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    Venom (2018)

    I'm surprised there's not even a trailer posted for this fan favorite.



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    Our newest exclusive web article

    Enter the SUMC. READ VENOM: Not Five, Just A Deadly One by Patrick Lugo

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    $80m

    Wow, I did not see that coming. I went with Patrick to the screener. We enjoyed the film, but I didn't think it would do this well.

    NOT ENOUGH SUPERHEROES
    Venom just had the best October opening weekend ever
    8:16 a.m. ET


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    The world may have enough superheroes, but audiences can't seem to get enough of comic book movies.

    Venom, Sony's new film about the popular Spider-Man villain that cuts Spider-Man out of the picture entirely, blew away expectations this weekend by grossing $80 million in the U.S, per Box Office Mojo. This is quite easily the biggest October opening weekend ever; the previous record-holder was 2013's Gravity, which opened to $55 million.

    With this showing, Venom far surpassed the Friday estimates that had put it closer to $60 million, Deadline reported at the time. Worldwide, the movie took in a total of $205 million. Considering the budget is estimated to only be about $100 million, per Forbes, this is a big win for Sony and indicates that its planned universe of films based on Spider-Man characters is good to go. Impressively, the movie also bested Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp, which opened to $75 million over the summer.

    Venom saw this success despite toxic reviews, with critics panning the film and with its Rotten Tomatoes score sitting at 31 percent. But average viewers seemed to disagree, as CinemaScore found that a sampling of moviegoers from around the country gave Venom a rating of B+. It remains to be seen how the film will continue to perform in the coming weeks, but this great debut is already enough for Sony to feel satisfied. Brendan Morrow
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    Venom Opens in China With Record Box Office

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    Sony's Venom opened in China this week and has already posted the largest opening day box office totals for a solo superhero film in the country.

    The popular Marvel antihero film opened to $34.2 million on its first day of wide release including $2.5 million earned during Thursday night previews. This puts it over 2016's Captain America: Civil War which had opened to $30 million as the previous record holder for a solo superhero film release in the country and the second-highest for a superhero film overall.

    The highest-earning opening day for a superhero film remains this year's Avengers: Infinity War with the ensemble film earning a record-breaking $71 million on its first day in China this past summer, largely from ticket presales.

    This puts the Sony superhero film on track to earn close to $100 million in China during its opening weekend and the film should easily clear $600 million at the worldwide box office after clearing the $500 million mark last week.

    Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a script by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker, Venom stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, and Woody Harrelson. The film is out in theaters now.
    Their movie posters were pretty sweet too . . .
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    RIP Stan Lee

    NOVEMBER 14, 2018 8:44AM PT
    China Mourns Stan Lee, Whose Last Creation Was a Chinese Superhero
    By BECKY DAVIS


    CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Grief over the death of Stan Lee has taken the Internet by storm in China, with the local hashtag “Stan Lee has passed” trending No. 1 on social media and viewed more than a staggering 1.21 billion times by Wednesday evening – equivalent to nearly once per person in the world’s most populous country.

    Fans mourned the legendary comic book creator by posting remembrances on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, and by flocking to cinemas to watch “Venom” in tribute to Marvel and to Lee himself, who makes a cameo appearance in the film. Many posted pictures of their tickets alongside condolences over the man some had affectionately dubbed “grandpa.”

    “I cried while watching ‘Venom’, and am still applauding for grandpa – the biggest superhero of all has left us,” one Internet user wrote. “Thank you Stan Lee for the heroic dreams you’ve gifted us,” another posted beneath a photo of her pair of movie tickets.

    Lee’s studio revealed last month that his next character would be a Chinese superhero named Jewel, based on the Hong Kong-based pop singer Gloria Tang Tsz-kei, or G.E.M., who is sometimes referred to as China’s Taylor Swift.

    “I never thought that one day I’d have the chance to become a superhero! Super, invincibly excited!” Tang wrote in announcing the news on both Instagram and Weibo, posting photos of herself with a cardboard cutout of Lee and holding a poster of the red-haired character, who sports a pointy-shouldered suit and a light saber-like weapon in each hand.

    Chinese company Camsing International, which bought Lee’s POW! Entertainment last year, said it would press on with developing Lee’s new creations.

    Jackie Chan’s online tribute to Lee mentioned his desire to create a China-inspired project. “Many years ago I met him in the US with the feeling of a fan meeting his idol,” Chan wrote on Weibo. “At the time he said he hoped that he could work with me to make a Chinese superhero movie. All these years, we always hoped to make that wish a reality… Goodbye, superhero.”

    Lee had made forays to China in his latter years, with a photo of him at the Great Wall in Beijing from last year circulating widely online. The day after his death, G.E.M. posted a photo of the two of them on Instagram and wrote: “So shocked, so sad….It’s my honour to have met you and share meetings on your creative and thought process.”

    Huge numbers of Chinese fans made the connection between Lee’s death at 95 and that of iconic martial arts writer Louis Cha Leung Yung, known by his pen name Jin Yong, who died two weeks ago at 94. His funeral was held the same day as Lee’s death.

    “If comics hadn’t had Stan Lee, it’d be like if martial arts had never had Jin Yong. Let’s pay tribute to two great legends of the east and west,” wrote one fan.

    “Venom” opened last week in China and crushed the competition over the weekend, raking in $102 million before Lee’s death Monday. It was the fifth-largest opening of any film this year in China and the second-largest opening ever for a superhero film.
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    Venom still killin it in PRC

    I wish I could say that we ran our review because we saw this was coming for Venom in PRC. But no, we did not see this coming. Why did Venom do so well in PRC? Timing?

    NOVEMBER 18, 2018 10:43PM PT
    China Box Office: ‘Venom’ Enjoys Spectacular $87 Million Second Weekend
    By PATRICK FRATER
    Asia Bureau Chief


    CREDIT: COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES

    “Venom” enjoyed a spectacular $87 million second weekend at the Chinese box office. That was almost double the opening score by “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” in the Middle Kingdom.

    According to data that excludes online ticket fees, supplied by Asian theatrical industry consultant Artisan Gateway, “Venom” scored $87.2 million, a drop of just 14% from its opening weekend. Its 10-day cumulative score is $187 million.

    That figure is claimed to be the highest-ever second weekend in China by a superhero movie. The cumulative score and the film’s momentum put “Venom’s” box office in China on course to overtake the film’s $210 million performance in North America.

    By comparison, the new “Fantastic Beasts” installment managed only $34.8 million, in second place. About $4.5 million of that came from performances at 557 Imax venues.

    The figures are significantly lower than for the first “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” That released in China in 2016, with a $40.8 million first weekend and an eventual total of $86 million.

    “Venom” and “Grindelwald” had largely similar performances Friday, with “Grindelwald” enjoying the higher screen counts: about 125,000 performances, compared with some 105,000 screenings for “Venom.” But on Saturday, exhibitors switched their loyalty and resources to the holdover title. Some “Venom” watchers were Stan Lee fans who said they were buying tickets and seeing the film in honor of the legendary comic book creator, who died last week.

    The cumulative box office for all films on release in China this weekend stood at $146 million, according to Artisan Gateway. That gives a year-to-date net total of $7.45 billion, about 9.7% ahead of 2017.

    Third place this past weekend belonged to Chinese new release “Cool Fish,” which scored $8.9 million. Fourth place was taken by Japan’s “Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer,” with $5.1 million in its second weekend. After 10 days on release, it has a $15.8 million cumulative.

    Chinese film “Last Letter,” a romance starring Zhou Xun, dropped from fourth to fifth place, but held up well. It earned $4.5 million in its second weekend, down only 17% from its opening $5.4 million.
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    Venom extension

    I'm astonished this is doing so well in PRC. I'm not sure why.

    China Box Office: 'Venom' Gets Release Extension, 'Bumblebee' Locks Down Date
    10:12 PM PST 12/4/2018 by Patrick Brzeski


    Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment
    'Venom'

    Some 26 days into its release, Sony's Spider-Man spinoff continues to earn more than $1 million per day, building on its $265 million China total.
    Sony's Venom has been granted a somewhat rare 30-day release extension in China, where it continues to build on its already heroic $265 million box-office total.

    The Sony superhero tentpole opened in the Middle Kingdom on Nov. 9, decisively ending a blockbuster dry spell by becoming one of the biggest Hollywood imports of the year, second only to Avengers: Infinity War ($360 million). Some 26 days into its release, the Tom Hardy-starring Spider-Man spinoff continues to earn more than $1 million per day.

    China's film bureau initially grants imported Hollywood films a release permit of 30 days, and on the rare occasions where the title is still earning considerable revenue near the end of that duration, the U.S. studio may apply for an extension.

    Venom's phenomenal success in China represents a big win for Sony film chief Tom Rothman, as well as Chinese internet giant Tencent, which took a high 25 percent equity stake in the film. Its momentum will finally be dampened Friday with the release of Warner Bros. and DC's Aquaman, directed by James Wan.

    Also heading to China soon is Universal's The Grinch on Dec. 14, followed by Paramount's Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, which just locked down a release date of Jan. 4.

    Michael Bay's Transformers franchise has been one of the most successful U.S. film properties ever in China, with the last two installments, The Last Knight and Age of Extinction, earning $229 million and $320 million, respectively.
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    Venom 2

    What Gollum?

    NEWS JULY 26, 2019 2:24PM PT
    ‘Venom 2’: Andy Serkis, ‘Bumblebee’ Helmer Among Candidates to Direct
    By JUSTIN KROLL
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    CREDIT: VIANNEY LE CAER/INVISION/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

    With “Spider-Man: Far From Home” crossing the $1 billion worldwide box-office milestone, Sony is now looking to get the “Venom” sequel off the ground and executives recently met with a handful of new directing candidates.

    Sources tell Variety that Andy Serkis, “Bumblebee” director Travis Knight and Rupert Wyatt are among the directors meeting for the coveted job on the film that has Tom Hardy set to return in the title role. Insiders say these are just meetings and no one has moved into a front-runner position.

    Ruben Fleischer directed the first pic in 2018, but is not returning as he is in post-production on “Zombieland: Double Tap.”

    Sony hopes to shoot the film in the fall.

    “Venom,” from Sony Pictures’ arsenal of Marvel characters, grossed a massive $855 million worldwide. The news comes after the studio recently dated an untitled Marvel sequel for October 2020. Comic-book enthusiasts put the pieces together to assume that slot was for “Venom 2,” giving it the same release date as its predecessor.

    The next film in this universe is “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto, which is set to bow next summer.

    Kelly Marcel wrote the script for the sequel. Serkis previously directed “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” and “Breathe.” Wyatt directed “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and more recently, “Captive State.”

    The first “Venom” also starred Michelle Williams and featured a last-minute cameo by Woody Harrelson as chief Venom villain Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage.

    Sony had no comment.
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    Precious!

    Time for an indie Venom 2 from the Venom (2018) thread.

    NEWS AUGUST 5, 2019 2:24PM PT
    Andy Serkis to Direct ‘Venom’ Sequel
    By JUSTIN KROLL
    Film Reporter
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    Andy Serkis is set to direct Sony’s “Venom 2,” a sequel to last year’s superhero box office smash starring Tom Hardy.

    Serkis was among a handful of filmmakers that met earlier this month, a group that included “Bumblebee” helmer Travis Knight and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes'” Rupert Wyatt. Ruben Fleischer directed the first movie in 2018, but isn’t returning as he is in post-production on the studio’s “Zombieland: Double Tap.” Sony hopes to shoot the follow-up to “Venom” in the fall.

    Hardy is returning as the journalist-turned-alien symbiote. “Venom,” from Sony Pictures’ catalog of Marvel characters, became a surprise hit for the studio. The comic-book adventure grossed $213 million at the domestic box office and a massive $855 million worldwide. The news comes after Sony recently dated an untitled Marvel sequel for October 2020. Superhero enthusiasts put the pieces together to assume that slot was for “Venom 2,” giving it the same release date as its predecessor.

    Best known for his performance capture work in the “Lord of the Rings” and “Planet of the Apes” movies, Serkis has started moving behind the camera in recent years, most recently directing Netflix’s “Jungle Book” spinoff “Mowgli.” His other filmmaking credits include “Breathe” starring Andrew Garfield and Felicity Jones.

    Serkis is repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment LA.
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