Tag: Venom
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Box Office: ‘Venom’ to Devour October Box Office Record With $80 Million, ‘A Star Is Born’ to Top $40 Million
Sony’s “Venom” is set to smash the previous opening weekend record for October with an estimated $80 million from 4,250 theaters.The film, which stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, who becomes the eponymous anti-hero Venom, is likely to beat out the last record-holder, “Gravity,” which debuted in 2013 to $55.7 million. Sony is projecting a…
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‘Venom’ Set to Obliterate October Opening Weekend Record
The October box office is off to an unprecedented start this weekend, as Columbia Pictures’ “Venom” is currently estimated to obliterate this month’s opening weekend record with an $81.7 million start from 4,250 screens.If that estimate holds, it would be 46 percent ahead of the previous October record set by “Gravity” five years ago with…
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Box Office: ‘Venom’ Awes With $10M in Thursday Previews; ‘A Star Is Born’ Nabs $3.2M
Sony’s comic book movie Venom slithered to a potent $10 million in Thursday-night previews at the North American box office, while Warner Bros.’ critical darling A Star Is Born likewise impressed in collecting $3.2 million, a strong start for an adult-skewing movie.Venom’s start marks an October record in terms of previews. And, combined with special…
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Box Office: ‘Venom’ Inhales Record $10 Million, ‘A Star Is Born’ Shines With $4.6 Million in Previews
Bradley CooperTom Hardy’s “Venom” earned an impressive $10 million at 3,543 North American locations on Thursday night — the top October number preview of all time.Lady Gaga’s musical drama “A Star Is Born” launched with a solid $4.6 million in previews, with $3.2 million on Thursday and $1.4 million for sneak showings on Tuesday and…
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Tom Hardy’s Top 10 Films, Ranked
Tom Hardy lunges onto megaplex screens this weekend as the super-powerful title character in “Venom.” So we thought it might be a good time to rank the award-winning actor’s Top 10 earlier screen performances, to better appreciate his prodigious talent and impressive versatility.10. Inception (2010)In Christopher Nolan’s fantastical sci-fi thriller about a team of dreamweavers…
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Unpacking ‘Venom’: Secret Success, Or A Turd in the Wind? [Podcast]
Welcome to another addition of The Playlist Podcast, the show where we discuss film reviews, film news, pop culture, and contemplate bringing an alien race of parasites to Earth. You know, the usual.On this episode, I’m joined once again by Playlist Managing Editor Charles Barfield, and today, we’re unfortunately not reviewing “A Star is Born”…
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‘Venom’ & ‘A Star is Born’ are Ready to Get October Off to a Strong Start
October 2018 is primed to get off to a record start with Sony’s release of Venom debuting in a massive 4,250 locations, which already serves as the widest October release of all-time. At stake is the October opening weekend record, currently held by Gravity and its $55.7 million debut back in 2013, but things don’t…
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‘Venom’s Long Road to the Big Screen, Explained
When Venom hits theaters on October 5th, it will have been a long time coming. Hollywood has been trying to bring the titular Marvel Comics character to the big screen for ages, with various different iterations from a number of filmmakers having been developed and then scrapped along the way. The version that finally made…
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‘Venom’: Tom Hardy’s Parasite Antihero Film Is Laughable & Septic [Review]
An idea is like a virus, they say. It’s resilient, highly contagious, and even the smallest seed of an idea can grow, and grow to define or destroy you. In Sony’s not-really-anti, anti-superhero movie about an extraterrestrial intestinal worm, an incredibly ill-advised idea takes hold and is seen through to the bitter, ridiculous end: the…
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Lady Gaga Fans Tweeting Fake ‘Venom’ Reviews To Help Promote ‘A Star Is Born’ As Twitter Is Still Horrible
As you’re sitting there reading this article in your office, at home, or from the bathroom, you probably have no idea that the world is in utter chaos. No, Trump didn’t say anything dumb or crazy today. Oh, never mind, he did. But other than that, the real reason why there is absolute madness in…