Sony CEO insists new blockbuster with 17% Rotten Tomatoes score is ‘not a bad film’
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Kraven The Hunter is ‘not a bad film’ insists Sony CEO, Tony Vinciquerra, after critics slammed the origin story blockbuster.
Despite Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s best shirtless efforts, his film has had ‘the worst launch’ in recent Sony history with an abysmal 17% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie hit cinemas on December 13, opening to the tune of $43million (£34.1million) worldwide — on a $110million (£86.5million) budget.
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The studio has struggled to find success with its Spider-Man spin-off films, which is linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe through Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Madame Web and Morbius have been notoriously bad but Sony boss Tony, who is leaving the studio, admitted that Kraven has reached a new low.
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The Sony Pictures boss told LA Times: ‘Unfortunately, [Kraven] that we launched last weekend, and my last film launch, is probably the worst launch we had in the 7 1/2 years so that didn’t work out very well, which I still don’t understand, because the film is not a bad film.’.
![[No Isabela Merced, Dakota Johnson as Madame Web, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor outside a New York subway in Madame Web. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Columbia Pictures/Everett/REX/Shutterstock (14318887aj) MADAME WEB, from left: Isabela Merced, Dakota Johnson as Madame Web, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, 2024. ph: Jessica Kourkounis /? Marvel / ? Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Madame Web - 2024]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SEI_205672643-5c98-e1728661369151.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Kraven follows Aaron as the titular hero, real name Sergei Kravinoff, whose fractured relationship with his relationship with his gangster father (Russell Crowe) motivated him to become the greatest and most feared hunter. The film, based on Marvel comics, also stars Ariana DeBose, Christopher Abbott, Fred Hechinger, and Alessandro Nivola.
![[Film handout: Morbius Jaret Leto Matt Smith Jared Leto and Director Daniel Espinosa on the set of Columbia Pictures' MORBIUS.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SEI_96329644-038d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
