Venom Venom's Box Office Thread

[NotNickFury]

Silver and Black as far as we know is back to the drawing board. As far as we know, the likes of Morbius and Kraven are next on deck. Besides, you've got Peter Parker in the MCU. Isn't that what folks wanted? To see him alongside the other MCU heroes? If Sony's films are making good money, what's the problem?

 

[Kuwolski]

I think most people wanted him in the MCU because the creative control would be with Marvel and away from Arad and co. The appearances in Avengers films or having cameos by other characters was the cherry on the Sundae that enriched his world, but ultimately Spider-Man has never been about that and shouldn't be long term in film.

I'm not convinced a lot of these projects will happen anyway. I'm psyched for Venom's success because the character likely wouldn't have appeared in the MCU anytime soon and it confirms what I've always believed - Venom is a major IP and has the potential to be a perennial top 5 character in terms of popularity (If he isn't already). The more future Venom content in the works the better.

 

[ironwez20]

Silver and Black as far as we know is back to the drawing board. As far as we know, the likes of Morbius and Kraven are next on deck. Besides, you've got Peter Parker in the MCU. Isn't that what folks wanted? To see him alongside the other MCU heroes? If Sony's films are making good money, what's the problem?

Cause they could pull him out?????

 

[Kuwolski]

Yup, word is out. We Are

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

China Box Office: General Discussion Thread

88-100m OW in China possible.

 

[Kuwolski]

No way Feige can ignore this, it would benefit him to get involved creatively by bringing Venom into the MCU.

I want to hear from Hardy. Guy delivered one of the most enigmatic performances in a CBM and he knows some people were talking **** about this before release.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Yup, word is out. We Are

Holy s***, that Maoyan score! The Chinese love Venom

 

[NotNickFury]

Cause they could pull him out?????

Yeah? I mean, they still retain the character, so if they did, that'd be well within their right to do so.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

 

[Ihmago]

lol wtf is going on??

 

[I Am The Knight]

I'm loving this.

 

[Zant]

Avi Arad was right all along....

 

[samsnee]

Avi Arad was right all along....

Truly a sign of the end times.

 

[BoredGuy]

F***in' China, man
lol

 

[ironwez20]

Yeah? I mean, they still retain the character, so if they did, that'd be well within their right to do so.

But nobody wants that except a small handful.

 

[Iceman]

Forbes says $34.2m Friday!

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

‘Venom’ Takes $35M Bite Out Of China On Day One; Licks Lips For $100M Bravo Bow

On its way to thrashing past $600M global this weekend, Sony’s Venom bared its fangs in China today and picked up an estimated $34.7M, including Thursday midnights. The Tom Hardy-starrer’s start portends a three-day bow in the $100M+ neighborhood. That would make it only the second superhero movie ever to hit the century mark on its Middle Kingdom opening weekend, behind Avengers: Infinity War (Avengers: Age Of Ultron also topped $100M in its debut, but had six days to do so back in 2015, and its FSS was $86M after a $34.7M Tuesday bow).

Thursday sneaks came in at $2.37M to give Venom the No. 4 slot on the list of all-time superhero midnights. Infinity War ($9.31M), Age Of Ultron ($4.76M) and Captain America: Civil War ($2.61M) are the Top 3.

The film, which has a sizable investment from Chinese internet behemoth Tencent — bringing in extra marketing muscle — has been strong on social with great word of mouth. It’s got a 9.4 on ticketing platform Maoyan and a 7.4 on Douban. Pre-sales were a terrific $15.5M.

Hitting $100M for the FSS frame would land Venom in the Top 15 China openers ever, besting Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Ant-Man And The Wasp. China will immediately become the top-grossing offshore market for Ruben Fleischer’s take on this Marvel property.

Through Thursday, the international box office on Venom is $352.9M with worldwide at $554.28M (not including numbers out of China). The top overseas hubs through Thursday are Russia ($32M), Korea ($30.1M), the UK ($25.8M), Mexico ($23.9M) and Brazil ($18.6M).

China is the last market to open — Japan got off to a great start last frame. The weeks ahead, however, will see an influx of Hollywood titles including Fastastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Ralph Breaks The Internet, Crazy Rich Asians and Aquaman.

The movie has defied a critical bashing as audiences have licked it up, enjoying the tone and the character. Venom set a domestic and global October opening record in its early play, and on its second weekend, pushed Sony across $1B at the North American box office. Offshore, it continued to be the lead film for three weekends straight and will handily claim that spot once again this session.

It’s currently the No. 10 movie of the year worldwide and should leapfrog into 7th position on Sunday, passing Ant-Man And The Wasp.

 

[Sithborg]

God damn. Expected it to do well, but not that well.

 

[Pennywise]

‘Venom’ Takes $35M Bite Out Of China On Day One; Licks Lips For $100M Bravo Bow

Holy Crap!

 

[Iceman]

Things are getting crazy!

 

[shinlyle]

Wait...what?!
Yikes. There's no way Sony doesn't snatch Spidey back from the MCU as soon as possible. Arad must be foaming at the mouth right now to make movies about everyone from Morbius to Speed Demon to Leapfrog to Kangaroo...
I still need to see Venom. At this point, it'll be Redbox for me. My kids would rather see Wreck It Ralph 2, Spider-Verse, and Grinch.

 

[samsnee]

What would bringing back Spider-man do though? They've established Venom was never really a villain so it's not like it would make sense for him to fight Spider-man now.

 

[Lilbaz]

Wait...what?!
Yikes. There's no way Sony doesn't snatch Spidey back from the MCU as soon as possible. Arad must be foaming at the mouth right now to make movies about everyone from Morbius to Speed Demon to Leapfrog to Kangaroo...
I still need to see Venom. At this point, it'll be Redbox for me. My kids would rather see Wreck It Ralph 2, Spider-Verse, and Grinch.

Not sure. They have plenty of other films to make and marvel are doing a good job with spidey which sony get the profits from.
In a few years they might want their own avengers type film but if wb has shown us anything, it is not to rush it. Establish the characters first then do a big crossover.

 

[NotNickFury]

But nobody wants that except a small handful.

Luckily, it's less about what fans want and, again, what the studio is well within their right to do. Fans and regular moviegoers alike may gripe and groan on message boards if Sony suddenly decides to take Spider-Man out of the MCU, but that's ultimately their call to make.

 

[I Am The Knight]

They have no reason to take Spider-Man out of the MCU. Venom's success actually shows that they can be succesful without Spider-Man. As long as the MCU Spidey flicks continue to make moolah, Sony will be happy.