Box Office: 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' Lives Up To Expectation With An Impressive $11.6M Opening

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Los Angeles, October 1 - It was an excellent start for Sony's "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" at the box office. The Tom Hardy-fronted clocks in an impressive $11.6 million on Thursday from showtimes that began at 4 PM at 3,500 theaters. This is the second-best opening during the pandemic for a Hollywood pic after Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" which grossed $13.2M on Thursday night.

The Thursday preview haul of "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" is $1.6 million higher than "Venom's" (2018) $10 million. Venom went on to score $80 million in the opening weekend, including $32.5M on the first day at the domestic box office.



Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings" has the third-best Thursday opening during the covid-19 pandemic with $8.8 million followed by Universal Pictures' "Fast & Furious 9" (F9) which did $7.1M. "Venom 2" might surpass "F9's" opening weekend total of $70 million.

Sony has told the media that they're comping the sequel to Emily Blunt starrer horror thriller "A Quiet Place Part II" which did $47.5M over its 3 days of Memorial Day weekend, however, other tracking services and even major exhibitors' own internal projections have Venom 2 over $60M, which is looking quite possible at the moment.

The Andy Serkis-directed currently has Rotten Tomatoes review rating of 58% Rotten, which is higher than 2018's first installment of 30% Rotten. The audience rating for "Venom" was 81% Tomatoes while we will have to wait for how the audience reacts to its sequel.

Stay tuned...