Summary
Now thatVenom: The Last Danceis officially out in theaters, it’s time for Sony to see if the promise of its most popular series in its person Spiderverse coming to an end could lead to a big box office. With the movie just getting early returns, nothing is certain. But early indicators aren’t painting a rosy picture.
In fact, it turns out that if the preliminary numbers hold true, Sony is about to get some really bad news.Venom: The Last Danceis arguably the most hyped installment of the threeVenommovies. Sony obviously brought back Tom Hardy, but it also inserted some other well-established, well-known stars, such as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, and Rhys Ifans, to help get people excited for the final chapter. It doesn’t appear pulling out the stops didn’t do the trick.
Venom: The Last Dance Off To Rough Box Office Start
According toDeadline, the Thursday preview box office turnout was expected to be around $8 million. Though the site did say there was a chance that a late night push domestically could bring in more money, that preview night number isn’t great. The full weekend projection is even worse asVenom: The Last Dancekeepsgetting hit with bad signs. Those projections show that the Tom Hardy’s swansong as the character could top out at a $65 million opening weekend stateside. Should that come to pass, it would mark easily the worst opening weekend for any movie in the trilogy.
Venom: The Last Dance’sreviews just days beforethe film’s release are likely part of the reason things aren’t going well. Should that number be accurate it would also mean a dropoff of about $20 million from the opening weekend ofVenom: Let There Be Carnage. The first two movies in the trilogy did not exactly have massive opening weekends, but considering that October is not the most lucrative month of the year for superhero movies, the fact thatCarnageandVenomwere the third and fourth best for the month, shows just how muchThe Last Dancehas fallen off.
Venom: The Last Dance
Cast
Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach
Release Date
Jun 02, 2025
When compared toother recent superhero movies, DC’sBlack AdamandJoker: Folie a Deuxboth experienced similar struggles. The Rock starring vehicle brought in $7.6M in previews before making $26.6M on its opening Friday and $67M for the first weekend it was in theaters. TheJokersequel is the most recent demonstration of an absolute disaster in this genre. After a relatively OK $7M preview day, the box office absolutely fell apart for the rest of the weekend and only brought in $37 million for the entire opening weekend.
That poor opening forJoker: Folie a Deuxhas even forced Warner Bros. to bring the movie to home digital much faster than the regular timeframe as it will be purchasable or rentable in comic bookmovie lovers on October 29. It’s possible that a similar fate might be on the way forVenom: The Last Dance, should its domestic box offices be as bad as they are projected to be. One saving grace might be that overseas earnings have always been better for the first two movies in the trilogy than domestic numbers.
