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.”

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.

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,