Dakota Johnson wows in a white swimsuit as she is comforted by Chris Martin on a romantic getaway to Mexico after her film Madame Web suffered box office disaster

Dakota Johnson has jetted off to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico with her partner Chris Martin amid reports her film Madame Web had a disastrous opening weekend.

Following negative reviews from critics, who have declared her latest project one of the worst superhero movies of recent times, Dakota, 34, appeared to seek solace on a sunny beach alongside her partner, 46.

Despite the news that her suspense thriller is officially Sony’s lowest-grossing Spider-Man movie of all time, the actress appeared unfazed while frolicking into the ocean in a high-cut white swimsuit.

Martin, who was previously married to Gwyneth Paltrow from 2003 to 2016, held Dakota’s hand as they waded into the ocean together to cool off.

The couple splashed around the water before returning back to shore, where the father-of-two could be seen kneeling on the sand, giving a prayer of gratitude. 

For their laid-back excursion, Martin displayed his hunky physique in a pair of light grey and orange shorts. 

Later, the duo were seen drying off next to an oceanfront cabana with beach towels, as they enjoyed the rest of their day in the sun.

As they prepared to leave the beach, Johnson threw up her long brown hair in a tight bun.

Johnson’s Madame Web scored one of the lowest superhero box office debuts in recent memory, which has essentially cancelled a possible franchise at the studio.

The film grossed $26.2 million in its first six days since debuting mid-week on Valentine’s Day, through Monday’s President’s Day holiday.

That tally became one of the lowest opening totals for any film based on a Marvel Comics character.

The studio did have plans on starting a new franchise based on Johnson’s title character and three other female charcters played by Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O’Connor.

However, now insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that, given the atrocious box office receipts, there likely won’t be another Madame Web movie for another decade.

‘We’re not going to see another Madame Web movie for another decade-plus. It failed. Sony tried to make a movie that was a different type of superhero movie,’ an insider told THR.

While some superhero movies like Morbius failed to impress critics and fans but still fared well internationally and pulled in $170 million worldwide, that likely won’t happen with Madame Web.

It earned a paltry $25.7 from foreign markets for a worldwide debut of just $51.9 million, from a reported budget of $80 million that many sources claim is actually north of $100 million.

It still has yet to debut in China, easily the biggest and most important foreign market, with the Middle Kingdom debut set for March 1 and South Korea to follow as the final foreign market on March 13.

Still, it seems there is little hope that the Chinese release can offset all of the box office negativity surrounding the film.

The abysmal critical reaction – 13 per cent from the Rotten Tomatoes critics, one of the worst ever for any superhero movie – didn’t help matters either.

In fact, it seemed the dreadful reviews even lead to multiple cancellations of advance ticket sales.

‘On Wednesday night, you could actually watch advance purchase sales declining in real time as buyers were refunding their tickets,’ said a ‘major theatrical chain insider.’

The insider added, ‘It really says something when you’d rather have Shazam! 2 numbers,’ referring to 2023’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

That film was expected to earn between $35 million and $40 million in its domestic debut, though it underwhelmed with $30.5 million from 4,071 theaters.

While it remains to be seen what Madame Web will actually pull in when all the numbers are tallied, it will likely be far less than Shazam 2.

The studio seemingly had high hopes for Madame Web, with the film teasing her connection to Peter Parker/Spider-Man whose birth is shown in the film.

The movie was also being eyed to kick start a new franchise, with Madame Web using her clairvoyant abilities to assist three new Spider Women.

While it is unknown when they began dating exactly, Johnson and Martin were first romantically linked in 2017.

The couple have lived together in a multi-million Malibu beach-house for some years now.

Their romantic getaway to Mexico appears to be the perfect destination for the pair as he loves to surf and she is very fond of swimming.

Over the years, they’ve shown support for each other professionally, with Johnson appearing at Martin’s gigs, and him at her premieres.

In June 2023, the vocalist even serenaded his girlfriend at his band’s visit to Naples. 

They have even worked together once, with Dakota the director of Coldplay’s 2020 music video for the song Cry Cry Cry.

Previously, the actress has spoken about working hard to keep their relationship out of the spotlight. 

She explained that her focus on privacy in the relationship comes from a combination of reasons.

One of those is that her and Chris’ is a blended family, and that means her family’s privacy impacts more than just herself and Chris. 

The couple’s privacy also affects the singer’s children from his marriage to Paltrow – daughter Apple, and son Moses.

Another reason she cited was that she is herself the daughter of two celebrity parents – Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith – so knows what it is like to grow up in the spotlight.

The actress, one of seven half siblings, said: ‘Maybe I think about relationships like that differently because I grew up in my family.

‘Obviously, there were times where it was not cool, but I experienced that, so I don’t want that in my life. I don’t want any kids to experience anything like that.’

In October 2018, TMZ reported that Martin and Johnson were throwing a gender reveal party at his home. 

The suspicion was fuelled by photos of blue and pink balloon arches, but shortly after, Johnson’s rep denied the rumours to Us Weekly.

They clarified that the celebrations were for a birthday party and not a gender reveal, with Dakota saying on Ellen the following month that ‘the only thing I’m pregnant with is a lot of really good ideas. But not any babies.’

They do not currently have any children together.  

The pair’s latest sighting comes after Johnson revealed she had not yet seen Madame Webb, despite playing the title character. 

‘I don’t know when I’ll see it,’ she said during an interview with Magic FM. ‘Someday.’ 

After humorously recalling skipping the Madame Web premiere to ‘go have dinner’ instead, Dakota insisted her decision had nothing to do with the film itself.  

‘For me, it’s a way to not have, like, an existential crisis,’ she admitted. ‘Not watching my movies is like self-care.’

The Fifty Shades of Grey star also confessed she never ‘Googles’ herself. 

Madame Web debuted with an incredibly low 17 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Critics called the film ‘as dumb and schlocky as the worst of the genre’ and ‘a laughable affair.’

X, formerly known as Twitter, was flooded with negative comments about it, with one person calling the film ‘a series of misses and wasted opportunities.’

Another describing it as ‘a clunky, poorly-written, messy, and sloppy movie packed with some mediocre editing and performances.’

A different user simply wrote, ‘Morbius was better.’

Sony’s Morbius, which was released in 2022 and starred Jared Leto, is known for being one of the most poorly reviewed superhero films of all time, with a low rating of 15 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.

A few people, however, praised Madame Web online following the premiere.

‘Madame Web exceeds expectations. Some of the dialog is cheesy AF, some heavy-handed product placement, and probably could’ve been tidied up a bit more – but the cast really work magic with what they had, their chemistry is a lot of fun, and the suits look great,’ one reviewer wrote on X afterwards.

In Madame Web, Dakota takes on the role of Cassandra Webb, a New York City paramedic endowed with psychic abilities due to a mutant gene, akin to the concept of X-Men.

Her character faces the task of safeguarding three women from an enigmatic adversary.

The film belongs to Sony’s Spider-Man universe, distinctly separate from the Disney-owned Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This movie could potentially be one of the last collaborations between Sony and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following Disney’s acquisition of Marvel.