KRAVEN THE HUNTER Projected To Be A Box Office Bomb With Disappointing $20 Million Opening Weekend

KRAVEN THE HUNTER Projected To Be A Box Office Bomb With Disappointing $20 Million Opening Weekend

In news that we can't imagine will come as too much of a surprise, early tracking for Sony Pictures' Kraven the Hunter points to the latest SSU movie being a box office disappointment. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Nov 23, 2024 05:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Kraven the Hunter
Source: Box Office Pro

Kraven the Hunter was supposed to open in theaters on January 13, 2023, and was later pushed to October of that same year before shifting to this past August and, after yet another delay, next month. 

That's done little to instil faith in fans who are already over Sony's Spider-Man Universe and early box office projections for the movie aren't looking good. 

As 2024's third R-Rated superhero movie after Deadpool & Wolverine and Joker: Folie à Deux, Kraven the Hunter promises to be a little different from the likes of Madame Web and Morbius in terms of tone. However, with an estimated $20 million - $25 million debut, it looks set to sit right between those two box office bombs. 

Madame Web debuted with $15.3 million back in February, while Morbius earned a slightly more impressive $39 million before its earnings plummeted in the weeks that followed. 

While it's still very early days, Box Office Pro believes, "there’s a very real chance that Kraven‘s entire domestic run could fail to exceed even the opening weekend take of October 2024’s Venom: The Last Dance ($51M domestic opening, $128.8 domestic total after four weeks), the lowest-grossing of Sony’s three Venom films."

There is some good news, however, as Kraven the Hunter will likely manage to beat Warner Bros.' animated The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (which is tracking to open somewhere between $8 million - $15 million). 

This news comes just one day after Kraven the Hunter director J.C. Chandor implored fans to give his Sony/Marvel movie a chance. 

"Some of the fans out there, a lot of the fans, were upset with certain decisions and certain outcomes [of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe]," the filmmaker acknowledged. "People have got to give us a chance and come out and support this film, and literally try to wash away some of the other stuff that’s happened. Give our film a chance."

You can read the rest of his comments in full here. 

The issue is that the fans Chandor refers to above want to see Spider-Man battle Kraven, not an origin story which takes massive liberties with the comics in an effort to transform this villain into some sort of gangster-hunting anti-hero.

Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. The cast is led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, and Russell Crowe.

Kraven the Hunter arrives in theaters on December 13.

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Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/23/2024, 6:25 AM
In other news, Rhino and Chameleon solo movies have been green lit
SethBullock
SethBullock - 11/23/2024, 6:27 AM
Kraven (not the one on this movie, obviously) should have been the villain of the third MCU Spidey movie.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 11/23/2024, 6:50 AM
@SethBullock - This 100%
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 11/23/2024, 6:51 AM
@SethBullock - it's almost like they had a successful, pre-existing, blueprint. But chose to ignore it.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 11/23/2024, 7:23 AM
@SethBullock - are you cousins with Sandra?
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 11/23/2024, 6:46 AM
Sony bought the rights to Tarzan.

Releases a film about one of the monkeys.
RolandD
RolandD - 11/23/2024, 8:40 AM
@BillyBatson1000 - LOLOLOLOL
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 11/23/2024, 7:00 AM
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TK420
TK420 - 11/23/2024, 7:14 AM
James Bond ain't no pipsqueak.
GiverOfInfo
GiverOfInfo - 11/23/2024, 7:21 AM
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Floke
Floke - 11/23/2024, 7:30 AM
"People have got to give us a chance"

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 7:36 AM
Expected but only good Rotten Tomatoes Score by Critics and Audience will Save Kraven the Hunter.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/23/2024, 7:57 AM
@AllsGood - nobody cares about that fake aggregate. I'm glad Letterboxd is growing in popularity, only Imdb, Metacritic and Letterboxd matter
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 8:08 AM
@bobevanz - Only Time Will Tell.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 8:30 AM
@bobevanz - What happens if Imdb, Metacritic and Letterboxd all have great scores?
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/23/2024, 9:29 AM
@bobevanz - Never enough reviews on metacritic for it to have much statistical significance, they all suck in differing ways.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 11:14 AM
@Apophis71 - The Director J.C. Chandor has made some hits. Which include

1) All is Lost with Robert Redford 95%
2) Monos A terrorized American engineer is held captive by teenaged guerilla bandits in a South American jungle. 93%
3)A Most Violent Year 90%
4) Margin Call 87%
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/23/2024, 3:14 PM
@AllsGood - Doesn't negate that aggragate scores oft don't reflect how much you enjoy a film or dictate if it will do well at the BO which is all I am saying. Just that a higher score makes it more likely you will and it will but never a given on either thus on their own aggragate scores suck in differing ways.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 11/23/2024, 7:40 AM
It's going against Sonic and Shadow. It's [frick]ing dead.
Blergh
Blergh - 11/23/2024, 7:44 AM
How to save the SSU:

1. Cancel it and focus on animated features like Spiderverse.
2. Add your own Spider-Man to that universe, be it a pre-existing performer like Garfield or a new actor.
3. Forcefully enter the MCU

Unfortunately Tom Rothmann and Amy Pascal seem deadset to take option 3.
I don’t think it would be a hard-to-negotiate deal for Sony to get Disney to sign off on re-introducing Garfield or a new Spidey to their universe if, in return, the Holland version of the character remains freely in Disneys hands. Less pushback from Sony, getting 20% of the MCU Spidey movies at the box office and profiting off of toy sales for the Sony Spidey movies would be win-win for Disney.
AwesomePromoz
AwesomePromoz - 11/23/2024, 8:42 AM
@Blergh - I think a big problem is Avi Arad still around there, thinking like a toy merchandiser. Sony seem to rate quantity over quality.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/23/2024, 7:44 AM
Unfortunate but not surprising since the movie has had no real hype to it I feel…

Same with LOTR: War of The Rohhirim , whoever’s idea it was to release an anime-inspired feature theatrically needs a good slap to the back of the head since that’s such a niche medium in the states already.

Anyway , Kraven looks alright imo but I’ll likely check it out at home whenever it comes.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 7:55 AM
Sony Pictures' Kraven the Hunter needs a Rotten Tomatoes Score around 90% to get people to watch.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/23/2024, 7:58 AM
@AllsGood - 90% means 90% thought it was a 60 or better.. let that sink in for once
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/23/2024, 8:13 AM
@bobevanz -
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Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/23/2024, 9:33 AM
@bobevanz - That is kinda the point, RT gives the odds a film is better than average so for some a usefull guide to odds they will at least like a film enough to be worth a ticket. Sucks as a score on actual quality but as tastes differ a near perfect film may be less likely to be fun to go watch than a just above average action flick so...
MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/23/2024, 8:22 AM
Mild shock
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/23/2024, 8:55 AM
@MisterBones - Sony praying for MGM to finally announce him as bond before the premiere.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 11/23/2024, 8:27 AM
7/10
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 11/23/2024, 8:30 AM
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slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/23/2024, 8:37 AM
I’m guessing over.. on the over under
V
V - 11/23/2024, 8:42 AM
Lol why do they keep making these?
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 11/23/2024, 9:07 AM
@V - if they don't they lose the rights to the characters. also it makes them money. it's all about the streaming numbers these days not just the theaters.
V
V - 11/23/2024, 2:04 PM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - it's makes perfect sense now, haven't watched any of them, even on streaming. Just crazy to me that you couldn't pick out the best comic with these characters and just copy it panel for panel a la Zack Snyder and make a decent movie.
RolandD
RolandD - 11/23/2024, 8:43 AM
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/23/2024, 8:45 AM
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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/23/2024, 8:49 AM
@SuperCat - 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious as always!
You're the man!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/23/2024, 8:52 AM
@Feralwookiee - My brother!
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 11/23/2024, 8:53 AM
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Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/23/2024, 10:32 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - What if MCU had full rights to all of spidey's characters..
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