Another Box Office Disaster: ‘Madame Web’ Gets Atrocious CinemaScore As Opening Night Grosses Barely Edge Out ‘Morbius’

February 15, 2024  ·
  John F. Trent
Dakota Johnson Madame Web

Celeste O'Connor as Mattie Franklin, Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, Isabela Merced as Anya Corazon, and Sydney Sweeney as Julia Carpenter in Madame Web (2024), Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures’ latest release Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson received a terrible Cinema Score as its opening night grosses performed marginally better than 2022’s Morbius.

Anya Corazon (Isabela Merced), Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), Julia Cornwall (Sydney Sweeney) and Mattie Franklin (Celeste O’Connor) in Columbia Pictures’ MADAME WEB.

CinemaScore revealed the movie received an atrocious C+. That’s the same score that Morbius received.

READ: Rumor: ‘Madame Web’ To Alter Spider-Man’s Iconic Line: “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”

 Not only did it receive the same score as Morbius, but it received an even worse score than the Brie Larson-led The Marvels. The Marvels received a B Cinema Score.

The CinemaScore is not the only audience metric that is in the gutter. On IMDb, the film has an atrocious 3.8 out of 10. Over 40% of all reviewers gave the film a 1 out of 10.

Madame Web IMDb scores

On Rotten Tomatoes, it’s not as bad. The movie currently has a 59% verified audience score. The average rating is 3.3 out of 5. However, the all audience score is much lower at 46%. The average rating sits at 2.7 out of 5.

Madame Web Rotten Tomatoes score

READ: Despite Overwhelming Cultural Dominance Of Superheroes ‘Madame Web’ Actress Dakota Johnson Makes Absurd Comment: “Sometimes It’s Hard To Relate To Someone Shooting Lasers Out Of Their Eyes”

On top of its disastrous CinemaScore, the film also had a poor opening night. According to The-Numbers it only grossed $6.05 million. That’s barely better than Morbius, which grossed $5.7 million back in 2022. If you adjust that for inflation it comes to $6.01 million.

The Marvels’ Thursday preview night did only $6.6 million back in November.

Cassandra Webb/Madame Web (Dakota Johnson) in Columbia Pictures’ MADAME WEB.

It’s highly likely the film is going to flop. The film has an estimated production budget of $80 million, which means it needs to make at minimum $200 million to break even in order to cover the split that theaters take from the box office grosses as well as the film’s marketing’s budget.

For comparison, Morbius only grossed $162.7 million in its entire run at the global box office. The Marvels did not even surpass the $200 million mark, it topped out at $199 million.

Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) in Columbia Pictures’ MADAME WEB.

What do you make of Madame Web’s CinemaScore and its terrible opening night grosses?

NEXT: Early Reviews For ‘Madame Web’ Trash It

 

 

Join the Conversation
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments