Sony Pictures CEO On Why ‘Madame Web’ Flopped At The Box Office; Suggests Shift In ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoffs To Avoid Getting “Destroyed” By Critics
deadline.comTony Vinciquerra, the Sony Pictures CEO, acknowledged that Madame Web underperformed at the box office and shared why he thinks it didn’t do well.
In a new interview, Vinciquerra touched on Madame Web‘s dismal results in theaters despite being part of the Spider-Man universe. “Madame Web underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it.
It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix,” Vinciquerra told the Los Angeles Times. Vinciquerra also acknowledged that Kraven the Hunter underperformed like Madame Web and suggested, “for some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films … and the critics just destroyed them.” “They also did it with Venom, but the audience loved Venom and made Venom a massive hit,” he added. “These are not terrible films.
They were just destroyed by the critics in the press, for some reason.” When asked if the strategy around the Spider-Man spinoffs should be refocused, he said, “I do think we need to rethink it, just because it’s snake-bitten.
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