The IMAX screenings of Morbius brought in $5.5 million.
It is hard to believe that Sony’s next Spider-verse movie Morbius is finally out and, despite some rather poor reviews, this Spider-Man villain managed to have a decent weekend at the box office. The film is currently projected to make around $40 million in its domestic opening weekend, but Morbius has made $5.5 Million in its global IMAX showings already.
When you compare Morbius to other recent superhero films, the $5.5 million is a respectable IMAX result. The Batman which came out last month made $7.3 million in IMAX showings in its opening weekend. However, when you compare it to other Sony-made Marvel movies like Spider-Man: No Way Home, Morbius does not even come close to Spider-Man’s opening IMAX haul. No one expected Morbius to as No Way Home made a mind-blowing $36 million in its opening IMAX weekend alone.
Besides older releases like The Batman, The Lost City, and Sony’s own Uncharted, Morbius really did not face any stiff competition this weekend. Next weekend will be the real test for the Jared Leto starring film, as films like Michael Bay’s Ambulance release and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is getting an early release on 530 IMAX screens around the globe.
This is obviously not the result Sony was hoping for. Morbius is such a cool anti-hero that taps into the world of horror in a way that few Marvel characters can. Vampires have been a staple of the movie-going experience for 100 years now, and it is sad that Morbius is not adding to that bloodthirsty legacy.
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