Sony's re-release of Morbius struggled to make an impact at the box office once again despite the popularity of the memes that inspired its return to theaters.
Forbes reports that the movie made $300,000 across the 1,037 theaters it was screened in, translating to just $289 per theater. In contrast, Top Gun: Maverick earned $86 million at US theaters in the same weekend that Morbius returned to theaters, proving that the memes for the Jared Leto-led movie didn't do much to boost general audience interest.
The movie's theatrical re-release comes shortly after a barrage of Morbius-related memes gained traction across social media. Most notably, the Power Rangers-inspired "It's Morbin' time" parody catchphrase trended on Twitter for an entire week, and one dedicated fan streamed the movie repeatedly on Twitch until their stream was taken down.
Sony's latest superhero blockbuster, which tells the story of Spider-Man villain Michael Morbius, originally underperformed at the box office, pulling in $84 million worldwide during its opening weekend. That total put it behind Sony's two other pandemic-era comic book movies, Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260m) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($90m).
Morbius also received notably poor reviews — it currently sits with a critic score of just 17% based on 258 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. IGN awarded the movie a mediocre 5 out of 10, calling it an "origin story that lacks fangs and bite, marred by shoddy computer-digital fights and an overly serious tone that does the darkened flick no favors."
If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the first nine minutes of Morbius here to get a taster ahead of the movie's 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release on June 14.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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Forbes reports that the movie made $300,000 across the 1,037 theaters it was screened in, translating to just $289 per theater. In contrast, Top Gun: Maverick earned $86 million at US theaters in the same weekend that Morbius returned to theaters, proving that the memes for the Jared Leto-led movie didn't do much to boost general audience interest.
The movie's theatrical re-release comes shortly after a barrage of Morbius-related memes gained traction across social media. Most notably, the Power Rangers-inspired "It's Morbin' time" parody catchphrase trended on Twitter for an entire week, and one dedicated fan streamed the movie repeatedly on Twitch until their stream was taken down.
Sony's latest superhero blockbuster, which tells the story of Spider-Man villain Michael Morbius, originally underperformed at the box office, pulling in $84 million worldwide during its opening weekend. That total put it behind Sony's two other pandemic-era comic book movies, Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260m) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($90m).
Morbius also received notably poor reviews — it currently sits with a critic score of just 17% based on 258 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. IGN awarded the movie a mediocre 5 out of 10, calling it an "origin story that lacks fangs and bite, marred by shoddy computer-digital fights and an overly serious tone that does the darkened flick no favors."
If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the first nine minutes of Morbius here to get a taster ahead of the movie's 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release on June 14.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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