Madame Web endured a disastrous opening day on Wednesday, the Marvel movie being dwarfed by Bob Marley biopic One Love at the box office.
It was a St Valentine’s Day massacre in U.S. cinemas this week. On February 14, the might of Marvel did battle with reggae icon Bob Marley, whose One Love biopic opened against Madame Web.
The Marley movie received middling reviews in advance of its release, while the Spidey spinoff was destroyed by the critics, and currently carries a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 13%.
And that translated into empty cinemas, with Madame Web opening to terrible numbers, which are expected to continue into the weekend.
Madame Web beaten by Bob Marley in box office battle
Madame Web made just $6.05 million at the US box office on opening day, from 4,013 screens. Bob Marley: One Love more than doubled that total, grossing $14 million, which is the best Valentine’s Day mid-week take ever.
While we gave Madame Web just 1/5, writing: “Despite fleeting moments of (unintentional) hilarity and the valiant efforts from much of the cast, Madame Web is yet another nail in the coffin of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. It’s not the worst comic movie ever made, but it’s certainly helping to bring superhero fatigue to a climax. On the plus side, it’s an easy act for Venom 3 to follow.”
This article will be updated with weekend returns, when we’ll see if the Bob Marley numbers were front-loaded, or if Madame Web really is one of Marvel’s biggest ever box office disasters.