The Symbiote repeats itself with a modest dive

It seems that Ruben Fleischer Venom is removing a small engine that could act. The movie went into theaters a little over a week ago with low expectations and negative reviews, but nevertheless managed to set a record for October with an 80 million dollar weekend. And even with this performance, we always thought that the numbers would be very busy, with all members of the public "to see absolutely" in the first three days. It turns out that this was not really the case, as the comic film has only seen a modest drop during its second week. Check out the Top 10 below and join me for analysis.

This $ 35.7 million represents a decrease of 55.5% compared to Venom made when it opened – and it's really neither impressive nor devastating. Of course, it is better to get closer to 50%, which the healthiest blockbusters can do, but it is also quite far from the 60% feared to be qualified respectable. The money he has earned is basically the best Sony could have expected given all the factors at play.

The film, which costs more than $ 100 million, is now close to $ 150 million (it will be before the start of the weekend), but even this total does not compare to the feature film 'foreign. Audiences overseas are thrilled to see Tom Hardy play with his friend, while foreign territories have raised $ 235.3 million so far, bringing the global total to just under $ 380 million. At the end of the film, he will no longer be exactly in the top 5 of 2018, given that we have already recorded three million dollars of success, but there is a good chance that he is in the top 15.

What does it mean? For Sony, this certainly suggests that the audience is interested in Spider-Man-related movies that do not feature Spider-Man. It has been reported that the budding franchise will soon be working on a Morbius movie The Living Vampire, starring Jared Leto, but moves are surely underway to develop Venom 2. It's unfortunate that this success keeps big characters and opponents away from Tom Holland's robot wall from Marvel's cinematic universe, but it seems fans have spoken out.

What good news for VenomHowever, this is fundamentally bad news for everything else – especially the harvest of new large-scale outings, none of which managed to get above third place. Damian Chazelle won the bronze medal this time around. First man. Universal has high hopes for the movie, which tells the story of Neil Armstrong becoming the first person to walk on the moon, but they are probably not very happy with his opening of $ 16.5 million. Although it is presented as a prestige image and it is very likely that we will hear a lot about it during the awards season, it will also cost $ 59 million. It is likely that the plan is to recover this money in the long run, but the studio certainly hoped to have a bigger impact at the box office.

As a matter of fact, First man Barely third, only $ 275,000 separates her from Ari Sandel. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, who came fourth. The positive way of looking at things is not only that the number is not much smaller than that of the previous series, which had yielded $ 23.6 million the same weekend three years ago, but also that the new feature cost nearly 25 million less. Plus, while he could share an audience with Eli Roth The house with a clock in its walls (who has fallen three times this week), there is a good chance that parents will continue to take their kids to see the movie as we get closer to Halloween.

Finally, we have Drew Goddard Bad times at the El Royale, who came seventh with $ 7.2 million to the bank. It's another case where the movie did not cost a lot of money, with an announced budget of only $ 32 million, but Fox probably hoped that names like Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth and Dakota Johnson would attract a public. . Unfortunately, we live in a time when intellectual property is much more valued than movie stars, which limits the number of ticket buyers.

This week we will only see one new, wide version, but it's a big one like David Gordon Green Halloween is ready to dominate. It's easy to predict that this will be the new number one, but how much will it do? And what attention will he keep from other titles currently in theaters? Join me next Sunday to find out.