Here comes Morbius
They say that a person should never invite a vampire into one’s house, but what about a vampire inviting a person into a movie theater? It seems that a modest amount of viewers are accepting that request, as Columbia Pictures’ “,” starring Jared Leto, is sinking its teeth into the domestic box office’s top spot with a projected opening weekend between $38 million and $41 million from 4,268 locations.
“Morbius” will have to put up some decent holds in order to secure itself as a financial win for Sony. The Marvel film was utterly ravaged by critics, turning in a dismal 17% aggregate approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. ‘s Owen Gleiberman called it “a movie in which it’s clear that no one ever sent the script back for a rewrite with the instructions, ‘Please add a script.’ As in: Add spice, add dialogue, add something so that the movie plays like more than a barely colored-in diagram.
Directed by Daniel Espinosa, “Morbius” stars Jared Leto as the titular Dr. Michael Morbius, a genius whose rare blood disease leads him to transform himself into a vampire. The cast also includes Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson, Matt Smith, Jared Harris and Michael Keaton. Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” looks to take bronze, with a healthy 45% drop projected for the weekend. The DC adaptation took in another $3.1 million on Friday, expanding its domestic cume to $341.3 million. Bolstered by a massive opening weekend and strong word-of-mouth, the Robert Pattinson vehicle still stands as the highest grossing release of 2022. A finish above $400 million domestic could be in the cards.
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