When Madame Web premiered in February, it was a box office and critical failure. The superhero film’s producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, opens up about Madame Web’s backlash and the “brutality of its failure.”
Madame Web Producer speaks out on the backlash and the cruelty of failure
The MCU flopped in 2023 with films like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels. While Deadpool and Wolverine could help Marvel fight back, Sony's Spider-Man Universe could use some luck.
During SDCC 2024, Madame Web producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura expressed his disappointment over the film's flop to ComicBook:
"Yes, that was a heartbreaking experience in the theater. So I'll tell you," Bonaventura said. "Like an axe in your head."