A Spider-Man Spinoff Universe Was Never Going to Work in an MCU World
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The demise of Sony's Spider-Man Universe: how a disconnected web of spinoffs doomed the franchise's chances of rivaling the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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- Sony's ambitious plan to build a Spider-Man franchise universe around C-list characters like Morbius and Kraven the Hunter has been plagued by stumbles, with only the Venom trilogy finding moderate success - and even that saw a 50% drop from the first film's $856 million earnings
- The failure of the SSU stems from Sony's inability to meaningfully connect these spinoffs to the core Spider-Man character or the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leaving mainstream audiences disinterested in a Spider-Man-adjacent universe with no actual Spider-Man presence
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Kofi Outlaw, Andrew Garfield, Sony's Spider-Man Universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, DC, Kraven the Hunter (Movie), Venom: The Last Dance, Madame Web, The Amazing Spider-Man