The descent into hell continues for Kraven the Hunter, which will enter the pantheon of the worst failures for a superhero film.
In an article from The Wrap published ahead of the release of Kraven the Hunterwe learned that the pseudo-anti-hero played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson would be the last of his species. Indeed, the Sony Spider-Man Universe, the shared Spider-Man universe without Sony's Spider-Man, will stop for good. Understand: the studio will stop producing spin-offs devoted to secondary characters from its catalog, to focus on the fourth part of Spidey's adventures with Tom Holland, in collaboration with Marvel Studios.
A decision more than likely motivated by the profitability of the spin-offs in question. Certainly, the first Venom was a hit in 2018 with more than $856 million in revenue worldwide and its sequels did well with scores of $506 and $475 million, still for a budget of around $110 million. However, the other films in the universe, Morbius et Madame Webbroke its teeth at the box office. And this ultimate offspring manages, if it were possible, to do even worse.
Kraven the hunter not knowing how to hunt
There is the good hunter and the bad hunter. Kraven is clearly in the second category, and has been since his domestic opening weekend, where he placed third in the standings behind Vaiana 2 et Wicked. He had gleaned 11 million dollarsbeating the cataclysmic start of Madame Web and its 15.3 million. Except that the feature film directed by Dakota Johnson cost 80 million. And that the budget of The requirementsinitially set at 90 million, climbed to 110 million because of the screenwriters' strike.
And as if recovering barely 10% of its budget over the first American weekend wasn't already humiliating enough, the second week turns the knife into the gaping wound. Over its second weekend, Kraven the Hunter therefore collected an estimated $3.1 million, which equates to a drop of 71.8%. Already in competition with the enormous successes of Moana 2 and Wicked, the film had to face the behemoths Sonic 3 et Mufasaending any hope of holding on enough to come out of this with his head held high.
Already relegated to 7th place in the ranking, he accumulated $17.4 million. Still at the bottom of the Sonyverse, Madame Web had acquired at this stage 28 million, compared to 57 million for Morbius. And yet these two films are considered dismal failures, even though Sony tried to convince us that Jared Leto's vampire had finally managed to bring in a few cents after all this time.
In all, Madame Web had painfully reached 100 million dollars in revenue at the end of its operation. There is very little chance that The requirementswho is doing a bit better internationally, will reach this bar one day. Currently, it has accumulated $42.8 million worldwide. The latest offspring of a moribund saga, rated R and weighed down by once again disastrous reviews, he simply endures one of the most severe failures ever inflicted on a superhero film.
Even if we look – without taking into account inflation! – the worst disasters of their kind at the domestic box office, such as Shazam 2, Catwoman or even, realize, Elektra, The requirements manages to do worse. Brief, this may be the ultimate superhero ovenan oven to dominate them all and in darkness bind them. In any case, it is the only form of domination that the not-so-famous hunter can hope to claim. To see if the holidays relieve him a little or end his suffering. It’s difficult to select the most compassionate option.
