The financial failure of “Kraven” stung more after “Madame Web,” starring Dakota Johnson, flopped, taking home only $100 million, and “Venom: The Last Dance” became the lowest grossing film in the franchise. Of “Madame Web,” Vinciquerra blames film critics for its failure.

"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."

As he prepares to depart from Sony Pictures, CEO Tony Vinciquerra seemed to have few, if any, regrets about his seven-year run as studio head. That includes this year's pair of "Spider-Man" spinoff bombs,

Outgoing Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra has claimed Madame Web fared poorly at the box office “because the press just crucified it”. Vinciquerra, who is stepping down on 2 January, insisted that the superhero film starring Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney wasn’t bad at all.

The movie starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the powerful Marvel villain was met with poor box office results and a negative critical reception. And now, one of the executives behind the movie doesn't understand why the spinoff didn't become a major hit with audiences.

Kraven the Hunter has followed Madame Web’s footsteps at the box office!The CEO of Sony Pictures, Tony Vinciquerra, has finally broken his silence over the embarrassing failure of Dakota Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s

Sony's "Kraven the Hunter," a superhero spinoff starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Spider-Man's notorious foe, launched behind already low expectations.

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.