If you fail at first, you can try again, and again, and again, and eventually you will find an audience. At least that’s what happened to Morbius. The failed vampire superhero movie starring Jared Leto is finally number one somewhere.
In a press release issued by Fandango, which acquired Vudu in 2020, the company says that Morbius is the number one title in terms of Vudu revenue for the week of June 13, 2022. It should be noted that this is revenue, not real flows. Vudu charges for rentals and purchases, and Morbius is currently available for rent for $ 5.99 or for purchase for $ 19.99.
While Morbius was number one at the box office the first weekend, his second week was down 74 percent. This is the worst second week of any big budget superhero movie. He continued to go down the box office charts until he was endlessly ridiculed and remembered online. This led to a return to theaters, because Sony apparently thought that memes were equal to ticket sales, only to bomb a second time.
Maybe one day Hollywood will learn the lessons taught by Snakes on a Plane, which may be the first film to try to turn its meme status into a profit and fail miserably in the process. Just because the internet likes to talk about a movie doesn’t mean they always want to watch it – especially in theaters.
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