Sony boss blames media for ‘Madame Web’ flop

Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra claims Madame Web was not a “bad picture; instead, it was destroyed by press and critics.”

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times after Kraven also bombed at the box office.

“Let’s just touch on ‘Madame Web’ for a moment,” he began. “‘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,” the head continued.

“These are not terrible films. They were just destroyed by the critics in the press, for some reason.”

In what he claimed to be a gang-up by media against Sony’s Marvel films, Tony said the studio has to come up with a new strategy to counter it.

“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 concluded.