#FIRSTLOOK: “VENOM: THE LAST DANCE” STRUTS TO #1 IN OPENING

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE struts into top spot in its opening weekend with $50 million from 4,131 theatres for Sony Pictures. It gets 39% on the Tomatometer. Best opening for the Franchise still goes to 2021’s VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE with $90 million. This will be the final film in the Trilogy starring Tom Hardy.

Second is last week’s champ, SMILE 2 with $10.8 million, a two week total of $42 million for Paramount Pictures.

Third up is THE WILD ROBOT with $6 million, a tally of $110 million over five weekends for Universal Pictures.

CONCLAVE is set to debut with $5.3 million from 1,753 theatres for Focus Features/Elevation Pictures. Rotten Tomatoes score is an excellent 92% for this TIFF ’24 selection.

Fifth is TERRIFIER 3 with $4.5 million for Cineverse, a run of $45.2 million over three weekends – very impressive for this small budget Horror.