The film was received poorly by audiences and critics, earning a record worst box office opening for a Sony superhero film at the time of its release.

"The press just crucified it," exec says in wide-ranging LA Times interview The post Outgoing Sony CEO Tony Vinciquerra Defends ‘Kraven the Hunter’ and ‘Madame Web’: ‘These Are Not Terrible Films’ appeared first on TheWrap.

Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra is blaming the critics for the box office failures of both Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web. The post Sony CEO blames critics for Kraven the Hunter & Madame Web flopping;

The reason was that the films were bad, Tony! Venom was a hit because he's a prominent Spider-Man character, Tony! And also each of its sequels did worse than the previous one at the box office, because all the other Sony Spider-Man-less Spider-Man films were received so poorly! Come on!

Kraven the Hunter is Sony Pictures’ worst movie launch since current CEO Tony Vinciquerra took the job back in 2017, he has admitted.

Sony's slate of Spider-Man villain spinoffs has been a creative and commercial debacle. Barring the first two instalments of Venom, starring Tom Hardy, Sony has failed to introduce a product that justifies the existence of its universe in parallel with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

"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."

Kraven the Hunter bombing seemed like it could be the nail in the coffin for the Sony Spider-Man Universe (that doesn’t have Spider-Man). Madame Web opened the year with disappointing totals. Then Venom: The Last Dance also performed poorly relative to the previous Venom films.