Will ‘Venom’ and ‘No Time to Die’ Inject the Box Office With Much-Needed Momentum?

James Bond fans witnessed the final outing for Daniel Craig's version of 007 in No Time To Die. The film has had a tough time, considering it was delayed from the beginning of 2020 until September 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

After a long wait, “No Time to Die” has finally opened in North American theaters, and on Thursday it brought in $6.3 million in preview screenings. It opens at approximately 4,407 screens this weekend.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAudiences are showing up in force to send Daniel Craig off in style.MGM’s “No Time to Die,” which marks the actor’s last stint as James Bond, opened to $6.3 million in Thursday previews, the best for a Bond film.

Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage has feasibly crossed $100M in five days, joining Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings as the fastest titles to do so at the pandemic domestic box office. Both titles are on a theatrical window exceeding 45 days.

To quote Daniel Craig in the latest No Time to Die Heineken commercial, the domestic opening and further offshore rollout of the 25th 007 title is poised to be “Well worth the wait.”

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFor cinema operators and Hollywood studios alike, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” has been the loudest indication yet that maybe, just maybe, the movie theater business can rebound from COVID-19 wreckage.The Sony Pictures supervillain sequel sunk its teeth into the box office with $90.1 million, a debut that’s impressively reminiscent of opening weekends prior to the global health crisis.

Following last year’s cancelation and this year’s postponements, the annual CineEurope convention kicks off today in Barcelona. And what better time for studios and overseas exhibition to come together and celebrate the theatrical experience as we come off of a banner international box office weekend led by MGM/Eon/Universal’s lively launch of No Time To Die.

Not only that, but it also exceeds the $80 million opening of the first “Venom” in 2018, putting it on course to join “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as the second post-shutdown film to reach $200 million domestic. Premium formats like IMAX were also a major factor behind the new pandemic era record, as Premium Large Formats accounted for 23% of the weekend gross.

Refresh for latest…: A big and busy weekend at the international box office reaffirmed the power of theatrical as MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die bonded with audiences to the tune of $119.1M, coming in over on yesterday’s estimates.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a hit!

Not only that, it also exceeds the $80 million opening of the first “Venom” in 2018, putting it on course to join “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as the second post-shutdown film to reach $200 million domestic. Premium formats like IMAX were also a major factor behind the new pandemic era record as 64% of tickets sold were premium tickets, bumping up the film’s performance.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Venom: Let There be Carnage” roared to $90 million in its debut, setting a new pandemic record.

Even without grading the film on a COVID-19 curve, that’s a very solid result for the sequel considering the original “Venom” earned an $80 million opening on 2018. Reception for “Venom 2,” which leans harder into the dark but silly humor of the symbiote antihero and his hapless human host Eddie, has been stronger than for the original film with a 59% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and an 86% audience score to go with a B+ CinemaScore.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is now in theaters and the film is performing better at the box office than anyone expected!

Ellise Shafer administrator“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is expected to dominate the domestic box office this weekend, with an estimated opening haul of $71.3 million.The Marvel sequel, which is distributed by Sony and playing exclusively in theaters, sank its teeth into $37.25 million on Friday from 4,225 locations.

Even without grading the film on a COVID-19 curve, that’s a very solid result for the sequel considering that the original “Venom” earned an $80 million opening on 2018. Reception for “Venom 2,” which leans harder into the dark but silly humor of the symbiote antihero and his hapless human host Eddie, has been stronger than for the original film with a 59% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and an 86% audience score.

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” the sequel to Sony’s hit superhero movie “Venom” from 2018, made $11.6 million at the box office Thursday, surpassing “Venom’s” $10 million Thursday numbers. The sequel to “Venom” opens alongside Warner Bros.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” roared to a monstrously good $11.6 million in Thursday previews, injecting an enervated box office with a much needed shot of adrenaline. The superhero sequel is a key piece in Sony Pictures’ grand ambitions to turn its licensing deal for Spider-Man into a grand Spider-verse (see upcoming films on wall-crawler villains such as Kraven the Hunter and Morbius).

BBC.The film, delayed several times by the coronavirus pandemic, made 13% more than “Spectre” (which opened on a Monday), but 26% below 2012’s “Skyfall.”Universal Pictures told the BBC that its the United Kingdom’s “widest theatrical release of all time.” It opened in 772 Cinemas in the U.K.