(AP) – “Venom: The Last Dance” enjoyed another weekend at the top of the box office. The Sony release starring Tom Hardy added USD26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
It was a relatively quiet weekend for North American movie theaters leading up to the presidential election. Charts were dominated by big studio holdovers, like “Venom 3,” “The Wild Robot” and “Smile 2,” while audiences roundly rejected the Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Robert Zemeckis reunion “Here.” Thirty years after “Forrest Gump,” “Here” opened to only USD5 million from 2,647 locations.
“Venom 3” only fell 49 per cent in its second weekend, which is a notably small drop for a superhero film, though it didn’t exactly open like one either. In two weeks, the movie has made over USD90 million domestically; The first two opened to over USD80 million. Globally, the picture is brighter given that it has already crossed the USD300 million threshold.
Meanwhile, Universal and Illumination’s “The Wild Robot” continues to attract moviegoers even six weeks in (and when it’s available by video on demand), placing second with USD7.6 million. That’s up 11 per cent from last weekend.
The animated charmer has made over USD121 million in North America and USD269 million worldwide. “‘The Wild Robot’ has quietly been this absolute juggernaut for the fall season,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “For that film to .