Top Gun: Maverick is the most successful movie of 2022 (for now) and according to SONY bosses it’s thanks to Venom 2.
What does Top Gun: Maverick have to do with Venom 2? Both movies are sequels starring great actors like Tom Cruise Y Tom Hardy. But few similarities can be found, since the stories have nothing to do with each other. In addition, they were released several months apart.
However, in Sony believe that the super success of Top Gun: Maverick is due to Venom 2 and that’s why they ask for some credit for getting the public back to the movies. Since it raised more than 506 million dollars in 2021. Just when everything was beginning to open and the pandemic was already being overcome. This is how they explain it Sanford Panitch Y Josh Greenstein:
“When we started releasing movies last October, there really weren’t any other big movies.” Said Josh Greenstein. “Everyone had brought their great movies to this year, to this summer. We made a big bet putting Venom 2 in theaters. Then we doubled down with Ghostbusters: Beyond. Then our biggest bet was that when all other tents had fled, we tripled down on Spider-Man: No Way Home, our biggest and most important piece of intellectual property.”
“There is so much press on Top Gun: Maverick right now. It’s like: The movie business is back!” added Sanford Panitch. “In a weird way, I would say that Top Gun 2 is benefiting from us taking our opportunity. Venom is the beginning of that story that allows Top Gun to do the kind of business that he did. These things don’t happen overnight. It’s a seed.”
Marvel Studios may not entirely agree.
While is true that Venom 2 with 506 million it made an incredible collection, it was not the first film to open theaters in 2021. Since it was released on October 1, 2021 in the United States and by then we had already seen since September 3 Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings which raised $432 million and black widow arrived on July 9 and got 363 million. Both films can be seen at Disney Plus.
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