WhileVenom: The Last Danceis shaping up to earn much less than its predecessors in the franchise, it has still performed well enough to make it onto an impressive box office list. The film needs less than $2 million to becomeone of the top 100 highest-grossing superhero movies everat the domestic box office.Venom 3currently sits at $61 million domestically and $123 million internationally for a worldwide total of almost $185 million, making itone of the top 25 highest-grossing movies of the year domestically and worldwide.Venom: The Last Dancewas produced for a reported cost of $110 million, meaning the film has already earned back its production budget with more than $70 million to spare, but it still has a long way to go to be considered the same level of hit as previousVenomfilms.
While none of theVenommovies have been beloved by critics, they’ve been mostly well-liked by audiences, but the firstVenomwas a box office juggernaut. The film earned $213 million domestically and a whopping $642 million internationally for a worldwide total of $856 million, all on a reported budget of roughly the same asVenom: The Last Dance, $116 million. The second installment in the franchise,Venom: Let There Be Carnage, experienced a steep drop-off, earning $213 million domestically and $287 internationally for a worldwide haul of just over $500 million. Still holding the same budget,Venom 2can be considered a profitable endeavor for Sony, but it’s more than a $300 million fall from its predecessor, andVenom: The Last Danceis shaping up to earn significantly less thanLet There Be Carnage.
Why Have the ‘Venom’ Movies Dropped Consistently at the Box Office?
The firstVenommovie was viewed as aSpider-Manspin-off film and, at the time, plenty of people were holding out hope that Spider-Man would appear in the movie. With the releases ofMorbiusandMadame Webin the meantime, which are regarded as two of the worst comic book movies ever, Sony has lost almost all of its goodwill from fans that it had left. Until a Spider-Man appears in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, Sony’s superhero movies will certainly fail to reach the box office heights as the originalVenom.
Venom: The Last Danceis now playing in theaters everywhere. Stay tuned to Collider for futurebox office updates on the filmand find tickets below for a showtime near you.
Venom: The Last Dance
Eddie Brock, balancing life with the alien symbiote Venom, faces a complex struggle with a powerful new adversary threatening their existence and the world. As a turbulent alliance forms between man and symbiote, the duo embarks on a thrilling journey of survival, challenging their limits and ethical boundaries.
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