Sony Pictures' latest SSU movie, Madame Web, is now in theaters, and although reviews have not been great (to put it mildly), box office prospects are... also pretty lousy, actually.
The Spider-Man spin-off is expected to take in just $25 million over a six day period, which obviously doesn't bode well anything close to a successful theatrical run, and makes the possibility of a direct sequel highly unlikely.
Even so, should the studio decide to make another Madame Web (or bring the characters back for a crossover), star Dakota Johnson says she'd be more than willing to reprise her lead role.
"If they want me to come back then I definitely will," Johnson tells Total Film. "I have no idea what's in store."
Spoilers follow from this point on.
Towards the end of the movie, Cassie discovers that the villainous Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) was working in the Amazon with her mom when she was researching spiders right before she died, and travels to the Peruvian jungle where a Las Arañas' elder helps to unlock her abilities.
After returning to New York, Cassie, Julia (Sydney Sweeney), Mattie (Celeste O'Connor), and Anya (Isabela Merced) manage to defeat Ezekiel, but Webb is blinded and paralyzed in the process, bringing her a lot closer to her comic book counterpart.
The movie ends with the girls moving in with Cassie, who now moves around in a high-tech chair. There's no post-credits scene, but there door is certainly left open for a follow-up.
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.
Do you plan on seeing Madame Web on the big screen?