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 $55.7 million.
Even the more conservative $70 million estimate Sony is projecting would be 25 percent above the record.
“Venom” earned $32.8 million — including an October record $10 million from Thursday previews — and performed solidly with Marvel fans with a B+ on CinemaScore.With critics giving the film just a 31 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, we will see if the approval from hardcore Spider-Man fans translates into interest with general audiences to sustain the film in later weeks.
Another Sony film that earned a B+ on CinemaScore,
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