This article was published on 10/25 and was republished on 10/27.

Sony’s Spider-Man-less Spider-Man universe has become a running joke on the comic book movie scene, given that it’s all about Spider-Man villains without an actual Spider-Man. That’s not true, Madame Web’s Peter Parker had a baby who was only a few hours old. But generally no.

Now, Venom: The Last Dance is out and reinforces the fact that all movies in Sony’s universe have Rotten review averages. However, the Venom trilogy is beloved as profitable, goofy entertainment for comic book fans, even if critics dislike it. Still, compared to the MCU, there are only two movies that receive Rotten (scores below 60%). from 34 movies. Here’s how the Sony-verse breaks down, along with audience scores (this includes the excellently animated Spider-Verse movies, of course):

• Venom: Let There Be Carnage – 57% critics, 84% viewers
• Venom: The Last Dance – 37% critics, 77% viewers
• Venom – 30% critics, 80% viewers
• Morbius – 15% critics, 71% viewers
• Madame Web – 11% critics, 56% viewers

While it’s a safe bet that audiences and critics who loved the Venom movies didn’t, I was surprised to see a 56% difference for Morbius, which is… I believe this was part of the meme movement around the movie when it was released (Morbillions of 1). dollars at the box office, Morbin time, etc.). Meanwhile, Madame Web is one of the lowest-rated modern superhero movies with a Rotten Audience score, and one of the lowest-rated modern superhero movies ever. However, I think Madame Web falls squarely in the “so bad it’s good” movie category and was a very funny, entertaining experience to watch in theaters.

Next up is Kraven the Hunter third The Sonyverse movie will be released on December 13 this year only. It looks like a pretty serious action movie starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a reimagined version of the bad guy who kills poachers instead of animals. I actually thought the trailer was pretty good, but if history has taught us anything, the odds are not in its favor.

It sounds pretty confusing where things go from here. Tom Hardy has definitively said he’s done playing Venom, but Sony says he’ll be moving on to more symbiote content, focusing on Knull, played by Andy Serkis, who was introduced in Venom: The Last Dance. Of course, there have also been rumors since the first Venom movie that the universe would eventually crash into the MCU, and while this was actually teased at one point, nothing ever came of it. Major fan theories include things like Marvel’s mega-big-bad Knull crashing into the MCU for Spider-Man 4, but there’s no actual evidence of this. Another theory is that Sony will “borrow” Tom Holland for some content or cast its own Spider-Man, possibly even bringing back Andrew Garfield. Again, crazy speculation.

Does Sony…care how poorly reviewed these movies are compared to the MCU? Most of the time probably not. The Venom movies made a lot of money no matter how they were reviewed. I’m sure they don’t want any more Madame Web-style bombs, but I don’t think you’d think all of these movies were complete failures based on review scores. So what happens next when there is no Venom left? I can’t say I have much faith in what this will be.

Update (10/27): Based on the weekend’s early returns, we now know how Venom’s box office will fare. And yes, while fans really love it much more than critics, it has disappeared from the trilogy’s track record.

Venom: The Last Dance opened with $22 million at the box office, which puts it below the original Venom with $32 million and Let There Be Carnage with $37 million. That means it will fall below original estimates of $65 million for the weekend. Instead, estimates are closer to $52 million, which is well off the mark.

This also means that its overall box office gross will be significantly less than the original Venom’s $856 million, and Let There Be Carnage only took in half that with $506 million despite a big opening day and weekend. But with a pre-marketing budget of $120 million, The Last Dance looks set to be profitable. This raises questions about the overall health of Sony’s yet-too-completely rotten Venom-verse, as it will continue without Venom, which is now starting to show interest. Kraven is next, but it’s unlikely he’ll inspire the same kind of fan passion as Venom.

Sony once again said that symbiote stories will continue after Venom. Tom Hardy also says he wants a “Logan” style movie about Venom, but I’m not sure what that means exactly. A more serious tone? Does it eventually die out completely? But I’m betting that Sony would actually make another Venom movie if Hardy changed his mind about ending the role, as he’s said before.

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