10-14-2018, 05:48 PM | #341 |
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Venom is #1 for the 2nd week in a roll. It made about $35.7 Million at the box office. Bringing up $378 million in total. Looks like the people have spoken. Venom is where its at.
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10-15-2018, 11:02 PM | #342 |
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Yes amazing news.
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10-16-2018, 05:34 AM | #344 |
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10-26-2018, 08:51 PM | #345 |
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Venom Was A Massive Box Office Success
https://screenrant.com/venom-movie-b...mpaign=SR-FB-P After only a few weeks in theaters, it's safe to say Venom is a box office success. Sony, admittedly, hasn't had the best luck adapting Marvel Comics for the big screen over the past decade. Sam Raimi's watershed Spider-Man trilogy flamed out after a mediocre third installment and the Amazing Spider-Man reboot couldn't make it past two entries. As a result, Sony agreed to a groundbreaking deal with Marvel Studios that allowed Peter Parker to become part of the MCU, but they still maintained the rights to some 900 characters that could headline their own features. Looking to get back in the superhero movie game, Sony moved forward with a standalone Venom film starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. Some viewers were confused or concerned about how the character could work without Spider-Man, but the studio managed to pull it off. Though Venom had a rough go at it from a critical perspective, it's in fine shape commercially. Sony had a lot riding on Venom; as alluded to above, the studio was interested in launching a new line of comic book movies, developing films for characters like Morbius and Kraven the Hunter. Of course, the first one out of the gates needed to be a hit, and Venom certainly was that. The film rewrote the history books, grossing $80.2 million in its first three days domestically. That set a new all-time high for an October opening weekend, sailing past the $55.7 million posted by Gravity in 2013. Even with critically-acclaimed Best Picture frontrunner A Star is Born coming out on the same day, Venom proved to be the movie of choice for most viewers. Sony's decision to pursue a PG-13 rating proved to be beneficial. October was also an ideal window for Venom's release. Before Eddie and his symbiote friend arrived on the scene, there had been a shortage of high-profile blockbusters on the market. While there were some box office smashes between the premieres of Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Venom, none of them were four-quadrant genre pictures. Especially after Shane Black's The Predator failed to leave much of an impression, it was easy to see a scenario where Venom capitalized on growing demand for a tentpole. It also faced minimal competition in the fall, with most of the other movies appealing to an entirely different target demographic. If Venom was a summer movie, things may not have gone so smoothly. Getting out to that strong start was great, especially since Venom (like most of the box office) was dwarfed by Halloween this past weekend. To date, Venom has grossed a robust $172.3 million in the U.S., already placing in the top 10 on the 2018 charts. It will surely move up a couple of spots during the rest of its run, padding its totals before the last wave of major releases this year arrives. There isn't another high-profile franchise installment on the horizon until Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in mid-November, though titles like Bohemian Rhapsody should draw sizable crowds in the interim. Venom actually out-performed some other modern origin stories, including MCU Phase 1 titles like Thor and Captain America. Still, a case can be made its North American haul isn't overly impressive (at least for now). While $172.3 million isn't anything to be sneezed at, the movie did sport a $100 million production budget, meaning its domestic numbers alone are not enough to get it to profitability. Fortunately, the record-breaking hit is an even bigger smash internationally, where it's done real damage. |
10-27-2018, 09:31 AM | #346 |
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Good to hear. As much as Eddie Brock needs Peter Parker it really was a decent film.
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10-27-2018, 02:21 PM | #347 |
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I’ve heard mixed reviews. Not the best but not the worst. I think I’ll wait for it to hit the redbox machine.
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10-27-2018, 06:15 PM | #348 |
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Saw this last week. First half wasn't great, sure, but it really picked up toward the end. Despite some weak dialogue it really lets itself go and just becomes a fun movie, totally opposite of the "try too hard to be gritty" theme I got from the trailers. Ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected. I'm hoping from some sort of director's cut on Blu-ray.
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10-27-2018, 07:42 PM | #350 |
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Hmmm.... I don't think it's too violent to be honest. Other than a few cuss words (pussy) and the obligatory scene of Brock and his girl knocking boots to establish their relationship, it shouldn't be too bad, depending on what you consider too much for your kids.
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10-30-2018, 06:33 AM | #351 |
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VENOM Has Officially Passed $500 Million Worldwide Making A Sequel Announcement Inevitable
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/venom...itable-a164404 Despite not receiving a particularly good response from critics, moviegoers have clearly embraced Venom because the movie has now passed $500 million worldwide after four weeks in theaters. In total, the movie has made just over $508 million and considering the fact that it cost around $100 million to make, there's no way Sony Pictures execs isn't happy with this result. It's said that Venom needed to surpass $450 million to turn a profit (bear in mind that marketing costs and the like aren't included in the figure above) and with a release in China and Japan looming which could push it as high as $700 million - $750 million at the global box office, neither this symbiote nor Sony's live-action Spider-Verse will be going anywhere any time soon! By the time all is said and done, Venom will more than likely end up in the same ballparks as movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy and it wouldn't be at all surprising if a sequel is announced before 2018 is over. What will be really interesting, though, is seeing whether or not changes behind the scenes will be made following those reviews. ———— Congrats Venom & Sony. |
10-30-2018, 01:34 PM | #352 |
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I'm excited to rent this when it's available digitally. It should help that my expectations are pretty low due to the reviews I saw.
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11-02-2018, 07:40 PM | #353 |
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Finally a first look at another home video edition of the Movie, this time with an action figure!
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11-04-2018, 01:36 AM | #354 |
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I got back from seeing this movie. It's okay, I suppose. Not sure how I feel about about a couple of things in the movie..
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11-04-2018, 01:46 AM | #355 |
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Couple of weeks after seeing it now. Still say it was OK. But largely forgot about it.
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11-05-2018, 10:45 AM | #356 |
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That steelbook is glorious. Now I have to know if I like this movie.
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11-11-2018, 06:51 PM | #357 |
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Venom made $111m in it Chinese debut making it the 2nd biggest superhero movie opening debut behind Avengers: Infinity War’s $190m. The film is on track for $800m for a movie critics said wont surpass $450m.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.for...obal-cume/amp/ Venom' Passes 'Justice League' At The Worldwide Box Office https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/11...de-box-office/ Whoa, congrats Venom on the big wins!! ‘Venom' Passes 'Star Wars' at All-Time Worldwide Box Office https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/11...de-box-office/ It has been a huge week for Venom, whose release in China on November 11th skyrocketed the film's box office numbers, making it one the newest film to rank in the Top 100 Highest Grossing Films list. The other newest addition is Incredibles 2, which is now ranked at #15. Venom, which made $210 million domestically, surpassed Justice League last week after it earned $34.7 million on its opening day in China alone. This feat makes the film, which was directed by Ruben Fleischer, the second-biggest opening day earner of a superhero movie in the country's box office history. After a full week, it has now beaten the original Star Wars, which grossed $775.4 million worldwide. That puts Venom's new numbers at $780.5 million. It also managed to surpass Guardians of the Galaxy, which stands firm at $773.3 million. Venom's current ranking is #84 on the worldwide list, moving towards Deadpool and Spider-Man 2, which currently stand at $783.1 million and $783.8 million, respectively. There's a good chance it's going to keeping moving up the list and we can't help but keep a close eye on its movements. #Venom reaches $822M at the worldwide box office, surpassing ‘Wonder Woman’ (via @ERCboxoffice) https://twitter.com/getfandom/status...103597056?s=21 Venom is killing it, wowza. Official Venom blu ray trailer. IM SCREAMING |
11-28-2018, 05:10 AM | #358 |
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11-28-2018, 06:59 AM | #359 |
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Is this as bad as Suicide Squad? As bad as the Fantastic Fours?
Is it at least as good as Amazing Spider-Man or Iron Man 2? I think it’d be fun to list one comic book movie this is better than and one it is worse than. It’s all subjective, but it’s hard to get a feel for the reception to this movie. Glad to see the release date is so soon, so I can decide for myself. |
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