Sony Pictures CEO Says ‘Madame Web’ Flopped ‘Because the Press Crucified It’
Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra says "Madame Web" flopped in theaters "because the press just crucified it."
"It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix. For some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films out of ‘Kraven’ and ‘Madame Web,’… pic.twitter.com/1BSU2PclUo
- Variety (@Variety) December 26, 2024
Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra recently told the Los Angeles Times that “Kraven the Hunter” is “probably the worst launch we had” in the nearly eight years he’s been at the studio, adding: “I still don’t understand, because the film is not a bad film.”
“‘Madame Web’ underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it. It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix. For some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films out of ‘Kraven’ and ‘Madame Web,’ and the critics just destroyed them. They also did it with ‘Venom,’ but the audience loved ‘Venom’ and made ‘Venom’ a massive hit. These are not terrible films. They were just destroyed by the critics in the press, for some reason.”
The critics’ aversion to Sony’s Marvel movies is one reason Vinciquerra thinks the studio needs to “rethink” how it moves forward with its Spider-Man universe films.
“It’s snake-bitten. If we put another one out, it’s going to get destroyed, no matter how good or bad it is,” he told the LA Times.