Morbius Box Office Collection: Sony Release Gets A Decent Weekend Opening Of $84 M Despite Negative Reviews

Morbius,
the
latest
big-screen
superhero
origin
story
managed
to
open
at
$84
million
worldwide
over
the
first
weekend.
The
film’s
$39
million
debut
did
not
qualify
as
a
blockbuster
since
the
movie
is
headed
for
the
fourth-lowest
box
office
opening
of
any
live-action
Marvel
film
in
ten
years.

Morbius
Movie
Review:
Jared
Leto’s
Anti-Hero
Origin
Film
Makes
Up
For
Bad
Storytelling
With
Great
VFX

Well,
this
is
not
the
first
time
Jared
Leto
has
played
a
comic
book-based
character.
Earlier,
he
was
exceptionally
praised
for
his
performance
as
the
DC
villain
Joker
in
DCEU
film
Suicide
Squad.
However,
despite
the
decent
opening,
Morbius’
numbers
were
disappointing
given
its
modest
budget
of
$75
million.

With
Jared
leading
the
film,

Morbius
received
quite
a
low
rating
from
fans
and
mainly
negative
reviews
from
critics.
The
film
also
has
17%
rating
on
Rotten
Tomatoes,
the
lowest
amongst
the
other
two
films
from
Sony’s
Spider-Man
universe.

Few
have
backed
the
film
for
opening
doors
for
the
return
of
Sony’s
Spider-Man
and
praising
the
cast’s
performance,
but
it’s
not
enough.
According
to
Box
Office
Mojo,
Morbius
fared
better
in
overseas
market
earning
$44.9
million
in
its
opening
weekend,
meanwhile,
in
the
domestic
(US)
market
the
film
only
collected
$39
million.

For
the
unversed,
Morbius
follows
biochemist
Michael
Morbius,
a
famous
dangerously
ill
scientist
who
tries
to
cure
himself
of
a
rare
blood
disease.
However,
while
experimenting
on
vampire
bats,
he
inadvertently
infects
himself
with
a
form
of
vampirism.
Filmibeat’s
review
called
the
film
“easy
on
the
eyes” but
“turns
out
to
be
a
filler
that
everyone
will
forget
about
unless
the
character
is
redeemed
in
a
better
Spider-verse
movie.”

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The
review
added,
“While
it
lay
on
the
editing
floor,
Morbius
turned
into
its
vampire,
as
it
sucked
the
life
out
of
the
story.
The
overly
edited
film
leaves
no
space
for
the
audience
to
get
to
know
or
bond
with
Morbius
to
root
for
him
or
his
relationships
with
others
in
the
second
half
of
the
film.
Morbius
was
intended
as
Sony’s
big
release
after
Venom,
but
given
that
every
good
shot
of
the
majority
of
the
film
was
already
in
the
trailer,
the
makers
had
given
up
on
it
too.”

Apart
from
Jared
Leto,
the
movie
also
stars
Matt
Smith,
Adria
Arjona,
Jared
Harris,
and
Tyrese
Gibson
in
pivotal
roles.