Sony’sVenom: Let There Be CarnageFrom showtimes that began at 4:00 PM yesterday at 3,475 theaters, a $11.6M Thursday evening was raised.
To date the top previews during the pandemic have been Disney/Marvel’sBlack Widowwhich started at 5PM (sans Disney+ Premier for the night) with $13.2M, Disney/Marvel’sShang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Ringswhich grossed $8.8M from showtimes at 6 p.m., and Universal’s F9Which made $7.1M on 7PM shows.
We were previously told that first-day advance tickets sales for Andy Serkis-directed movies were quite strong. The current Rotten Tomatoes’ review rating forVenom 2is at 58% Rotten, which is higher than the 2018’s first installment of 30% Rotten. We’ll see how audience exits settle. They’re always high with fans on Thursday night and even out by tonight.
Sony has told the media that they’re comping the sequel toA Quiet Place Part IIwhich did $47.5M over its 3 days of Memorial Day weekend, however, other tracking services and even major exhibitors’ own internal projections have Venom 2Over $60M
MGM/United Artists Releasing/Bron Creative’sThe Addams Family 2.Previews were held at 4pm. The pic is available for rent at 4,207 locations. It is expected that the pic will gross in the teens within three days. Conrad Vernon directed the first movie in 2019, which opened at $24.2M.
Voltage Pictures’ had two special showings of YA romance threequelAfter We FellThis solid collection was collected $627KBoth the 7pm & 10pm Fathom Events Shows are open.
Warner Bros.’The Many Saints of NewarkThe previews for HBO Max’s day-and-date theatrical production did not take place Thursday night.
Disney’sShang-ChiGrossed over $200MYesterday was the first domestic movie during the recent pandemic to surpass that mark. Already a week ago, we reported that the MCU title had been surpassed.Black WidowTo becomes the most popular movie about the pandemic in Canada and the U.S.