There are a lot of genre films in theaters and somehow Columbia Picture’s Venom (read my review) is just devouring all the money. Dropping only 56% in its second, the Spider-Man spinoff pulled in yet another estimated $35.7M here in the States with $69.7M more internationally. The global take as of this writing is sitting at an eye-popping $378M. As we previously explained, these numbers are so astronomical (it’s already in profit zone off the $100M reported budget) that there will be a sequel, presumably featuring Woody Harrelson‘s Cletus Kasady (Carnage) as the antagonist.
Sony’s Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (read John’s review) opened to a disappointing $16.2M off a $35M budget. The film’s success is solely going to based on the film’s international numbers, which need to land in similar territory as the first with $150M. This is highly unlikely.
In other numbers:
CBS Films’ Hell Fest (my review) is shutting down way before Halloween with an excruciating $11M worldwide take; Fox’s Shane Black-directed The Predator (review) is sitting at $123M (although there is a Chinese release forthcoming); and Eli Roth‘s children’s horror film The House With a Clock In Its Walls (review) has made its way up to $101M on its $42M budget (this is getting interesting).
As for New Line Cinema’s The Nun (review), the Conjuring spinoff is now enjoying a $359M global take, which is just stupid ridiculous on the $22M reported budget.
Next week: HALLOWEEN.
