It seems like there’s no stopping Spider-Man. Spider-Man: Homecoming, the 2017 movie that introduced Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, performed moderately well at the box office, but every one after that has outshone the previous one. Now, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has smashed Avengers: Endgame’s biggest record for best domestic opening weekend.
But just using a Spider-Man property isn’t enough to secure box-office success, and there’s no better argument than the Sonyverse movies, the franchise of non-Spider-Man Spider-Man movies that attempted to create their own cinematic universe. There were some bright spots, like the Venom trilogy, and then there were the more regrettable — and more meme-able — movies like Madame Web and Morbius. Now, while the MCU’s Spider-Man reaches new heights, it seems like Sony’s Spider-Verse is officially dead.
