With a dismal box office outlook, “Kraven the Hunter” may add to Sony’s list of Spider-Man spinoffs that failed to capture audiences, including “Madame Web” and “Morbius.”

While Venom was relatively successful for Sony Pictures, movies like Morbius and Madame Web have caused the company to kill off its plans for the universe.

Sony is reportedly giving up on its Spider-Man universe, which includes universally panned films such as Venom and Morbius, as Kraven the Hunter is projected for a worse opening weekend than the disastrous Madame Web.

Just days before its cinema release, Kraven the Hunter has debuted to a bleak Rotten Tomatoes score – though, at 15%, it hasn't beaten Madame Web to the title of worst-reviewed Sony Marvel movie. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the titular role,

In retrospect, 2024 could have been the year for Sony's Spider-Man Universe (an accepted moniker despite the fact that the beloved wall-crawler never actually appears in any of the films). With the Marvel Cinematic Universe releasing only one blockbuster due to the Hollywood labor battles in 2023,

Sony's Spider-Man Universe added three different spin-offs in 2024 and all of them had a poor critical reception. As Kraven the Hunter joins the likes of Venom, Morbius, and Madame Web, it scored an all-time low in a franchise without much hope to begin with.