After a slow start, Venom: The Last Dance it gained ground in its second weekend. Sony's comic book film fell 49% to $26.1 million on 4,131 screens, capping an overall quiet weekend ahead of the closely contested presidential race.
The final episode in Poison trilogy has now earned $90 million domestically. Abroad, The last dance continued to perform well above its domestic earnings – in line with the first two films in the series – grossing another $68.4 million for a foreign total of $227 million and $317 million globally, which is slightly higher than Venom: Let there be carnage at the same point in their runs.
But what one has given, the other takes away. Miramax and Sony's adult drama Here — which reunites Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright — only managed a fifth-place finish with an estimated $5 million from 2,642 screens. Nor did the poorly reviewed film gain traction among moviegoers, who gave it a B-CinemaScore (that's a low grade for an adult drama with such a high-profile cast). The film felt incredibly older, with nearly half the audience over 55.
Miramax financed the film, which reportedly cost $45 million net before release. Sony acquired domestic rights in exchange for a distribution fee. The story, which uses numerous special effects to make its stars appear younger and younger, follows a couple – and their home – not just across decades, but across millennia.
The trivia of the weekend was Clint Eastwood Juror n.2which is getting a string of qualifiers in theaters before going to Max. It was always expected to go straight to streaming, at least in the US, and is the first of Eastwood's films to not have a traditional theatrical release, generating a lot of excitement .
Warner did not release grosses for the film in North America, but reported numbers from abroad, where Juror n.2 it grossed $5 million from six markets where its films performed particularly well, such as France. The studios say the limited foreign release in a total of eight markets is designed to support the film's upcoming debut on Max (no streaming date has been announced).
Among the remainder, DreamWorks Animation and Universal The wild robot he's turning out to be an Energizer Bunny. It held at No. 2 in its sixth weekend, and rose 11%. The family film grossed another $76 million from 3,232 theaters for domestic volume and $269 million globally.
Paramount and Temple Hill Smile 2 placed third in its third release, surpassing the $100 million mark at the global box office. The film fell 29% in North America to $6.8 million, for a domestic gross of $52.6 million and $109.7 million (it's unusual for a horror film to travel so well overseas, where the sequel grossed $57.1 million).
Contestant in the Focus Features' Awards Conclave continued to impress, dropping just 20% in its second outing and climbing back up the chart's top 10 to No. 4 with $5.3 million from 1,796 screens. Produced and financed by FilmNation and Indian Paintbrush, the Oscar nominee has now earned a promising $15.2 million domestically.
The player of the A24 awards We live in time came in sixth place in its third weekend with $3.5 million from 2,964 for a domestic tally of $17.7 million
Other films on the awards circuit are progressing more slowly. Neon is acclaimed Anora it earned $1.9 million while expanding to a total of 253 theaters. Searchlight's A real pain it was anything but a drag opening in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The film had an average per-theater gross of $60,000, the third best of the year so far (Anora is number 1 in this sense).
Most Hollywood studios are holding off on their biggest, most commercial titles until mid-November due to the Nov. 5 election. This is especially true for next weekend, but this weekend also had an impact on the marquee. The gap has led to room for alternative content. Three Indian films, for example, were released nationwide and two finished in the top 10.