In Italy, in six days, it made 800 thousand euros, but the most disappointing result was in the United States, where Madame WebThe new Marvel film has grossed just $50 million worldwide, just over half its budget. This is the worst box office result for a comic book saga to date.

Inspired by a character from the Marvel Comics universe created by Dennis O'Neill And John Romita Jr And take it out S. J. Clarkson (Orange is the new black, Jessica Jones, Anatomy of a scandal), the film is the origin story of one of Marvel Comics' most mysterious heroines, Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), a Manhattan paramedic with clairvoyant powers. After being forced to confront some revelations from her past, she forms a bond with three young women who are destined for an extraordinary future but will have to survive in a present full of threats.

If the box office weakens, the reviews become more alarming. spin-off l Spider Man It has the lowest average score on Rotten Tomatoes (12%) of any major superhero film in the last ten years on the critics front and also a very low score (56%) from audiences. Among the criticisms was that Clarice Loughrey what arrives independent “Let's move on to Sony's next project,” he writes. Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor Johnson Too late. Let's see if this makes sense,” he said Kyle Smith Subordinate Wall Street Journal “He collapsed so pathetically that the producers had to call 911 to rescue him.” Richard Roper (Chicago Sun-Times) called it “the worst comic book movie ever”. Kevin Maher (times) calls it “the death of the superhero genre.”