Sony boss on the flop "Men in Black: International"

Sony has had one of the biggest hits of the year with "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and will give the public the next Quentin Tarantino movie at the opening of "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood "this weekend. But the studio also suffered one of the biggest bombs of the year with the release of "Men in Black: International".

Published seven years after "Men in Black 3", and after a restart with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones replaced by Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, "International" was criticized by the critics (he gave Rotten a 22% mark) Tomatoes) and received only $ 30 million at the national box office for its opening weekend, the lowest of the franchise.

So, what has happened? The chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group, Tom Rothman, has a simple answer.

"I think the truth is that the audience really liked this movie and the cast was fantastic, Tessa and Chris were great and did a great job, but if we make a mistake, I think that Is probably enough ideas in the story, "he told Business Insider in a diversified interview. It was not long before he added that the film had two co-financiers in the film, so Sony does not take a huge hit for the $ 110 million budget movie.

Read more: Sony's director, Tom Rothman, explains why he is betting big on Quentin Tarantino's new film and restoring the terms of a contract

But with the film reporting only $ 245 million globally to date (only $ 78 million nationally), does Rothman think this marks the end of the "Men in Black" franchise?

"I do not know the answer to this question because we have not finished this film yet," he said. "This film is still in theaters and is being played in the rest of the world, so ask me this question after the helpers – after we shot in digital and on DVD, I mean, we're doing now. Zombieland 2 & # 39; the audience is crazy, but if you asked the one who was in my job a few weeks after the theatrical performance of "Zombieland" if you are going to create another one, they would kick you into the crazy trash. " Men in Black "remains a very important badet that owns the company and I would be very surprised that this is the last film."