Box-Office Weekend: Venom Takes Over

The top film of the box-office weekend seven days ago, Smile 2, found itself relegated to second place this weekend as Venom: The Last Dance debuted in first place and bested last weekend’s top film by $41.6 million.

In its first weekend of release, Venom: The Last Dance brought in $51.0 million for Sony Pictures Releasing. This was more than enough to unseat last weekend’s top film, Smile 2, and take control of the top ten. Despite falling to second place, Smile 2 still managed to bring in $9.4 million in its second weekend of release for Paramount Pictures, bringing its overall total to $40.7 million. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures saw The Wild Robot drop a spot and claim third place with $6.5 million in its fifth week of release – raising its total to $111.4 million. Focus Features enjoyed a $6.5 million debut for Conclave as well as a fourth-place finish as the film finished just south of The Wild Robot. In fifth place, A24’s We Live in Time took in $4.84 million to retain its spot from last weekend.

After finishing in third place last weekend, Cineverse’s Terrifier 3 fell three spots to a sixth-place finish where it added $4.80 million, bringing its three-week total to $44.5 million. Similarly, the Warner Brothers’ release, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice dropped to seventh-place this weekend, where it took in $3.2 million – after finishing in fourth last weekend – bringing its eight-week total to $288.7 million. Neon saw its Anora debut in the top ten in eighth place with $867,142 taken in during its second weekend in release – lifting its overall total to $1.6 million. Falling two spots from last weekend, Piece by Piece brought in $721,000 over the weekend, raising the Focus Features product’s three-week total to $8.9 million. Finally, Paramount Pictures saw Transformers One drop two spots to land in tenth place this weekend, earning $720,000. This gives the film a six-week total of $57.9 million.

Three films exited the top ten of the weekend box office over the course of the last three days. After four weeks, the Warner bros. release Joker: Folie à Deux brought in a total of $57.8 million but failed to make the top ten this weekend after claiming sixth place a week ago. Meanwhile, last weekend’s ninth-place finisher, Saturday Night, couldn’t crack the top ten again this week and instead settled for a five week total of $8.9 million taken in for Sony Pictures Releasing. Finally, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures saw the 2024 re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas bring in a total of $5.8 Million during its three weeks of release before dropping from the top ten.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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