MADAME WEB Early Box Office Tracking Points To $25M-$35M Debut; New TV Spot Released

MADAME WEB Early Box Office Tracking Points To $25M-$35M Debut; New TV Spot Released

We're still a few weeks away from the release of Madame Web, but early box office tracking points to a pretty standard opening weekend haul of between $25M and $35M. We also have a new TV spot...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 22, 2024 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Madame Web

Madame Web doesn't arrive in theaters until Valentine's Day, but early box office tracking (via BoxOfficePro.com) is now online, and Sony Pictures' latest SSU entry is looking at a three-day opening weekend debut of between $25 million and $35 million.

This is pretty much what's to be expected for a more obscure comic book character in the current climate. Be it "superhero fatigue" or whatever other factors might happen to be at play, the fact remains that these movies simply aren't the major events they used to be - for hardcore fans or general audiences.

When even the once mighty Marvel Studios is struggling (The Marvels was the lowest-grossing MCU movie yet), it's hard to expect much from a Spider-Man-less Spider-Man spin-off with a trailer that's still being widely ridiculed over two months after its release.

Even so, the V-day debut may work in the movie's favor, and strong word of mouth/positive reviews (a long-shot, but who knows?) could certainly help make Madame Web (which has a reported budget of $80 million) a surprise hit.

Check out an international TV spot with some new footage below.

Dakota Johnson stars as the clairvoyant Cassandra Webb, who uses her abilities to save a group of young woman, played by Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, and Celeste O’Connor, from a villainous Spider-Man lookalike known as Ezekiel Simms.

The girls Webb is doing her best to keep safe, Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin and Anya Corazón, are all destined to become heroes with Spider-like powers of their own.

Sony also has a third Venom movie slated for Nov. 8, 2024, and Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, coming on Aug. 30, 2024. El Muerto, which was set to star Bad Bunny, has reportedly been dropped from the schedule.

"'Meanwhile, in another universe...'" reads the official synopsis, "In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing's most enigmatic heroines." "The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present."

S.J. Clarkson, who also helmed Marvel’s Jessica Jones and The Defenders, directs from a script by Matt Sazama, Kerem Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Adam Merims executive produced.

Madame Web will swing into theaters on Feb. 14, 2024.

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dracula
dracula - 1/22/2024, 12:44 PM
will be the biggest bomb of the SSCU
Reginator
Reginator - 1/22/2024, 1:17 PM
@dracula - morbius was a childhood favorite character of mine. anything to make that movie no longer the biggest bomb is fine with me.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/22/2024, 2:59 PM
@dracula - I could see it doing well overseas. not great, but fair to good
Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 3:39 PM
@dracula - I mean, bare minimum not the biggest marvel bomb. It may be expecting to do less, but it's also less than a third the budget.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 1/22/2024, 3:40 PM
@dracula -


No way. The budget is too low for this to be the biggest bomb.
Kingdork
Kingdork - 1/22/2024, 12:44 PM
I know I'm gonna see it twice.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 1/22/2024, 12:47 PM
@Kingdork - You’ll make up 5% of the BO revenue.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/22/2024, 3:01 PM
@JustAWaffle - 2.5% , I'm seein it twice too
@Kingdork
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/22/2024, 12:45 PM
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/22/2024, 2:52 PM
@GhostDog - It's about Madame time!
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/22/2024, 3:02 PM
@ObserverIO -
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/22/2024, 3:10 PM
@lazlodaytona - (copyright @Origame. But I'm getting way more use out of it.)
Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 3:30 PM
@ObserverIO - I'm just glad the meme is taking on a life of its own.

I'm hoping Dakota Johnson holds up a script for a "madam web 2: it's about madam time!"
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 1/22/2024, 12:47 PM
It sees obvious now that most Movie paying audience that is the overwhelming majority of Women and Men

Don't want to see this Woke crap

They keep telling Hollywood this but Hollywood refuses to listen
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 1/22/2024, 12:52 PM
@WakandaTech - The definition of "Woke" has been changed so much I don't even know what it means now. Can you tell me how this movie is woke?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/22/2024, 12:53 PM
@HammerLegFoot - women in main roles = woke.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/22/2024, 12:56 PM
@HammerLegFoot - not only that but its original meaning, one rooted in being aware and cautionary, was HIJACKED. Now its been through who knows how many shifts.
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 1/22/2024, 12:58 PM
@HammerLegFoot -

It basically means

People that at one time were discriminated against now have privilege

For Example

Even though these type of movies never make money and no one wants to see
they will keep making them because women are victims and now they have privilege by making these movies

Basically "Breaking the Glass Ceiling" over and over again it never ends

Activism over Quality
Virtuai Signaling over Want fans really want to see
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 2:01 PM
@WakandaTech - I don't know man, there are just good and bad movies for the most part. When I was growing up in the '80s, the bad movies had steroid filled super macho dudes who didn't have time to feel pain. Now, bad movies can have more diverse characters. It's not the diversity that makes it bad, it's the lack of good story. Just like it wasn't the muscle bound character who made the bad movies of the '80s bad, it was poor story and direction.

You can have a good character who is a muscle-bound meathead, or a liberated woman.
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 1/22/2024, 2:13 PM
@Izaizaiza -

I agree

But that was when it was organic

Like Ripley in the Alien movies

Now it's different

Now it's forced
Luigi
Luigi - 1/22/2024, 2:31 PM
@WakandaTech - But fans didn't want a Morbius or Kraven movie either. Morbius and Kraven is just clueless producers making dumb decisions, maybe this movie is a continuation of that?
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 2:32 PM
@WakandaTech - But again, my point is that you can't compare bad movies to good movies and say that the reason the bad movies are bad is for an element that exists successfully and good movies. Interesting and relatable characters are what drive a good film. Bad movies commonly have simplistic stereotypical characters.

The specifics don't seem that important to me. Do we have more diverse characters in films today? Absolutely. And that is definitely a good thing. Are some of those characters boring stereotypes, even if they're positive? Absolutely. But the fact that all the bad characters aren't boring. White men doesn't strike me as a huge problem
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/22/2024, 2:38 PM
@WakandaTech - the only thing I define as woke is that you mother[frick]ers woke me up arguing about this shit every day.

You don’t like it, don’t watch it. It’s obviously not meant for you.

If the writing is shitty and forced, these movies will show themselves the door organically. If the writing and performances are good, there are ladies as the lead and you still don’t like it, you’re the problem
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/22/2024, 3:00 PM
@WakandaTech - Using it with that definition is why it has becoming meaningless and how it can make one look sexist and racist.

For 100yrs Woke meant being awake to issues of social justice (initialy just in terms of race, also including issues related to sex was a late addition to it's meaning).

Using the term for anything that does not revolve at all around topics related directly to social justice (such as dealing with racism/sexism) is simply dumb, using it for anything where the leads are not white men doubly so. There is STILL a majority of films whose leads are white men, still less than a third of all characters/producer/directors are women for instance. In 2020 only 25% of films roles were female and only 17% of writers and directors were women for instance (only in regard to producers were the numbers around one in three female). The numbers do not suggest they are doing a good job of forcing any agenda in regard to sex if they haven't even gotten close to a 50/50 split in roles/jobs yet in the industry.

The majority of BAD movies are still white male leads and has been good/succesful films with non-white and/or female leads.

Bad films are bad cos they are badly written/produced, good films are good because they are well written/produced, films do poorly if they are bad, films tend to be more likely to do well if they are good.

End of story.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/22/2024, 3:04 PM
@MarkCassidy - does that include trans-gender and men who identify as women? woke-squared
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/22/2024, 3:05 PM
@Izaizaiza -
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 3:17 PM
@lazlodaytona - Coming from a sexual tyrannosaurus like yourself, I believe it!

Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 3:43 PM
@Izaizaiza - I mean, yeah obviously. But at the same time, you aren't gonna get a good story when you prioritize identity politics. Because in the end of the day, people don't believe you deserve to be the hero simply because of skin color or genitals. Typically people value good characters as heroes.
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 4:02 PM
@Origame - Yeah. The exact same thing that I said. Plenty of good films about identity politics, or featuring identity politics, but that alone doesn't make a good film. The reason we didn't have bad films about identity politics back in the 80's, was because we had few films about identity politics at all.

The opposite is also true. We also have a bunch of insecure wussies that cry "woke" whenever there is a strong female character. Hell, I saw some critic complain that season 4 of True Detective is "woke", and that Jodie Fosters' character is dressing down all the male characters because "strong female characters". Obviously, he's an idiot, but he's not alone with fragile men having a knee jerk reaction to any main female character.
Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 4:17 PM
@Izaizaiza - you didn't name any.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/22/2024, 4:20 PM
@lazlodaytona - They haven't invented a word for how much that would piss certain people off. Wokeageddon?
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 4:49 PM
@Origame - Huh? Did you ask for a name? What name?
Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 4:52 PM
@Izaizaiza - like what identity politics movies are doing good?
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/22/2024, 5:51 PM
@Origame - Oh, including films from a few years back? Dear White People, Blackkklansman, Get Out, Moonlight, Us, The Little Mermaid, Wakanda Forever, Fruitvale Station, Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, GOTG 3,… Off the top of my head.
Origame
Origame - 1/22/2024, 6:16 PM
@Izaizaiza - 1) dear white people barely made any money. It only made a profit because it cost basically nothing.

2) blackkklansman was about a real story when the klan had genuine power and the film didn't vilify white people for being white.

3) get out? The horror movie about body snatching? Dude, the people who cared about identity politics were the villains.

4) moonlight also isn't about identity politics. It's just showing the life of a gay man.

5) us doesn't even have identity politics.

6) fruitvale station is another movie based on actual events and all its doing is telling it.

7) little mermaid flopped.

8) wakanda forever objectively did worse than the first black panther that had the opposite message. And when it first released it led to the #recasttchalla trending. People didn't care and only saw it because they made it about a funeral for Chadwick.

8) barbie was only successful because Hollywood hasn't been using an actual brand designed to appeal to women in a long time.

9) nowhere is there any identity politics in spiderverse outside of a button and a poster in the background.

10) under no circumstance is guardians 3 about identity politics.

Well think harder, because these examples were terrible.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/22/2024, 6:41 PM
@GhostDog - definitions simply change buddy. Gay didn't ways mean what it means now. That goes for a lot of terms.
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