“Top Gun: Maverick” was successful thanks to “Venom,” says the Sony executive

The The highest-grossing film of 2022 is ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, the sequel to the’ 80s classic starring Tom Cruise; however, some Sony executives believe part of the film’s huge theatrical success was mainly due to “Venom: Let It Be the Carnage”.

In a recent interview with VarietySony Pictures co-chair Josh Greenstein revealed that, for him, the great success that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ had is due to ‘Venom: Let it be the carnage’. The director assures that, without the Spiderman villain film, Tom Cruise’s new film would not have been able to get the box office impact he has had so far.

According to the executive, “Venom: Let It Be de Carnage” was one of the first “blockbuster” films that managed to have a good response at the box office after two years of pandemic in which cinemas had been forgotten. Since the release of this film, new films have gradually been released and audience participation has been much higher, as in the other two Sony films, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Spiderman: No Way Home” .

We made a big bet putting “Venom” in theaters. Then we doubled down with “Ghostbusters”. So our biggest bet was that when all the other tents fled, we tripled “Spider-Man,” Josh Greenstein said.

In this way Sony was creating the way in which little by little the cinema activity could be reactivated after a season of crisis due to the medical situation that was being experienced in the world and after said series of previews that were led by Venom 2 ‘ , ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ could take advantage of it in unthinkable ways.

‘Top Gun’ is benefiting us. “Venom” is the beginning of that story that allows “Top Gun” to do the kind of business he did. These things don’t happen overnight. It’s a seed, “agreed Sanford Panitch, also co-chair of Sony.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’, one of the highest grossing films in theaters

Despite ‘Venom: Let It Be the Carnage ‘was the key to reactivating the film industry, the film barely managed to gross over $ 500 million; an epic figure for being the first major success since the pandemic. However, “Top Gun: Maverick” wiped out that number impressively.

Just released in international theaters, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ broke the great records of ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ and ‘The Batman’, the two great bets of 2022. The film with Tom Cruise managed to collect more of a billion dollars, becoming one of the 25 highest-grossing films in the history of cinema.

Currently, “Top Gun: Maverick” is in theaters and there is no indication when it will leave them. It is expected to reach streaming platforms via Paramount +, but there is currently no confirmed date for this to happen.