Sony giver Venom 2 æren for Top Gun: Mavericks succes
Top Gun: Maverick har været en gigantisk succes. Som den første Tom Cruise-film indtjente filmen mere end én milliard dollars, og der er nu tale om en af de mest indbringende film nogensinde.
Men hvis man skal tro Sony-bosserne Sanford Pantich og Josh Greenstein, så skyldes filmens succes ikke udelukkende dens egne kvaliteter. Det fortæller de til Vulture.
"When we first started releasing movies last October, there were really no other big movies. Everyone had pushed their big movies to this year, to this summer," fortæller Josh Greenstein. "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."
Josh Greenstein giver ligeleges Venom en stor del af æren for Top Gun Mavericks senere succes blandt biografgængerne:
"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."
Venom: Let There be Carnage og Ghostbusters: Afterlife blev ikke nær så indbringende som Tup Gun Maverick, da de "kun" indbragte respektive $500 millioner og $200 millioner, men skal man tro Sony-bosserne ryddede de altså startbanen for succesfilmen.
