Why Sony's Spider-Man Spinoffs Don't Work
In a world with countless cinematic universe franchises, most of which are about comic book superheroes, it can be a bit sad to watch one fail time and time again. Some have the courtesy to disappear after only one entry, but others just drag themselves back up the mountain to try again every time.
Venom was not box office poison. Morbius, the living vampire managed to die twice. Kraven is apparently not going to be a hunter anymore. Who even is El Muerto? One crushing blow after another dealt to Sony's efforts to make Spider-Man content without letting the hero make an appearance. Yet, the SSU will not stop, no matter who asks them to.
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As long as Sony has the legal rights to make Spider-Man-related films, they will continue to do so and everyone knows why. Spidey is consistently the most popular character in the Marvel catalog, he's typically competing with Batman for the most popular superhero in general. Almost anything with Spider-Man in it is guaranteed a massive box office return, but, as Sony has proven, movies adjacent to the character have a much less impressive success rate. Sony fought very hard to keep the MCU from taking sole rights to the character, and they have to keep using the pieces they have, or they risk a competitor dominating even more content. With that in mind, it doesn't ultimately matter how ill-advised, poorly executed, or even financially unsuccessful each entry is. They're going to keep coming.
The best movie in the SSU is Ruben Fleischer's 2018 Venom. It's also the first official entry in the franchise, after the unfulfilled ending of The Amazing Spider-Man movies. Venom doesn't work all the way through, but it does have an intense contingent of fans
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