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‘Movies Aren’t Dead After All’: Sony Pictures Boss Tom Rothman on Historic ‘Spider-Man’ Box Office and Losing Tarantino’s Cliff Booth Sequel to Netflix

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Variety reports Sony Pictures' 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' crushed box office expectations, pulling three hundred sixty million dollars domestically and nine hundred thirty-two million dollars globally—marking the biggest domestic and second-largest worldwide total, per chairman Tom Rothman. The studio also lost Quentin Tarantino's planned Cliff Booth sequel to Netflix.

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sony-tom-rothman-spide...

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