'The Movie Still Hasn't Made Any Money': Dakota Johnson is Happy to Joke About Madame Web Being One of Hollywood's Worst Ever Flops
Madame Web star Dakota Johnson has joked about her widely-panned superhero movie's status as a box office bomb.
Dakota Johnson, the actress who stars in the latest superhero film Madame Web, has taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to the movie's box office performance. Appearing as a guest on this week's Saturday Night Live, the actress humorously remarked that she last hosted the show back in 2024 while promoting the Spider-Man spinoff. Johnson also joked that she was still promoting Madame Web, as the film was still struggling to turn a profit.
The latest in a series of disappointing live-action Spider-Man movies for Sony, Madame Web made $100.5 million at the box office, but the film is believed to have still incurred a loss due to high costs. Box office performance wasn't the only area where the movie fell short, as it also received widespread critical backlash. Rated 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and plagued by memes, the film was so poorly received that it secured three Golden Raspberry awards, including the Worst Actress award for Johnson herself.
Despite its box office failure, Madame Web remains far from the worst-performing comic book movie in Hollywood history. Disney's John Carter and The Lone Ranger both lost far more money, with John Carter potentially losing up to $200 million and The Lone Ranger up to $190 million. Even Disney's own The Marvels, a similarly budgeted film, managed to become the worst-performing comic book movie to date, losing a similar amount.
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