Sony's Spider-Man Universe

**Sony's Spider-Man Universe** (**SSU**) is an American media franchise. It is set in a fictional universe with the setting of several superhero movies and television shows made by Sony, based on characters by Marvel Comics.

The franchise's movies that have released are _Venom_ (2018) and _Venom: Let There Be Carnage_ (2021), starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, _Morbius_ (2022), starring Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius, and _Madame Web_ (2024), starring Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb. Hardy will return as Brock and Venom in _Venom: The Last Dance_ (2024), the last movie of the _Venom_ trilogy. Another SSU movie was released in 2024, _Kraven the Hunter_, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven. The franchise will also have TV series, starting with _Spider-Noir_, starring Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir, returning from the _Spider-Verse_ movies. More movies and series are in development.

The franchise is connected to Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), because Tom Holland's Peter Parker / Spider-Man appears in _Let There Be Carnage_, while Hardy returns as his role in _Spider-Man: No Way Home_ (2021). The franchise is also connected to the _Spider-Verse_ movies, because Peggy Lu returns as Mrs. Chen in _Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse_ (2023).

_Venom_, _Morbius_, and _Madame Web_ have negative reviews, while _Let There Be Carnage_ has mixed reviews. All four movies have made $1.630 billion, but _Morbius_ and _Madame Web_ were box-office bombs.

## Movies

|scope="col"|Movie|scope="col"|U.S. release date|scope="col"|Director|scope="col"|Screenwriter(s)|scope="col"|Producers|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Ruben Fleischer|Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg and Kelly Marcel|Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Amy Pascal|rowspan="6"|Released||||||
||Andy Serkis|Kelly Marcel|Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy, and Hutch Parker||||||||
||Daniel Espinosa|Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless|Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Lucas Foster||||||||
||S. J. Clarkson|Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker & S. J. Clarkson|Lorenzo di Bonaventura||||||||
|October 25, 2024|colspan="2"|Kelly Marcel|Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy, and Hutch Parker||||||||
|December 13, 2024|J. C. Chandor|Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk|Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and David Householter||||||||

### Box-office performance

|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Movie|scope="col" rowspan="2"|U.S. release date|scope="col" colspan="3" class=sortable|Box office gross|colspan="2"|All-time ranking|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Budget|scope="col" rowspan="2" class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||$213,515,506|$642,569,645|$856,085,151|192|76|$100–116 million||||||
||$213,550,366|$293,313,226|$506,863,592|191|222|$110 million||||||
||$73,865,530|$93,595,431|$167,460,961|1,898|1,652|$75–83 million||||||
||$43,817,106|$56,481,711|$100,298,817|2,120|1,856|$80 million||||||

### Critical and public response

|rowspan="2" scope="col"|Movie|colspan="2" scope="col"|Critical|colspan="2" scope="col"|Public|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30% (365 reviews)|35 (46 reviews)|B+|80%|||
|57% (281 reviews)|49 (48 reviews)|B+|76%|||
|15% (283 reviews)|35 (55 reviews)|C+|62%|||
|12% (238 reviews)|26 (51 reviews)|C+|54%|||

## Infobox (film)

- **italic title**: no
- **based on**: Marvel Comics
- **starring**: _#Cast and characters, See below_
- **distributor**: Sony Pictures Releasing
- **released**: 2018–present
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: **Total (4 films):**
$365–389 million
- **gross**: **Total (4 films):**
$1.630 billion