"Madame Web" received a rough reception at the box office, and Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra is blaming critics.

Tony Vinciquerra, the Sony Pictures CEO, acknowledged that Madame Web underperformed at the box office and shared why he thinks it didn’t do well. In a new interview, Vinciquerra touched on Madame Web‘s dismal results in theaters despite being part of the Spider-Man universe.

Sony CEO Tony Vinciquerra has come to the defense of Dakota Johnson's Madame Web, claiming that critics "crucified" the film.

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.

"Sony's Universe of Spider-Man Characters," which was the original name the studio gave to its attempt at creating its own mini-MCU, was clear to everyone

When asked about the splashy failure of the Spider-Man-adjacent Kraven, which has yet to cross the $20 million mark in the U.S. in its first two weeks, Vinciquerra admits the long-delayed superhero movie was “probably the worst launch” Sony had during his tenure. But he stands up for the Aaron Taylor-Johnson vehicle, calling it “not a bad film.”

The reason was that the films were bad, Tony! Venom was a hit because he's a prominent Spider-Man character, Tony! And also each of its sequels did worse than the previous one at the box office, because all the other Sony Spider-Man-less Spider-Man films were received so poorly! Come on!