Not to mention, Venom is a very popular and widely-recognized character. The success of those films can surely be attributed to star Tom Hardy, who really made the character his own, delivering a unique performance. Venom and its sequel, however, were genuinely well-received by fans (even if critics weren’t impressed) both did well at the box office. Sony’s live-action superhero movies seem to have a special quality to them, a straight-to-DVD energy that the internet loves. The ironic fandom was so dedicated to the bit that Sony appeared to mistake their irony for enthusiasm, and re-released Morbius in theatres, where it flopped for the second time. The joke of Morbius was that few had bothered to watch Morbius, but the film was heralded as “the most movie ever” and said to have made “a morbillion dollars” at the box office. It’s too early to say for sure, but Madame Web might just be the new Morbius the Jared Leto pseudo-vampire film famously became a popular meme, inspiring an ironic fandom who pretended to love it.
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