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Sony CEO Tony Vinciquerra has lamented the abysmal field workplace efficiency of the studio’s newest Marvel film, Kraven the Hunter, blaming critics for “destroying” it in early opinions.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson because the titular Russian supervillain from the Spider-Man comics, the brand new spin-off is a stand-alone story that focuses on Kraven’s advanced relationship together with his ruthless father (Russell Crowe).
Launched in theaters on December 13, Kraven the Hunter has made field workplace historical past for having the worst opening weekend of any Sony-produced Marvel movie.
Throughout its opening weekend, the movie pulled in simply $11 million within the U.S. and $15 million globally, towards its $110-$150 million finances. As of December 22, it made simply $30.2 million.
Chatting with the Los Angeles Instances in a brand new interview, Vinciquerra referred to as the film’s launch “in all probability the worst launch we had within the 7 1/2 years.”
“Which I nonetheless don’t perceive, as a result of the movie will not be a nasty movie,” he mentioned. “For some cause, the press determined that they didn’t need us making these movies out of Kraven and Madame Net, and the critics simply destroyed them.”
Earlier this yr, the extensively panned Madame Net, that includes Dakota Johnson because the clairvoyant superhero, debuted to a paltry 23 % on Rotten Tomatoes. It at present sits at a good decrease rating of 11 %.
The Impartial’s Clarrise Loughrey labeled it “a determined comedian e-book misfire that appears embarrassed by its personal existence,” in her one-star evaluation.
In the meantime, she equally lambasted Kraven the Hunter, calling it an “abysmal farewell to Sony’s Spider-Man universe.”
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It, too, at present sits at an undesirable 15 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
“In addition they did it with Venom, however the viewers cherished Venom and made Venom a large hit,” Vinciquerra added of the 2018 Tom Hardy-led sci-fi. “These are usually not horrible movies. They had been simply destroyed by the critics within the press, for some cause.”
In 2022, Sony launched its different main flop Morbius, starring Jared Leto because the Spider-Man villain. Morbius additionally holds a 15 % Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Occurring to foretell that “if we put one other one out, it’s going to get destroyed, irrespective of how good or dangerous it’s,” he mentioned the studio might want to “rethink its [Spider-Man universe strategy] simply because it’s snake-bitten.”
Sony owns the rights to those characters; nevertheless, in 2019, the corporate renegotiated the deal to share them with Disney, opening it up for potential appearances within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
