If you thought things were looking bad for Kraven the Hunter after its box office projections, buckle upâitâs far worse than anyone ever imagined.

Venom: A Franchise in Decline
Sonyâs Marvel division has been plagued by flop after flop, and fans arenât holding back.
The studioâs latest misfire is Venom 3, which bombed with $472 million worldwideâmarking the franchiseâs lowest performance, even with a release in China. For comparison, Tom Hardyâs Venom: Let There Be Carnage managed $506 million, not that much better, while the original Venom nearly hit $900 million. What happened? Audiences agree: the movies simply donât deliver.

Madame Web and Morbius: More Disappointments
Before Venom 3, Sony dropped Madame Web, which crawled to just $100 million globally. Critics and fans alike were left questioning how such an uninspired movie even made it to theaters. And letâs not forget Morbius, the punchline of comic book cinema (itâs Morbinâ time!), which scraped together $167 million while laughingly using Michael Keatonâs Batman theme. Seriously, WTF?

Kraven the Hunter: Another Predicted Flop
Now, all eyes are on Kraven the Hunter, and itâs already shaping up to be another box office disaster. Sony has already released the first 8 minutes online. Early projections have the film opening at $20-25 millionâbest case. Worst case? It could debut as low as $13 million, which would be even lower than Madame Web.
Complete Disaster at CCXP
But hereâs the real kicker: Sony promoted Kraven at Brazilâs massive CCXP event this past weekend, a convention attended by hundreds of thousands of fans. And yet, nobody showed up.
No, seriouslyânobody. According to The Wrap, Sony held a surprise panel for Kraven, and it âplayed to rows of empty seats.â Adding insult to injury, none of the filmâs stars, including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, were brought to the event. It seems Sony has already cut its losses, saving marketing dollars for what they know is a doomed release.
Fewer Theaters, Fewer Expectations
The Wrap also reported that Kraven will screen in significantly fewer theaters than previous Sony Marvel moviesâroughly 25% fewer. Thatâs a thousand fewer locations, signaling the studioâs fading confidence in their floundering Marvel experiment.

Future Projects: A Shift Back to Spider-Man
Sony hasnât announced any new Marvel movies, and rumors of a Sinister Six, Silver Sable and Black Cat (rumored for Spider-Man 4), or El Muerto movie seem dead in the water. The studio appears to be pivoting back to focusing on Spider-Man, collaborating with Marvel Studios, and developing the third Spider-Verse animated film. Theyâre also working on Nicolas Cageâs Spider-Man Noir series for Amazon Prime Video.
Itâs no wonder Sonyâs Marvel division failed. Even when they had Spider-Man, they couldnât get it right. Amazing, eh?
