“Madame Web”, the latest Marvel superhero film and a spin-off of the wider “Spider-Man” franchise, failed to impress at the box office, becoming another high-profile failure of the genre, which is attracting fewer and fewer moviegoers, according to AFP, citing Agerpres.

The biopic became the new leader of the box office Bob Marley: One Love, dedicated to the legendary reggae artist Bob Marley. The feature film debuted at the top of the North American box office with ticket sales of $27.7 million, according to estimates from Exhibitor Relations.

“It’s a great debut for a biopic,” says analyst David Gross, adding that the film is doing well with audiences despite negative reviews.

Jamaican entertainer Bob Marley, who had huge success in the music industry and died in 1981 at the age of just 36, is played by British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, known for his role as Malcolm X in the feature film. One night in Miami.

The film “Madame Web” failed to captivate the audience

Having just hit the big screens in North America, Madame Web only debuted in second place at the box office with $15.1 million. With an $80 million production cost, plus global promotion and distribution costs, Sony is bracing for a financial hit.

According to industry analysts, in general, for a blockbuster to be a financial success, its box office must exceed 2.5 times the production budget.

Given its lackluster opening in theaters, it’s highly unlikely that the feature film starring American actress Dakota Johnson will even come close to that total in the coming weeks. Madame Web received a disastrous reception from film critics, receiving only a 13% approval rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes.

Audiences were a bit more lenient, with the film receiving a 55% approval rating from them on RT. But on IMDb, the world’s most famous website specializing in movies and series, Madame Web has a disastrous average rating: 3.8 / 10.

Superhero movie fatigue, as one industry executive recently described it, was on full display last year, when almost every feature in the once high-grossing genre fell short of expectations. below expectations, and in some cases simply catastrophic.

For example, a movie The Marvels the Disney-owned studio had the weakest theatrical debut for a Marvel feature film. The rival studio DC, owned by the conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t have a better 2023 either, recording flop after flop.

But in the case of Madame Web, the disappointment is even greater, as the previous two films in the Spider-Man universe have shown that they are resistant to “fatigue” compared to superhero films. Released in December 2021. Spider-Man: No Way Home was a huge success in theaters, becoming the first feature film to gross over $1 billion since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

And an animated film Spider-Man: Across the Universe from last year was one of only two superhero movies, along with the last Guardians of the Galaxy, to live up to expectations in 2023. With nearly $700 million in ticket sales, the cartoon Spiderman it was one of the highest grossing films of last year.

Although the characters of Madame Web and Spider-Man are part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, films based on these characters are distributed by Sony, which bought the rights to the comics years ago.

Even the spy movie with Henry Cavill was not successful at the box office

Spy comedy Argyleco-produced by Apple and distributed by Universal Studios, about the adventures of the author of successful spy thrillers, is in third place and earned $4.7 million after two weeks at the top of the box office in North America. .

With an estimated production budget of $200 million, this film starring British actor Henry Cavill has only grossed $77.317 million worldwide so far.

Animated film Migrationreleased last year before Christmas, is in fourth place with $3.7 million, ahead of three episodes of the fourth season of the hit series about the life of Jesus, Featured: S4 Episodes 4-6which grossed $3.44 million.

Unusually for a series, this biblical series is being shown in North American theaters rather than on television.

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