Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) went out with a whimper as a result of its ultimate movie entry merely couldn’t hunt up sufficient enterprise on the field workplace. Nevertheless, there’s a motive Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s tackle the titular Spidey comedian guide character in Kraven the Hunter went stomach up in theaters, and that’s as a result of critics and theatergoers alike appropriately responded to the film’s poor storytelling. Right now, although, Kraven is in the end having fun with some success because the movie has cracked Netflix’s High 10 Films in the USA chart at No. 1 as of Friday, Mar. 14.
Poor evaluations from the critics led to the inferior Kraven the Hunter registering the second-worst Tomatometer score (15%) of the SSU on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a doubtful rating it nonetheless shares with the Jared Leto-led Morbius. Nevertheless, Kraven and Morbius’ 15% nonetheless isn’t as unhealthy as Madame Net’s lowly 11%. Regardless of the low numbers, although, it shouldn’t come as a lot of a shock that the Spider-Man villain’s adaptation is dominating Netflix’s motion pictures chart now.
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Moviegoers won’t have wished to shell out the cash to see Kraven the Hunter in cinemas, however its grades from the followers have been significantly larger than its Tomatometer score. As an illustration, the final entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe registered a strong 73% on the Popcornmeter, previously the RT viewers rating, and it even notched a “C” CinemaScore. So, it’s comprehensible why streamers, notably in the event that they already subscribe to the service, are giving the SSU’s swan track an opportunity.
‘Kraven the Hunter’ Bombed on the Field Workplace
The ultimate entry within the SSU couldn’t even safe the highest spot in theaters over its opening weekend when it began its field workplace run on Dec. 13, 2024. Slightly, Kraven the Hunter was relegated to a third-place debut ($11 million) after going up towards the likes of Depraved and Moana 2 — and the Spidey spinoff solely went downhill afterward. The Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led flick’s earnings dropped a jaw-dropping 72.3% between its first and second weekends en path to an general home catastrophe of solely $25 million complete.
Happily, the movie fared much better abroad with audiences. Kraven the Hunter ended up making an extra $35 million internationally, which introduced its international complete to $62 million. Sadly, director J. C. Chandor and Taylor-Johnson’s big-screen collaboration will go down because the field workplace record-setter for worst opening weekend, home, and worldwide numbers the place the SSU is anxious. Sure, even worse than Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney’s disappointing team-up in Madame Net. Right here is how the SSU shook out financially in theaters entry by entry:
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe Worldwide Field Workplace Numbers (Stay-Motion):
- Venom ($856.1 million)
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($501.5 million)
- Venom: The Final Dance ($474.5 million)
- Morbius ($162.8 million)
- Madame Net ($100.3 million)
- Kraven the Hunter ($60 million)
No matter its newfound streaming success, Kraven the Hunter won’t ever be confused as being among the finest live-action Spider-Man movies of all time, to say nothing of it attempting to face up towards the far superior animated motion pictures Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse. For these serious about seeing what all of the fuss is about, the ultimate entry within the SSU is at present accessible to observe on Netflix. Nevertheless, the movie isn’t accessible by means of any of the streaming service’s ad-supported plans “as a result of licensing restrictions.”
Sources: FlixPatrol, The Numbers, Rotten Tomatoes
Kraven the Hunter
2.5
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- Launch Date
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December 13, 2024
- Runtime
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127 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
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Marvel Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe