"Venom: The Last Dance" Opens at #1 w/ $51M, though It's the Lowest of the Franchise

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Venom 3 Slinks to $51 Million, Lowest Opening Weekend of Comic Book Trilogy
by Rebecca Rubin
Oct. 28, 2024


Venom: The Last Dance is No. 1 at the box office, but the comic book film fell significantly short of expectations.

The third and final entry in Sony’s Marvel antihero series, led by Tom Hardy, opened to a muted $51 million from 4,125 North American theaters. Rival studios estimate the final weekend number will be under $50 million. Those ticket sales are far behind projections of $65 million and much lower than the prior two installments of 2018’s Venom, which opened to $80 million, and 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which opened to a then-pandemic record $90 million.



Sony believes the World Series matchup between the Yankees and the Dodgers kept people at home on Saturday and Sunday, yet New York City and Los Angeles were the two biggest markets for Venom 3.

Despite the slow liftoff in North America, the third Venom is getting a boost from international audiences where it has earned $175 million.






Joker: Folie à Deux plunged to the No. 12 spot in its fourth weekend of release, collecting a dismal $600,000 from 1,243 venues. The follow-up to 2019’s billion-dollar hit Joker has turned into a box office disaster with $57.8 million domestically and $201.1 million globally.

By comparison, the original remained in the top two for five weeks and powered to $335 million domestically and $21.07 billion worldwide. The $200 million-budgeted Warner Bros. sequel won’t get anywhere near those grosses and is poised to lose $150 million to $200 million in its theatrical run.






Ralph Fiennes-led thriller Conclave, opened above expectations at No. 3 with $6.5 million from 1,753 theaters.

Focus Features acquired domestic rights to the PG film, which has solid reviews and hopes to find itself in the Oscar race.






Paramount’s thriller Smile 2 slid to second place with $9.6 million, declining 59% from its debut.

The R-rated sequel has generated $40.7 million in North America and $83 million worldwide to date. It cost $28 million and will become profitable, though not as successful as the original, which earned $105 million in North America and $217 million globally.






Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot dropped to No. 4 with $6.2 million in its fifth weekend of release.

The well-reviewed family film has endured at the box office with minimal week to week drops, amassing $111 million domestically and $232 million worldwide so far.






A24’s weepy romantic drama We Live in Time remained in fifth place with $4.8 million while expanding to 1,939 theaters.

The film, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a young couple in unenviable circumstances, has grossed a solid $11.7 million to date.






Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora cracked the top 10 with $867,142 from just 34 venues — translating to a robust $25,504 per location.

Neon nabbed rights to the film at Cannes and will continue to widen the footprint through the fall and into awards season.

https://variety.com/2024/film/box-of...ce-1236191836/






October 25-27, 2024: Weekend Studio Estimates


1. Venom: The Last Dance $51,000,000
2. Smile 2 $9,400,000 / $40,714,005
3. The Wild Robot $6,500,000 / $111,368,270
4. Conclave $6,500,000
5. We Live in Time $4,848,132 / $11,760,401
6. Terrifier 3 $4,770,505 / $44,527,900
7. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $3,231,000 / $288,744,942
8. Anora $867,142 / $1,619,582
9. Piece by Piece $721,000 / $8,883,890
10. Transformers One $720,000 / $57,946,270

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Venom: The Last Dance Hits $300 Million Globally, Clint Eastwood’s Juror No. 2 Opens to $5 Million at International Box Office
by Rebecca Rubin
Nov. 3, 2024


Venom: The Last Dance notched an encouraging box office milestone, crossing the $300 million mark in its second weekend of release.

So far, the third and final entry in Sony’s alien symbiote comic book trilogy has grossed $317.1 million globally, including $227 million internationally and $90 million domestically.





Elsewhere at the international box office, Clint Eastwood’s Juror No. 2 collected $5 million from 1,348 screens across six territories.

The Warner Bros. film had the biggest start in France with $3.1 million, followed by Spain with $937,000 and the U.K. with $442,000.





Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot added $15.7 million from 79 markets.

The animated adventure has grossed a solid $147 million internationally and $269 million globally to date.

https://variety.com/2024/film/box-of...ly-1236198946/





November 1-3, 2024: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Venom: The Last Dance $26,100,000 / $90,047,430
2. The Wild Robot $7,550,000 / $121,475,610
3. Smile 2 $6,801,000 / $52,687,540
4. Conclave $5,300,000 / $15,221,960
5. Here $5,000,000
6. We Live in Time $3,474,299 / $17,694,022
7. Terrifier 3 $3,227,684 / $50,541,752
8. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 $2,230,000
9. Singham Again $2,190,000
10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $2,085,000 / $292,099,291