“The Last Dance's Box Office Targets $150 Million Worldwide Opening”

Since the last few weekends of October in the US were cut off by strikes in the cinema market a year ago, one can only hope that the superhero sequel and the unpredictable attitude of cinemagoers towards prestige fare do not depress the cinema market even further.

Sony has its Marvel title this weekend Venom: The Last Dance, which, after the previous part, will certainly experience its lowest point in the trilogy (i.e. in the USA), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, opened in October 2021 to a franchise-high $90 million, fueled by fanboys' longing to return to theaters post-Covid.

The original Poison once had the opening record in October 2018 with $80.2 million before 2019 The Joker sent it off with $96.2 million.

Pre-sales and tracking between the US and Canada indicate an opening for Poison 3 that is just below that of 2022 Black Adam ($67 million) at $65 million. Overseas expects $85 million – possibly more – for an all-in global weekend $150 million. The threequel cost $120 million before P&A. Previous installments cost around $110 million.

Previews in the US and Canada begin Thursday at 2 p.m. Young men under 25 are first, followed by older men over 25, which is to be expected in a comic book film. The latest Poison The franchise's longtime writer and producer, Kelly Marcel, will direct. Star Tom Hardy co-wrote the screenplay with her and is also producing a story about Eddie and his nefarious alter ego Venom, who are on the run after being revealed to the world Let there be a bloodbath.

The previous two Poisons received B+ CinemaScores. In terms of reviews, the franchise has proven to be critic-proof, with the first film scoring 30% bad on Rotten Tomatoes and the second installment improving to 57%. The first Poison earned $213.5 million domestically and $856 million worldwide Let there be a bloodbath earned $213.5 million domestically and $506.8 million worldwide.

Venom: The Last Dance begins its international rollout on Wednesday and will be available in 90% of the offshore landscape this weekend, before joining France and Japan later.

In China, The Last Dance manages advance sales during the week. However, given the general market weakness, we don't expect the first film to bring in anywhere close to $107 million in theaters.

Let there be a bloodbath came out amazed as the pandemic eased. Geopolitics were different back then, and Russia contributed a lot to the start of this film.

Poison 2 Back then, they fed hungry audiences as the pandemic subsided; It did 58% of its business overseas, compared to 75% for the first film (which included a release in China). Poison 2 I didn't see any cinemas there from the inside).

Meanwhile, Focus Features opens its critically acclaimed papal thriller this week conclave to $4 million to $6 million in 1,742 theaters; Previews begin on Thursday at 2 p.m. Coming from Telluride and Toronto, conclavedirected by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, received a 95% positive rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The focus was only on the FilmNation title. We heard the entire production cost $20 million.

Elsewhere in the US, a major break in the romance between Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh is taking place with A24 and Studio Canal We live in time in 2,000 cinemas. It is expected to be around $5 million.