Kraven the Hunter Adds Yet Another Unwanted Box Office Record

Kraven the Hunter’s woes at the box office keep compiling, as it bags yet another abysmal record for Sony during its second weekend in theaters.

Filming for Kraven the Hunter wrapped in 2022 but its release was delayed following the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Despite starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe and Ariana DeBose — names with relative popularity in Hollywood —Kraven the Hunter’s theatrical debut has been met with a wall of critical and commercial disaster, one even worse than previous failures in Sony’s Spider-Man universe such as Morbius and Madame Web. A disastrous $26 million global opening has fueled rumors of Sony selling the rights to Spider-Man back to Marvel are already swirling, as are reports of Kraven the Hunter being the last movie in its franchise, but so far unconfirmed.

Kraven the Hunter’s Second Weekend Drop Is Among the Steepest for Comic Book Movies

According to data from Box Office Mojo,and corroborated by box office analyst Luiz Fernando on X, Kraven the Hunter has grossed just $3.1 million in its second three-day weekend in North American screens, which translates to a -71.8% drop from the $15 million of its opening weekend. Not only is this the steepest for any film in the Sony Spider-Man franchise, but it also joins the embarrassing list of movies with the biggest second-weekend drops at the box office. Among comic book movies, Kraven the Hunter climbs even higher, ranking sixth — just behind the -72.5% of DC’s The Flash.

Fortunately for Kraven the Hunter, it isn’t crowned with the biggest second-weekend drop of all time for a comic book movie; that record belongs to Joker: Folie à Deux’s -81.4% drop. Unfortunately for the film though, these numbers are even bleaker than the franchise-low $11 million it hauled in its opening weekend at the domestic market . As of the time of this writing, Kraven the Hunter has grossed $42.8 million against a reported production budget of $110 million.

The reason for Kraven the Hunter’s bombing at the box office — even after Sony’s aggressive promotion, director J.C. Chandor’s plea to fans to give the movie a chance, and hints of possible links to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — is likely a toxic mix of sour precedence, poor reviews, desperation from the film's crew and stiff competition. Although it most likely wouldn't have altered the outcome, the arrival of Mufasa and Sonic the Hedgehog 3— especially the latter with its $62 million US opening weekend — has sealed the box office fate of Kraven the Hunter.

As Kraven the Hunter heads into its second week, and third weekend, at the box office, two things are already clear: it would struggle to recoup even two-thirds of its budget by the end of its theatrical run, and it will be the highlight of Sony's Spider-Man universe that initially found success with Venom.

Kraven the Hunter was released on December 13 and is currently showing in cinemas worldwide.

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Release Date

December 13, 2024

Runtime

127 Minutes

Director

J.C. Chandor

Writers

Art Marcum, Richard Wenk, Matt Holloway

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Marvel Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven
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  Russell Crowe

  Nikolai Kravinoff
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  Fred Hechinger

  Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon
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  Ariana DeBose

  Calypso

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Source: Box Office Mojo, Luiz Fernando/X

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