Morbius Re-Released in Theater and Flopped Again
In early 2022, Morbius debuted to an anemic reaction, grossing just $74 million domestically on a $75 million budget. Thankfully, the international cume saved it from being a total bomb. Since then, the movie has grown a certain infamy on the internet, garnering a thousand memes and endless chatters. Motivated by that, Sony decided to re-release the Jared Leto-starring flick this weekend only to find that audiences remained cold on the vampire comic book movie.
The re-release’s flop once again highlights how the internet popularity of a movie often doesn’t translate to actual turnout. We see this time and time again with more successful films: Snakes on a Plane, The Passion of the Christ, even the fiercely demanded Snyder Cut’s Justice League. With Morbius - scoring a tepid C+ Cinemascore and 17% on Rotten Tomatoes - the (bloody) writing was on the wall.
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