Morbius is returning to theaters this weekend, which kicks off on Friday with over 1000 theaters.
The flick absolutely tanked at the box office as it is one of the worst-performing Marvel movies of all time, but apparently thanks to a meme social media campaign, Morbius has renewed life in the form of a limited weekend release.
Morbius opened the weekend of April 1st with a $39 million opening weekend, but in what is no April Fool’s joke, the movie only went on to net $73 million, with another $90 million from foreign grosses.
Checking Fandango does confirm show times have been added for the weekend.
Regarding the Morbius memes, “It’s Morbin’ Time” has trended on Twitter with fans thinking the viral campaign was for a sequel, but it appears to be for the weekend re-release, with KFC also getting in on the action.
“Morbin’ Time” has generated hundreds of thousands of likes on Twitter. Check out some of the more popular tweets below.
Morbius “Morbin’ Time” trends on Twitter:
You can’t be mad at Sony when Morbius 2 has him say “ITS MORBIN TIME” if you also clapped when the Spider-Men did the pointing meme on screen—-♂️ https://t.co/nQnrSvBGin
— Cris Parker (@3CFilmss) May 28, 2022
morbin time pic.twitter.com/SxUyyZ1CvJ
— KFC (@KFC_ES) May 25, 2022
the theater when morbius says “it’s morbin time” during morbius 2 pic.twitter.com/l6L0krFEZw
— frog (@FroakieT) May 28, 2022
HE IS NAMED MORBIUS BECAUSE HE CAN MORB AND SAYS “ITS MORBIN TIME” https://t.co/RkrBz2wDKi pic.twitter.com/uzpVEerJ4T
— my name is lucy! baby! –☀️ @ MOVING OUT (@FrootGusherrs) May 28, 2022
What if Morbius took the gauntlet, snapped, and said “It’s Morbin time” https://t.co/Qx0AAVJha9
— Underscore “The Man the Myth the Morbius” Zeus (@UnderscoreZeus) May 17, 2022
* Hatsune Miku voice * ITS MORBIN’ TIME pic.twitter.com/BhDUMeRb7a
— —- Nori –☠️–☠️ (@noritar0) May 29, 2022
Morbius Box Office:
Domestic: $73,309,407
Foreign: $90,000,000
Worldwide: $163,309,407