Tom Rothman put Sony’s current box-office momentum front and center during an appearance Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group, spoke at the international film and entertainment conference as Sony continues to ride the success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” The film has become the highest-grossing release of 2026 so far, giving the studio a major commercial win to spotlight on the global industry stage.
The appearance placed Rothman in a position to address one of the year’s biggest theatrical stories for Sony: the performance of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” While the supplied source material does not provide box-office totals, it identifies the film as the top-grossing movie of 2026 to date, underscoring its significance within the year’s release calendar.
The source material also identifies “Obsession” as part of the broader discussion surrounding Rothman’s remarks, including the subject of Sony being outbid for the project. No further details about that bidding process, the competing parties, or Rothman’s specific comments were provided in the material.
Rothman’s comments came in the setting of the Lumière Summit, described in the source material as an international film and entertainment conference. His appearance there gave Sony’s film chief a public platform at a moment when the studio’s “Spider-Man” title is leading the year’s box office race.