For a pure animation film geared at families (not hybrid), that’s the biggest opening during the pandemic. Sony’s Venom 2 wasn’t the only film raining cash on exhibition, but MGM/United Artists Releasing’s Addams Family 2put up a great $18M at 4,207 theaters, even though it was available in homes on PVOD for a 48-hour rental at $19.99. Imax reports that Venom 2 drew $9.6M WW, $8.6M of that from 402 screens stateside and the large format exhibitor’s best domestic opening during the pandemic and third-best ever for October. Imax, PLFs and 3D are repping 64% of the pic’s gross with Cinemark’s XD seeing the strongest October performance of all-time. Venom 2‘s Saturday is $31.6M, -15% from Friday/Thursday previews total of $37.29M, and Sunday is projected to be $21.2M. Twain: The death of movies has been greatly exaggerated.”
We are also pleased that patience and theatrical exclusivity have been rewarded with record results. Venom 2‘s opening here in the US and Canada, while the highest we’ve seen during the pandemic, is the second-best ever for the month of October, behind Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Bron’s Joker ($96.2M).īeamed Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group, “We are so grateful to Tom, Andy, Kelly and all of the many gifted contributors who made such a unique and fun film. It’s a nice validation of the theatrical strategy.” That strategy is paying off, which we’re happy about.
We had confidence in the theatrical experience, confidence in our big valuable IP, and took full advantage and had the patience to weather all of this. “If you look at the history of theatrical, the obituaries have been written many times, and they’ve always been wrong. “For us, Venom: Let There Be Carnage absolutely validates our exclusive theatrical window strategy,” said Sony President, Motion Pictures Group Josh Greenstein. Netflix's 'Red Notice' Beats Out Disney's 'Shang-Chi' And 'Jungle Cruise' On Movie-Heavy Nielsen U.S.