she has yet to release it. has seen.
With an $80 million budget for the film, it could be very difficult for it to turn a profit unless some kind of box office miracle occurs.
While Dakota Johnson made headlines during her press tour for her interviews, critics in the country certainly didn’t do her film any favors.
The film currently has a terrible 13% rating on RT, with only 23 positive reviews out of the 182 reviews currently on the site.
Madame Web ranked at the high end of industry projections, with box office forecasters pointing to a six-day debut between Valentine’s Day and President’s Day of between $20 million and $25 million.
Still, the debut was a pretty soft launch for any superhero movie, and unlike many projects that still earn high marks from fans after critics panned it, fans were apparently disappointed as well.
The Rotten Tomatoes audience score currently sits at 55%, definitely an improvement, but not too notable either.
The film also has average fan ratings on CinemaScore (C+) and just 1.5 stars on PostTrak, via Deadline.
Still, unless the superhero movie shows something serious in the coming weeks, it will be difficult for the studio to make a profit from the film.
There are also reports from Deadline sources that the budget is actually over $100 million, although the studio was able to hit it thanks to tax credits in Massachusetts and London, where the post-production work was done.
While Dakota Johnson made headlines during her press tour for her interviews, critics in the country certainly didn’t do her film any favors.
Madame Web ranked at the high end of industry projections, and box office forecasters are pointing to a six-day debut between Valentine’s Day and President’s Day of between $20 million and $25 million.
The film follows Johnson’s character Cassandra, a New York City paramedic who uses her new powers of clairvoyance to keep three young women (Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor) safe from a deadly adversary.
With Madame Web hitting the studio’s $50 million-plus mark for a worldwide debut, their losses on the film are not said to be as “traumatic” as previously believed.
It’s also worth noting that Madame Web doesn’t open in China, a huge international market, until March 1, which may help improve its overseas grosses.
The studio also reportedly spent $60 million on advertising (P&A) for the film, with more than 75% of that ad spend going to TikTok and other social media ads.
The film is based on the obscure Marvel character Cassandra Webb, created by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr., who debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 (November 1980).
The film follows Johnson’s character Cassandra, a New York City paramedic who uses her new powers of clairvoyance to keep three young women (Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor) safe from a deadly adversary.