Hollywood
Box Office: 'Venom 2' Storms Past $400 Million At Global Box Office
Los Angeles, November 5 - Sony's "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" has stormed past $400 million at the worldwide box office and becomes the fifth Hollywood film to achieve the milestone since the beginning of the pandemic. The collection includes $191.6M domestically and $212.5M at the international box office for an overall $404 million so far. ## The Tom Hardy-starrer took the biggest pandemic opening at the domestic box office, going on to a $90.1M opening weekend which is the second-best ever for the month of October. During that same weekend, it opened to $13.8 million in Russia, which is the best debut of any film during the health crisis, and Sony's biggest opening ever in the country. ## Among the top 5 overseas markets for "Venom: Let There Be Carnage", Russia leads with $31.4M followed by Mexico ($22M), the UK ($20.7M), Korea ($17.2M), and France ($10.8M) to date. In India, the movie grossed over Rs. 16 crores in the opening week. In other achievements, the Venom sequel is the second-biggest movie of the pandemic era in Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Colombia, Ukraine, Central America, Argentina, and Ecuador.## China, where "Venom" (2018) had grossed a whopping $269 million, is yet to set a release date for the sequel. Australia is the next major market where it is scheduled to debut on November 25, followed by Japan on December 3. If the Andy Serkis-directed sequel gets released in China, the final global box office numbers could go past $600 million. ## Meanwhile, "Venom 2" is the second-biggest Hollywood film at the North American box office, after Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings", which has grossed over $222 million to date. It is now eyeing to enter a $200 million domestic hauls. ## Stay tuned...
