‘Venom’ sequel feasts on debut
Venom: Let There be Carnage roared to $90.1 million (Dh330.9 million) in its debut in North America, setting a new pandemic record. It’s an impressive result, one that provides a lifeline to struggling movie theatres and (once again) proves Marvel’s might at the box office. Venom: Let There be Carnage releases in the UAE on October 14. The much darker Venom follow-up comes from Sony Pictures and is separate from Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, which recently delivered Shang-Chi and the Legend
of the Ten Rings and Black Widow. If its first three days in theatres are any indication, Venom: Let There be Carnage looks to find itself among that group as 2021’s biggest earners. The film is playing only in cinemas in the US.
The supervillain sequel, starring Tom Hardy as the otherworldly lethal protector, blew past the benchmark set last July by Black Widow, which opened to $80 million in theatres. It made an additional $60 million on Disney Plus.