From what I remember with marketing and production costs amazing spiderman 2 did not make that much money. There was a reason they went to Disney in the first place
And that's incredibly stupid of Disney. They obviously didn't do their homework. Amazing Spider-Man 2 made $709 million. Far From Home made 1.1 billion. Let's say the third does comparable to Far From Home (probably not due to the Endgame bump), Sony would get just shy of $550 million. They could pump out another whatever Spider-Man film and still get a higher return than a 50/50 split. This isn't about appearances, it's about money. Disney wants more money so this is obvious, obvious to the point where Disney literally puts the shittiest deal in front of Sony (outside of 100%) and people are going, "WTF Sony you dumb! You ruined Spider-Man!!!!!!"I agree the 50/50 ask is a bold move, but there was going to be a point where Disney would want more money, especially if the movies are a success, built on the foundations of the MCU.
Disney is gonna take the Spidey license away from Insomniac now.
The reason the movies were good was Disney's involvement.
As far as greed, this is the entertainment industry. Everyone is greedy.
Yeah, the article makes it sound like Disney was trying to split the costs 50-50 with it potentially extending to other Spider-Man films, but Sony simply doesn't want to share the property.I don't think that's actually in the article. I saw something that said Marvel wanted 50:50 co-financing. That's not the same as gross, is it?
I think that is JUST the production budget.
Why on Earth would they include Holland's Spidey now when they have absolutely zero control over what happens in his solo films, or have zero compensation from said films?Does this mean no more Spidey in MCU movies, or just no Feige and Marvel support in Spidey movies?
If it's the latter, then eh, it sucks but I'm more into seeing Spidey/Tom Holland interact with the greater MCU cast. If it's the former... fuck this.
Disney is gonna take the Spidey license away from Insomniac now.
Sony has nothing as good as HC/FFH (aside from Spiderverse but that's different). Everyone is saying "as long as they hire the right people they'll be fine" like they've actually managed to do that in the past.But Disney is being too greedy. And while Sony had some real stinkers as far Spiderman/superhero movies goes, they also had some great ones. Hell the best spiderman movie has nothing to do with Disney. Hell, I can think of some real stinkers in the MCU too.
As long as the same talents in writing/director/acting are there the movies will be fine. Sony is just abiding by the existing contract.
Sony should have just accepted being fucked in the ass by Marvel.
I don't understand why some are celebrating the movies going to the guy who was in charge during the X-Men movies and is known for rejecting the idea of Deadpool.
Yeah, but it could go well for him regarding his acting career, with jigs like those taken by Jake Gyllenhaal. He acts amazingly well.
Why would you make Spider-Man such a significant part of the universe in Far From Home, when you didn't have assurances that he would be sticking around? That, to me, is the first gross sign of mismanagement from Marvel Studios? What the fuck?
Yes we are consumers....Lol.
So Sony not wanting to bend over to Disney = booooo
Disney wanting to take control of theater chains = yayyy if it means good marvel movies