Madame Web

Madame Web

Credits
Title:	Madame Web
Director:	S.J. Clarkson
Writers:	S.J. Clarkson; Claire Parker; Burk Sharpless; Matt Sazama; Kerem Sanga
Producers:	Claire Parker; Adam Merims; Lorenzo di Bonaventura; S.J. Clarkson
Composer:	Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography:	Mauro Fiore
Editors:	Leigh Folsom Boyd
Production
Production company:	Marvel Entertainment
Distributed by:	Columbia Pictures Di Bonaventura Pictures
Released:	February 14th, 2024
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	116 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$80,000,000
Gross:	$100,298,817
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Madame Web is an American feature film of the super-hero fantasy genre. It is based on characters and concepts developed by Marvel Comics. The film was directed by S.J. Clarkson with a screenplay written by Clarkson, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker and Matt Sazama based on a story treatment by Burk Sharpless, Matt Sazama and Kerem Sanga. It was produced by Marvel Entertainment and theatrically released in the United States on February 14th, 2024, by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, Sydney Sweeney as Julia Carpenter, Isabela Merced as Anya Corazon, Celeste O'Connor as Mattie Franklin, and Tahar Rahim as Ezekiel Sims.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Dakota Johnson	Madame Web, Cassie Webb
Sydney Sweeney	Spider-Woman, Julia Cornwall
Isabela Merced	Araña, Anya Corazon
Celeste O'Connor	Spider-Woman, Mattie Franklin
Tahar Rahim	Ezekiel Sims
Mike Epps	O'Neil
Emma Roberts	Mary Parker
Adam Scott	Ben Parker
Kerry Bishé	Constance Webb
Zosia Mamet	Amaria
José María Yazpik	Santiago
Kathy-Ann Hart	Susan
Josh Drennen	Julia's dad
Yuma Feldman	Julia's half-sibling
Miranda Adekoje	Doctor (optemetry)
Deirdre McCourt	Fresh-faced nurse
Naheem Garcia	Landlord
Jill Hennessy	Beautiful woman
Rosemary Crimp	Opera singer
Brian Faherty	Firefighter
Shaun Bedgood	New York dude
Mike Bash	Businessman
Cilda Shaur	Lady on train
Jennifer Ellis	Chloe
Kris Sidberry	Ann
Erica Souza	Lorna
Rena Maliszewski	Doctor (OBGYN)
Michael Malvesti	Trucker
Gopal Lalwani	Midtown taxi driver
Shawnna Thibodeau	MTA cop
Dominique Washington	Nurse

Appearances[]

Featured characters

Cassie Webb

Supporting characters

Villains

Minor characters

Organizations

Races & Animals

Locations

New York City

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan

Queens

South America

Items

Vehicles

Automobiles

Aircraft

Helicopter

Subway

Powers

Miscellaneous

Notes & Trivia[]

Cassie Webb is based on the Marvel Comics character Cassandra Webb, who was created by writer Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita, Jr.. She was introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #210 from November, 1980.
The tagline to this film is "Her web connects them all".
There are a total of thirty-one credited cast members in this film.
Principal filming on Madam Web began on July 11th, 2022. It concluded on October 15th, 2022. It was shot on-location in New York City, New York with some scenes being filmed in Boston, Massachusetts. Studio shots were filmed at New England Studios in Devens, Massachusetts.
The movie was first slated for release on July 7th, 2023, but it was pushed back to October 6th, 2023, and then again February 16th, with some early screenings taking place on February 12th, 2024 and February 14th, 2024.
Madame Web grossed $15,335,860 over its domestic opening week, which began on a Wednesday. It made $43,817,106 in the domestic box office and another $56,481,711 in the international market, grossing $100,298,817 worldwide. The film's domestic box office accounts for 43.7% of its overall gross with 56.3% internationally.
Madame Web came in at number 2 at the box office during its February 16th-18th opening weekend. It was beaten out by Bob Marley: One Love, which brought in $28,659,004. Its also important to note that Madame Web was screened in 474 more theaters than Bob Marley: One Love.
At its widest release, Madame Web was screened in 4,013 theaters.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Madame Web has a Tomatometer score of 11% based on 260 posted critic reviews. It has 29 positive reviews and 231 negative reviews, averaging 3.40 out of 10. The movie has an audience score of 57% based upon more than 1,000 verified user votes (39% for all users), averaging 2.5 out of 5. There is a 46% variance between the Tomatometer score and the audience score.
On Letterboxd, Madame Web has a weighted average score of 1.49 out of 5 based on 281,519 user reviews.
Madame Web has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any Marvel Comics based movie to date. With a Tomatometer score of 11% it ranks 2% lower than Howard the Duck from 1986, and 3% lower than Man-Thing from 2005, which did not receive a theatrical release.
The character of Ezekiel Sims was created by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist John Romita, Jr. and first appeared as the benefact of a spider totem in Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 2 #30 in June, 2001.
The character of Julia Cornwall is based on Julia Carpenter, a Marvel Comics character who became the second person to assume the name of Spider-Woman, and later, the second person to take on the name of Madame Web (after the death of Cassandra Webb). She first appeared in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #6 in October, 1984.
The character of Anya Corazon is based on the character of Aña Corazón, who went by the code name of Araña in the comics. She also went by the code-name Spider-Girl. She first appeared as Araña in Amazing Fantasy, Volume 2 #1 in August, 2004. She assumed the name Spider-Girl in Young Allies, Volume 2 #5 in December, 2010.
The character of Mattie Franklin is based on the Marvel Comics character Martha "Mattie" Franlin, who is the third individual to assume the code name of Spider-Woman after Jessica Drew and later Julia Carpenter. She is the niece and later, adopted daughter of Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson. Her relationship to Jameson is referenced in this film. Mattie Franklin was introduced in Spectacular Spider-Man #262 in October, 1998. She was killed off in Silk, Volume 2 #17 in April, 2017.