‘Kraven The Hunter’ opens with $11million, lowest of any Sony-produced Marvel film

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Sony Pictures‘ last Marvel film Kraven The Hunter has raked in an all-time low of US$11million for its opening weekend.Per reports from Variety and Forbes, Kraven The Hunter has earned a meagre $11million in the United States, and is expected to bring in equally bad earnings from overseas markets for its first three days of screening.This would make Kraven The Hunter the lowest-selling film in Sony’s ill-performing Marvel slate, which in 2022 included Morbius and this year’s other box office dud Madame Web.

However, as much of a box office flop as Madame Web was, Kraven appears to be struggling even more.Against Kraven The Hunter‘s $11million, Morbius‘ opening weekend brought in $33million, while Madame Web brought in $26.2million – the latter was deemed the lowest opening for a Marvel-based character at the time, now overtaken by Kraven.Going up against Kraven The Hunter in cinemas currently are two box office juggernauts: Wicked and Moana 2.Kraven The Hunter – which was filmed with a budget of $110million and is estimated to not break even in December – stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character, a big-game hunter who is set on a path of vengeance as the result of a complex relationship with his father, playing by Russell Crowe.Kraven The Hunter is the sixth instalment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, following on from the three Venom films, Morbius and Madame Web.

Like many of its predecessors in the franchise, it did not fair well with critics ahead of its cinematic release last Friday (December 13).In a scathing one-star review, The Independent wrote: “Farewell, Sony’s Spider-Manless Spider-Man universe.