‘Kraven The Hunter’ Suffers Unprecedented Box Office Drop

Kraven the Hunter is far from an apex predator at the box office, as the film suffered a massive drop in its second weekend following an already disappointing opening. The sixth and seemingly final film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), Kraven the Hunter stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular Spider-Man villain, here reimagined as an antihero. After multiple delays, the movie finally opened in theaters with not a fierce roar but a whimper, being defeated at the box office by holdovers Wicked and Moana 2. While some movies can find their bearings over the holiday weekend, Kraven the Hunter has been lost in the pack of new releases as a hedgehog and a lion defeated the hunter.

Deadline reported that Kraven the Hunter dropped 72% in its second weekend, coming in number 7th at the box office, with just $3.1 million over the three-day weekend. That 72% drop might not be as bad as the 81% drop of Joker: Folie à Deux earlier this year, but it is worse than Madame Web, which had a 61% drop from weekend one to weekend two, and even Morbius, which dropped by 62%. In its 10 days of release, Kraven the Hunter has pulled in a meager $17.4 million domestically, below the $28 million Madame Web was at in the same timeframe at the beginning of 2024.

At just $17.4 million domestic and $42.8 million worldwide, Kraven the Hunter has no chance of making back its reported $130 million budget, at least anytime soon. Kraven the Hunter is set to be the lowest-grossing film based on a Spider-Man character, taking the record from Madame Web earlier this year. While Madame Web seemed to be able to ride a “so bad it’s good” vibe to get some audience interest, nobody seems to want to check out Kraven the Hunter.

Kraven Brings the Terrible 2024 Superhero Box Office to a Close

Kraven the Hunter brings to a close what has been a terrible year for movies based on comic books. With the sole exception of Deadpool & Wolverine (which is a big exception, grossing $1.3 billion worldwide), all the major movies based on comic book properties have disappointed (Venom: The Last Dance) or downright bombed (Joker: Folie à Deux, Madame Web) at the box office. At the rate it is performing, Kraven the Hunter might be the lowest-grossing comic book film of the year, as it likely won’t even match Joker: Folie à Deux‘s $58 million domestic total.

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I’m Fully Convinced ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Was Delayed Because of ‘Beyond the Spider-Verse’

The delays to ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ left Sony in a position to make ‘Kraven the Hunter’ their underperforming 2024 holiday release

While 2024 was a rough year for the superhero genre, fans hope 2025 releases like Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be a major rebound and remind audiences why they love this genre and these characters. The genre will likely be fine, but the reputation of one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains won’t be. Kraven the Hunter was a villain so popular that directors like Sam Raimi, Marc Webb, Jon Watts, and Ryan Coogler all wanted to adapt the character when they got to play in the Marvel sandbox. Had he gotten to fight Spider-Man or Black Panther, he likely would have gotten a much bigger fanbase.

Now, Kraven the Hunter will be linked to one of the biggest flops. Maybe that is the one silver lining, because for anyone to have any negative association with the character, they would likely have to have seen or remembered the movie, and based on the box office, nobody has or will.

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Kraven the Hunter is the fourth movie in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, set in the same Marvel continuity as Tom Hardy’s Venom and Jared Leto’s Morbius. Played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the titular Kraven goes on a solo adventure as an anti-hero, this time independent of his comic book counterpart’s crusade to hunt down Peter Parker.

Release Date

December 13, 2024

Cast

Aaron Taylor-Johnson
, Russell Crowe
, Fred Hechinger
, Ariana DeBose
, Christopher Abbott
, Alessandro Nivola
, Levi Miller
, Chi Lewis-Parry
, Billy Barratt
, Jessica Zhou
, Michael Shaeffer
, Dritan Kastrati
, Greg Kolpakchi
, Elander Moore
, Filiz Fairweather
, Duran Fulton Brown
, Alex Skarbek
, Rachel Handshaw
, Preslav Shipkaliev
, Murat Seven
, Robert Ryan

Runtime

127 Minutes

Distributor(s)

Sony

Franchise(s)

Marvel Comics
, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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