Wright introduced stars Ansel Elgort and Jon Hamm, after wowing the theater owners with the movie’s whiz-bang opening car chase. There may be some hope in the form of Edgar Wright’s lower-budget “Baby Driver,” which is now pushed from August to June 28 after its rapturous SXSW reception and current Rotten Tomatoes status of 100%. Nonetheless, Rothman announced that dark sci-fi romance had just passed $300 million worldwide (not a robust figure for a $110-million movie with global marketing costs), along with the last “Resident Evil” installment, which was a far better return on investment. This has proved tricky, as disappointments such as “Passengers” didn’t deliver the audiences the studio banked on. READ MORE: ‘Blade Runner’ 2049: Sony Comes Out Swinging with New Footage Although he’s attended this convention many times as co-chairman of Fox, Rothman is now tasked with moving this slow-moving studio ocean liner back into profitable waters. However, it could serve as a battle cry for the struggling studio, which came in a distant fifth in studio market share last year.Ī studio in transition is never a pretty picture, and Rothman knows his job is on the line. As mighty oaths go, that disparagement of the streaming giant may not make the history books.

“Netflix, my ass,” Sony Motion Picture chairman Tom Rothman said to the CinemaCon audience after screening a clip from “ Blade Runner 2049” Monday night.

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