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Madame Web May End Up As 2024’s Biggest Disaster

Critics have broken the trailer excitement for Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff, Madame Web, which has the lowest average Rotten Tomatoes score of any major superhero picture in over a decade (13%). The film, based on a Marvel superhero, got off to one of the worst beginnings in Hollywood history for a Marvel picture.

The domestic box office for the first six days in North America was barely $26.2 million, while the overseas total was $25.7 million from 61 markets. Even the fan-friendly CinemaScore rating (C+) was relatively low for a superhero film.

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Sony is now under pressure to reconsider how it produces comic book films, after every live-action comic book film released last year flopped, except for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Superhero weariness has progressed from a word used by certain segments of the fanbase to something unwillingly acknowledged as industry truth.

Madame Web follows a disturbing pattern in the superhero genre, with all live-action comic book films last year failing except for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Under Tom Rothman’s leadership, the studio has had noteworthy successes, including the Oscar-nominated Spider-Verse franchise and the live-action Venom.

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Manaswini K

Manaswini is a senior writer with extensive experience covering Telugu cinema, as well as the broader Indian film landscape, including Bollywood, Tamil, and other regional industries. With a strong focus on NRI (Non-R…

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