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Sony Boss Says Studio Deserves Some Credit for ‘Top: Gun Maverick’ Box Office: ‘Venom’ Paved the Way

Stoopkid

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As Panitch and Greenstein see it, Sony Pictures was one of the first studios to bring audiences back to the theater in mass during the pandemic. The studio opened "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" in October 2021 to a $90 million opening ($10 million more than the original "Venom" opened to in non-pandemic times) and a $506 million total worldwide (far below the original "Venom" but a strong pandemic success nonetheless). Sony's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" followed in November with $204.4 million worldwide, and then "Spider-Man: No Way Home" earned $1.9 billion worldwide to become the third highest-grossing film in history, unadjusted for inflation.
"When we first started releasing movies last October, there were really no other big movies," Greenstein said. "Everyone had pushed their big movies to this year, to this summer. We took a big gamble putting 'Venom' in theaters. Then we doubled down with 'Ghostbusters.' Then our biggest bet was when every other tentpole had fled, we tripled down with 'Spider-Man' — our biggest, most important piece of IP."

"When we first started releasing movies last October, there were really no other big movies," Greenstein said. "Everyone had pushed their big movies to this year, to this summer. We took a big gamble putting 'Venom' in theaters. Then we doubled down with 'Ghostbusters.' Then our biggest bet was when every other tentpole had fled, we tripled down with 'Spider-Man' — our biggest, most important piece of IP."

"There's so much press about 'Top Gun' right now. It's like, 'The movie business is back!'" Panitch said. "In a weird way, I would say 'Top Gun' is benefitting from us taking our shot. 'Venom' is the start of that story that allows 'Top Gun' to do the kind of business it did. These things don't happen overnight. It's a seeding."
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Thank you venom 🙏🙏🙏
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Sony Boss Says Studio Deserves Some Credit for ‘Top: Gun Maverick’ Box Office: ‘Venom’ Paved the Way

Sony Pictures bosses say the studio deserves some credit for 'Top Gun: Maverick' succeeding at the box office.
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Dyle

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No one would have watched Top Gun if their love for cinema hadn't been reignited by Morbius
 
demosthenes

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Bro, if you think Venom, Ghostbusters, and Spider-Man are in the same category of movie, please get me whatever you are taking.
 
HStallion

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Top Gun Maverick would have been better if Tom Cruise was constantly having a back and forth with an impulsive uncaring alien creature.
 
chefbags

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Tom cruise -


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Stath

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whooooa they released spider-man near christmas what a triple-down risky gamble
 
RedStep

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I know that I only saw Top Gun: Maverick 4 times because every time I tried to watch Morbius it was sold out, so maybe there's something to it.
 
J_ToSaveTheDay

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The packed opening day audience I saw Top Gun Maverick with looked absolutely nothing like what I'd expect to see at a showing of Venom.

But this isn't the first, last, or most egregious corporate self-congratulatory bullshit I've seen this year.
 
skeezx

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tbf i think every major theatrical release the past two years deserves a pat on the back for everybody involved
 
Meg Cherry

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Arc said:
Tenet kind of bombed
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For a movie released in Summer 2020, before a vaccine for COVID had even been confirmed - I'd say TENET did better than anyone could reasonably expect. $360M global, nearly $60M domestic. It did better than a lot of early 2021 releases, even.

But yeah, those aren't exactly numbers sustainable for a major blockbuster film. WB sent the film out to read the room, and the room said 'thanks, not now'.
 
Scottoest

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I actually had to read that a couple of times to figure out what they were trying to take credit for because it's so stupid, lol.
 
Voytek

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The Venom movies were only successful because I bought some of his comics in the 90's. So actually I deserve some credit for Top Gun's success too.
 
sir_crocodile

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VENOMMMMMMM

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take_marsh

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Accctuuaallyyyy- we put a movie in theaters during the pandemic before them so like "you're welcome" Top Fucking Gun Fucking Maverick.
 
Lump

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"If you think about it, we Morbin'd the way to Top Gun's success."
 
lake

lake

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The most interesting takeaway here is that the movie's official title is Top: Gun Maverick (the sequel to Top: Gun).
 
Helix

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can't wait for Sony Pictures to reinvent the movie experience with EL MUERTO
 
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