Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman said the studio has emerged stronger from the devastating cyberattack that nearly brought it to its knees last winter."We have more than survived, we have thrived," Rothman told theater owners at CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show unfolding this week in Las Vegas.He added that the studio was "unbroken, unbowed and pushing on to new heights."The newly minted studio head also alluded to the tensions that emerged after Sony opted to release "The Interview" on-demand...
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Tom
Rothman
Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Group
Rothman embraces Quentin Tarantino calling him a “butts-in-the-seats guy.” Without an in-house streamer to feed, the Sony Motion Picture Group chief has been able to focus on theatrical releases, scoring hits in 2022 with the PlayStation video game adaptation “Uncharted,” with Tom Holland; the action-comedy “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt; and the backwoods murder mystery “Where the Crawdads Sing” — which grossed $400 million, $240 million and $140 million worldwide, respectively. His biggest hit remains 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which in 2022 became the third-highest-grossing film of all time domestically ($814 million) and sixth-highest-grossing film worldwide ($1.9 billion). Ahead for Rothman are Marvel films “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse,” “Kraven the Hunter” and “Madame Web.”