Box Office: ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Bombs With $11 Million Opening Weekend, Worst Start of Sony-Produced Marvel Films

variety.com:

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Kraven may be the world’s greatest hunter, but the comic book villain couldn’t manage the climb to the top of the box office charts.

Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter,” a superhero spinoff starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Spider-Man’s notorious foe, launched behind already low expectations, at No.

3 with $11 million from 3,211 theaters. It landed the worst debut for Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters behind February’s misfire “Madame Web” ($15.3 million), as well as some of the franchise’s lowest-ever marks from critics and audiences with a tragic 15% on Rotten Tomatoes and “C” grade on CinemaScore.

That kind of reception signals that, barring a holiday miracle, “Kraven” won’t rebound over the rest of December. “Kraven the Hunter” is Sony’s third Spider-Man-adjacent adaptation of the year, following October’s “Venom: The Last Dance.” The alien symbiote trilogy, led by Tom Hardy, has proven itself to be critic-proof and commercially successful, although the third and final movie didn’t live up to the box off heights of its predecessors.