Venom 2 box office Carnage: Sony is a hit

Proving that Disney isn’t the only studio capable of releasing a major film amid what is always, annoyingly, a massive global pandemic, box office results are already arriving, showing that Sony Venom: let there be carnage is about to be a fairis lying serious COVID era hit.

It is by Deadline, which reports that the film – in which Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson’s resident goo monsters pounce on each other, for a presumably spongy effect– had the second biggest Friday night of the pandemic era, posting $ 37.3 million at the box office invaded by crawling, and hopefully virus free, symbionts fans. (The biggest Friday of the year remains Black Widow, who, It’s worth remembering that this was just a ‘flop’ when judged on the scale of budgeted $ 200 million Marvel superhero shows.)

Weekend estimates for Venom 2– which is “in association with Marvel,” but not actually produced by Marvel Studios – suggests it could land between $ 70 million and $ 81 million; If it hits that latest benchmark, it’ll be the second biggest October movie opening of all time, only landing behind Joker, and potentially eclipse the first one Venom movie, which set records in 2018.

All of this suggests that the box office is, at least for the time being, ever closer to “comeback, “ at least as it applies to serial killer mud puddle antics with a taste for the brain. This one night of screenings has already made Let there be carnage 21st or 22nd highest grossing movie of 2021, period; even with conservative estimates, by the end of the weekend it will have slightly exceeded Space Jam: a new legacy for a place in the top 10.

The crown laden with asterisks “Best Box Office Performance of 2021” still belongs to Marvel, of course; Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings and Black Widow Always comfortably hold the # 1 and # 2 seats at the national box office, seated just above F9.