RDI - 'Morbius' takes a bite out of box office with $39 million take

Vampire-villain film Morbius kept up Sony's (NYSE:SONY) five-month run of box-office strength, leading the weekend domestic box office with a strong (if not franchise-launching) $39.1 million gross. That was enough to cut the reign of last week's champ, The Lost City (PARA, PARAA), to one week. The adventure/romantic comedy drew $14.8 million in second place, just over a 51% drop in business, largely as expected. Morbius, while a Marvel comic property, is of course part of the Spider-Man story universe to which Sony has film rights rather than Disney (DIS). Morbius had a stronger weekend internationally, adding $44.9 million to bring its worldwide launch to $84 million. That came despite critical and audience pans. And Morbius underperformed a similar film about a Spidey villain; Venom: Let There Be Carnage (SONY) opened to $90 million in October. The third-best domestic take came from The Batman (T), with $10.8 million in the

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'Morbius' takes a bite out of box office with $39 million take