Jared Leto's 'Morbius' Tops North American Box Office

Los Angeles, April 3 - Jared Leto's long-in-pending superhero movie, "Morbius" finally debuted in North American theaters on April 1st and opened on top of the domestic box office, despite being slammed by the critics. The movie collected $17.1 million on Friday with the weekend is projected to reach about $40 million.

The latest entry into the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters opened to moderate figure, but with a $75 million production budget, 'Morbius' is a less imposing financial investment for Sony than the usual comic book action spectacle.



The Marvel/Sony film was utterly ravaged by critics, notching up a dismal 17% aggregate approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Cinema Score also lend at 'C+', indicating that Daniel Espinosap-directed didn't leave much of an impression on general audiences.

"Morbius" arrived late in cinemas after it received numerous theatrical release delays due to the covid-19 pandemic. With not much support from the critics and general audience alike, things will get tough for "Morbius" at the box office, purely because of the busy April, which will see a fair amount of competition emerge in the form of Universal's retro-action spectacle 'Ambulance', Paramount's speedy sequel 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' and the 'Harry Potter' spin-off from Warner Bros., 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'.

Stay tuned...