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Sony Marvel Jared Leto Movie Sinking Teeth Into $40M+ Opening

posted 2 years ago by Satan2016 (24952)
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https://deadline.com/2022/04/morbius-box-office-1234992429/

Sony’s deep Marvel universe title, Morbius, rang up 5.7M last night from previews that began at 4Pm at 3,583 theaters including Imax and Plf auditoriums.

That figure for the PG-13 movie is just under the 5.9M that Shazam made back on April 5, 2019; that movie opening to 53.5M.

While Sony is expecting 33M from the Daniel Espinosa directed, Jared Leto starring movie, industry estimates are higher between 40M-50M. Working against the 75M genre production, arguably the first Marvel horror title since New Line’s Blade movies, are the disastrous reviews on Rotten Tomatoes at 15 Rotten. We’ll see if those reviews impact projections, however, Sony kept this Marvel movie cheap enough. Morbius in a fan screening Wednesday night at the Playa Vista Cinemark, which saw an appearance by Leto, played through the roof to a packed crowd.

[–] Satan2016 (24952) 2 years ago

Sony-Marvel’s Morbius grossed $17.2M yesterday for what is shaping up to be a $40.8M opening, estimates we first told you about.

Sony is giving an opening range between $38M-$41.5M. With moviegoing still coming back, that’s a healthy enough result for a studio tentpole right now, not that far from where the Culver City Studio’s Uncharted opened; and realize this movie is cheaper at $75M before P&A.

[–] MisterE (728) 2 years ago

Do you think that it will make $75M in its domestic run?

[–] Satan2016 (24952) 2 years ago

Sony’s Morbius is playing more like a horror movie: All the fans came out on Thursday night and Friday with Saturday taking a 25% hit for a now $39.1M result. The pic’s worldwide start stands at $84M.