Sony Photos’ Spider-Man spinoff universe is in disaster, and outgoing CEO Tony Vinciquerra isn’t holding again on who he thinks is accountable. As his seven-year tenure winds down, Vinciquerra mirrored on the dismal field workplace performances of current movies like Madame Net and Kraven the Hunter, pointing fingers on the critics and the media for sabotaging the franchise.
“Let’s simply contact on Madame Net for a second,” Vinciquerra mentioned in an interview with The Los Angeles Occasions. “Madame Net underperformed within the theaters as a result of the press simply crucified it.” He went on to defend the movie, starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, and Isabela Merced, saying, “It was not a foul movie, and it did nice on Netflix.”
Launched over Valentine’s Day, Madame Net flopped spectacularly, incomes solely $100 million worldwide, whereas critics tore it aside, branding it a lackluster Marvel knockoff. Issues weren’t significantly better for Kraven the Hunter, which Vinciquerra referred to as Sony’s “worst launch” in his 7 ½-year run. “I nonetheless don’t perceive, as a result of the movie will not be a foul movie,” he mentioned.
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe hasn’t been capable of replicate the success of the wall-crawler’s Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances. Beginning with 2018’s Venom, which grossed $856 million globally, Sony tried to construct its personal universe with follow-ups like Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Morbius, and Madame Net. Critics, nonetheless, weren’t impressed. The six movies in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe averaged a paltry 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Venom 2 the “finest” at 58% and Madame Net tanking with simply 11%.
“For some motive, the press determined they didn’t need us making these movies out of Kraven and Madame Net, and the critics simply destroyed them,” Vinciquerra mentioned. He famous that even Venom confronted harsh criticism however was saved by audiences who turned it into an enormous hit. “These will not be horrible movies,” Vinciquerra insisted, “however they have been simply destroyed by the critics and the press, for some motive.”
As for the way forward for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, Vinciquerra admitted that the corporate must rethink its technique underneath new CEO Ravi Ahuja. “I do suppose we have to rethink it, simply because it’s snake-bitten,” he mentioned. “If we put one other one out, it’s going to get destroyed, regardless of how good or dangerous it’s.”
With audiences and critics more and more divided, can Sony course-correct its Spider-Man spinoffs? Or is the franchise too far gone to avoid wasting? Share your ideas within the feedback under!
December 26, 2024 1:43 pm
