Zack Sharf Sony’s comic book tentpole “Morbius” is one of the biggest flops of 2022. The film, starring Jared Leto in the title role, hoped to pull in audiences on the back of record-breaker “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” as it’s set in the same extended superhero universe.
And yet, critics and audiences mostly ignored “Morbius” when it opened April 1. The film only grossed $73 million in the U.S.
and came in well below the $200 million mark worldwide with just $163 million, miserable totals for a comic book movie in today’s market.Matt Smith, who starred in “Morbius” as the villainous Lucien/Milo, isn’t letting the film’s reception phase him too much. “Morbius” is hardly the first studio tentpole starring Smith that has backfired with critics and fans.
The “Doctor Who” veteran also had a role in “Terminator Genysis,” the 2015 box office bomb. Smith has learned how to shake off a flop. “Yeah, it was thrown under the bus,” Smith told Rolling Stone about “Morbius” tanking. “But you just have to roll with it.
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