‘Madame Web’ Bombs Bigger In China

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Summary:

  • Despite being a highly anticipated film globally, Madame Web did not perform well in the Chinese box office
  • Other local and international films had much higher box office numbers in China, overshadowing Madame Web
  • This is in contrast to previous successful Spider-Man releases in China, such as Venom and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Similar to audiences around the world, fans in China also opted out of Madame Web turning their attention instead to local cinematic offerings and a special screening of Dune: Part One.

The Chinese box office used to be huge for Hollywood but that’s not the case for Madame Web, which only brought in $638,000 over the weekend.

The number is simply atrocious as five Chinese films beat out the flick with box offices ranging from $16.2 million to $8 million.

Likewise, THR points out a promotional rerelease of Dune: Part One ahead of the sequel’s official Chinese release on March 10 beat out Madame Web with $674K (Dune: Part One earned $39.5 million of its $402 million worldwide total in China back in 2021).

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Madame Web is the first Sony Spider-Man spinoff to get a release in China since the first Venom movie scored over $269 million back in 2018, as Venom 2 and Morbius didn’t get Chinese releases.

The Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse animated movie also opened least year to over $17 million in China.

The Madame Web box office is now at $91 million, with $40.4M coming from the U.S. and $50.6 million from foreign grosses (Morbius brought in over $167M).

Star Sydney Sweeney recently roasted the movie during her opening monologue on SNL.

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