Venom Venom's Box Office Thread

[ludovica]

I guess word of mouth is good after all.
Chew on that "haters" . Jk

 

[Iceman]

Looks like it will be in a good position by the end of the weekend.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Venom will win the box office battle, but A Star is Born will be around a lot longer

I'm still baffled by the fervor surrounding A Star is Born. It's the 3rd remake of the film. I know Gaga is a huge star, but how many times can fans watch the same story and not be bored? They should watch an inventive story about the love between a man and an alien invader.

 

[Stark Bauer]

if that -55% second week number is correct, is on par with Infinity War and the first GOTG movies!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Sony Swings Past $1 Billion As ‘Venom’ Bites $35M+; ‘First Man’ Lands Third With $16M+ – Sunday AM

Venom‘s solid second weekend of$35.7M (-55%) and Goosebumps 2‘s $16.2M opening have swung Sony past the $1 billion mark at the domestic box office for the year.

 

[Sithborg]

Venom continues to overperform. wow.

And yes, the PG-13 rating is helping, considering the number of kids that were at my afternoon show yesterday.

 

[Krystal]

More evidence of Superhero fatigue.

What a great hold. I guess they somehow gave audience what it wanted. I find it shocking but the numbers don't lie. Guess that's good the for the genre anyway.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Venom notched up 69.7m in it's OS sophomore frame. That would mean a 45.2% drop from the OW.

France contributed 6.7m (Venom opened in France & Denmark this weekend) so the actual drop from the holdover markets is closer to 50%. But that's still a really very good drop for a CBM.

 

[GuestStar2004]

They have already made their money back, the rest is all profit now.

So expect to hear Venom 2 plans soon.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Wow. So, do people want to still argue this movie won't have legs and everyone hates it?

 

[Another_Fool]

I know that we still have to wait for the final numbers but wow I was dead wrong about Venom's second weekend. So far not even a 60 percent drop but a 55 percent drop? Pretty incredible for a movie that got hammered by critics.

I guess the question now is what's causing the legs? It can't be just because "this movie doesn't suck", it's gotta be something specific, right? Is the character of Venom connecting with audiences? Or more that the movie is not boring?

 

[Iceman]

I think Venom has an exciting visual compared to many characters you could do. That might help.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Multipliers after 10 days at DBO:

Venom - 1.76
GOTG - 1.87 (benefited from summer weekdays)
Skwad - 1.66 (final multiplier 2.43x) (also benefited from late summer weekdays)
Doctor Strange - 1.8 (final multiplier 2.73x)

Venom is stacking up favorably when pitted against other first timers/premier concept CBMs.

Skwad's 2.43x gets Venom to 195.2m. I feel like that's the base atm.

The avg. of DS & Skwad's multiplier's gets Venom to a final total of 208.8m. Venom should be aiming for that number.

 

[Sithborg]

I know that we still have to wait for the final numbers but wow I was dead wrong about Venom's second weekend. So far not even a 60 percent drop but a 55 percent drop? Pretty incredible for a movie that got hammered by critics.

I guess the question now is what's causing the legs? It can't be just because "this movie doesn't suck", it's gotta be something specific, right? Is the character of Venom connecting with audiences? Or more that the movie is not boring?

Audiences are obviously connecting to Venom/Eddie. That is a fun dynamic. Similar to how people to connected to RDJ's Tony Stark.

Multipliers after 10 days at DBO:

Venom - 1.76
GOTG - 1.87
Skwad - 1.66 (final multiplier 2.43x)
Doctor Strange - 1.8 (final multiplier 2.73x)

Venom is stacking up favorably when pitted against other first timers/premier concept CBMs.

Skwad's 2.43x gets Venom to 195.2m. I feel like that's the base atm.

The avg. of DS & Skwad's multiplier's gets Venom to a final total of 208.8m. Venom should be aiming for that number.

Sony will drag this over $200 if it has to. Though, at its current rate, I don't think they will have to.

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

‘Venom’ Courses To $378M WW; ‘Star Is Born’ Tops $135M; ‘First Man’ Begins Offshore Journey – International Box Office

Venom, based on the Marvel property, was No. 1 in 54 markets this frame including a handful of new hubs and was down 47% versus last weekend in the holdovers. It’s tracking 32% above Ant-Man And The Wasp and 12% over Doctor Strange for the same group of markets and at the same point in release.

Turning back to Venom, the Ruben Fleischer-helmed pic coursed through its opening in France, topping comps Ant-Man 2 (+31%) and Wonder Woman (+17%). Vietnam and Thailand also had strong starts. Holds at No. 1 for the second outing include Russia, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy.

 

[Kuwolski]

I saw it twice this week and the theater was having a good ol' time. The film has found it's audience, which is one that was waiting for something different yet still fun. Venom is it.

 

[Ozbridge]

I predict drop this weekend will be in the 55%-62% range.

Drop is the lowest in my predicted range and is a very good drop despite losing IMAX screens to First Man and last week’s Columbus Day. Strong weekend means Venom plays very well with family. Will definitely make it to 500M without China.

 

[ehh]

I'm genuinely surprised at how well this movie is doing at the box office.

I'm guessing October is also a good month to release these Sony spin-off movies if they continue (of course they will).

 

[Sithborg]

I was shocked at how many young kids were at my second showing. I guess the PG-13 was the right call.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Very good weekend numbers, much better than most expected. 200+ Domestic looking more solid now.

 

[writer0327]

I haven't seen the movie yet (going tomorrow) but it seems like the word of mouth is really pushing this despite the reviews. I might have underestimated the b/o potential.

 

[kguillou]

Wow. Despite my mixed feelings on the movie, I am happy it is doing well and rooting for continued BO success.

Look, the movie is flawed. Most of us wanted a hard R horroe Venom movie but these BO numbers are telling us the GA wanted a more family friendly more fun and funny Venom movie. So maybe Sony made the right call here. But I with that said, the movie could've still done this and been a BETTER movie. Hoping that next time they fine tune the storytelling and dialogue.

 

[Another_Fool]

Wow. Despite my mixed feelings on the movie, I am happy it is doing well and rooting for continued BO success.

Look, the movie is flawed. Most of us wanted a hard R horroe Venom movie but these BO numbers are telling us the GA wanted a more family friendly more fun and funny Venom movie. So maybe Sony made the right call here. But I with that said, the movie could've still done this and been a BETTER movie. Hoping that next time

What I'm worried about is that Sony will misinterpret Venom's accidental success as the audience wanting another charming "bad" movie, when its really the audience hanging on to the only one good quality of the movie which is Tom Hardy. The bad parts of the movie are indeed charming but I don't think it'll fly in the sequel. They need to try to get good writers to make a legit good script worthy of the actors they have attached to it. The benefit they have right now is the sequel has a high chance of being an improvement as long as they take their time to make a quality movie and not rush it.

 

[kguillou]

My worry is that the sequel will place more emphasis on comedy and it'll be basically be Rush Hour 4: Venom edition. Just Eddie and Venom trading yucks for 2 hours.

 

[Mysteryman]

What I'm worried about is that Sony will misinterpret Venom's accidental success as the audience wanting another charming "bad" movie, when its really the audience hanging on to the only one good quality of the movie which is Tom Hardy. The bad parts of the movie are indeed charming but I don't think it'll fly in the sequel. They need to try to get good writers to make a legit good script worthy of the actors they have attached to it. The benefit they have right now is the sequel has a high chance of being an improvement as long as they take their time to make a quality movie and not rush it.

People are liking it and it is doing well.
There is nothing accidental about the success of Venom, not with a great release date
And a fairly aggressive marketing campaign.