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‘Venom 3’ slinks to $51 million, lowest opening weekend of comic book trilogy

15 comments

  1. [14]
    zini
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    They made a third Venom?

    They made a third Venom?

    27 votes
    1. mantrid
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      That was my reaction as well. I don't remember seeing anything about it until just now.

      That was my reaction as well. I don't remember seeing anything about it until just now.

      14 votes
    2. [12]
      tomf
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      i didn’t even know there was a second. were the first two any good?

      i didn’t even know there was a second. were the first two any good?

      5 votes
      1. [2]
        bl4kers
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        The first one was good. Tonally very unique, playing into a pseudo-romantic relationship between Eddie Brock and the symbiote

        The first one was good. Tonally very unique, playing into a pseudo-romantic relationship between Eddie Brock and the symbiote

        9 votes
        1. tomf
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          hm. that sounds interesting. I'll check it out. Thanks for this!

          hm. that sounds interesting. I'll check it out. Thanks for this!

          2 votes
      2. sparksbet
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        It very much depends on what you're looking for. They don't have high rotten tomatoes scores, but I've heard they're fun to watch. Tumblr seems to really love them (mostly due to the pseudo-romance).

        It very much depends on what you're looking for. They don't have high rotten tomatoes scores, but I've heard they're fun to watch. Tumblr seems to really love them (mostly due to the pseudo-romance).

        5 votes
      3. [6]
        smoontjes
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        I like both of them as silly superhero/supervillain stuff. Take them for what they are and they are definitely enjoyable in my opinion. They made $850M and $500M worldwide espectively, and there's...

        I like both of them as silly superhero/supervillain stuff. Take them for what they are and they are definitely enjoyable in my opinion. They made $850M and $500M worldwide espectively, and there's a reason for that.

        This third one is going to reach $400M since it's already at $175M worldwide according to boxofficemojo.com. $50M is just the US domestic gross. First movie was $80M and second movie was $90M for their US opening weekends so while this third one is worse than them, it's not like it's a bomb - it's also got a B- CS whereas 1 and 2 had a B+, so it'll be pretty much the same quality and I personally look forward to seeing it! Enough numbers though. 1 and 2 are the kind of movies that's worth the watch but not necessarily worth the price of admission. I myself will wait for the digital release like I did with the first two and munch on snacks while watching

        3 votes
        1. [5]
          tomf
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          I can't believe I missed the second one. The cast for the first one is pretty strong. I've added it to my movie list. Sadly, it'll be March 22nd of next year... but I will eventually watch it. I...

          I can't believe I missed the second one. The cast for the first one is pretty strong. I've added it to my movie list. Sadly, it'll be March 22nd of next year... but I will eventually watch it. I might try to swing a triple feature if I like the first one.

          I liked Ed Norton as Hulk -- so if its anything like that for tone, I'll be happy :)

          1 vote
          1. [4]
            smoontjes
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            Do you have a backlog of movies all the way until March? I felt the tone for The Incredible Hulk was quite serious - Venom is more comedic. They definitely lend themselves very well for a binge!...

            Do you have a backlog of movies all the way until March?

            I felt the tone for The Incredible Hulk was quite serious - Venom is more comedic. They definitely lend themselves very well for a binge! They are all quite short compared to most comic book movies

            2 votes
            1. [3]
              tomf
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              haha yeah. Its got me on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of there isn't any F1 -- for the most part. I was trying to decide on a movie one night and I realized that my overall movie list (3501...

              haha yeah. Its got me on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of there isn't any F1 -- for the most part. I was trying to decide on a movie one night and I realized that my overall movie list (3501 films total, 34% watched since ~2015 or so) was full of a lot of standards that I want to watch, but never do for various reasons. Often they're great films but there are better ones that I'm thinking of. So I have a spreadsheet with this with a formula to generate an ICS file that is pulled to github with an action, then I subscribe to it. It runs every half hour, so when I make changes, its in my calendar pretty quick.

              I run the same system for TV series (Buffy right now), motorsport, and some other stuff. All media. I marked the next one with an x

              Here is my movie list up to March, starting in April of this year.
              Date Title x
              24-04-02 Red River (1948)
              24-04-04 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
              24-04-09 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
              24-04-11 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
              24-04-16 The 39 Steps (1935)
              24-04-18 Breaking Away (1979)
              24-04-23 High Society (1956)
              24-04-25 An American in Paris (1951)
              24-04-30 The Ten Commandments (1956)
              24-05-02 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
              24-05-07 Monkey Man (2024)
              24-05-09 King Kong (1933)
              24-05-11 Demolition Man (1993)
              24-05-14 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
              24-05-16 Manhattan (1979)
              24-05-21 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
              24-05-23 The Fall Guy (2024)
              24-05-28 Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)
              24-05-30 All That Jazz (1979)
              24-06-04 Ballet 422 (2014)
              24-06-06 Cat Ballou (1965)
              24-06-11 High Noon (1952)
              24-06-15 Ghost in the Shell (1995)
              24-06-20 Blow Out (1981)
              24-06-25 The Lady Vanishes (1938)
              24-07-04 Thelma & Louise (1991)
              24-07-09 Paprika (パプリカ) (2006)
              24-07-11 Bull Durham (1988)
              24-07-13 Memories (1995)
              24-07-16 Harvey (1950)
              24-07-18 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
              24-07-23 In the Name of the Father (1993)
              24-08-01 Less Than Zero (1987)
              24-08-10 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
              24-08-13 Perfect Blue (1997)
              24-08-15 The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
              24-08-17 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
              24-08-20 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女) (2006)
              24-08-22 The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
              24-08-29 The Last Boy Scout (1991)
              24-09-03 The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
              24-09-07 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (人狼 JIN-ROH) (1999)
              24-09-10 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
              24-09-12 Dead Presidents (1995)
              24-09-17 Moonstruck (1987)
              24-09-19 Spy Game (2001)
              24-09-24 The Green Mile (1999)
              24-09-26 Spite Marriage (1929)
              24-10-02 The Conversation (1974)
              24-10-05 American Graffiti (1973)
              24-10-08 Moneyball (2011)
              24-10-10 Ghostlight (2024)
              24-10-12 The Zone of Interest (2023)
              24-10-15 Terms of Endearment (1983)
              24-10-22 Laura (1944)
              24-10-29 The African Queen (1951) x
              24-11-05 Interview with the Vampire (1994)
              24-11-07 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
              24-11-09 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
              24-11-12 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
              24-11-14 Samurai Rebellion (1967)
              24-11-16 Little Caesar (1931)
              24-11-19 The Beast (La Bête) (2023)
              24-11-21 Wuthering Heights (1939)
              24-11-26 National Velvet (1944)
              24-11-28 The Taste of Things (2023)
              24-12-03 Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
              24-12-05 Adam's Rib (1949)
              24-12-10 Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
              24-12-12 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
              24-12-14 From Here to Eternity (1953)
              24-12-17 Beetlejuice (1988)
              24-12-19 Chungking Express (重慶森林) (1994)
              24-12-21 La Dolce Vita (1960)
              24-12-24 The Band Wagon (1953)
              24-12-26 The Delinquents (Los delincuentes) (2023)
              24-12-28 A Star Is Born (1954)
              24-12-31 Tootsie (1982)
              25-01-02 Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
              25-01-04 Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
              25-01-07 The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
              25-01-09 The Double Life of Véronique (La Double Vie de Véronique) (1991)
              25-01-11 City on Fire (龍虎風雲) (1987)
              25-01-14 Face/Off (1997)
              25-01-16 The Jerk (1979)
              25-01-18 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
              25-01-21 Marathon Man (1976)
              25-01-23 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
              25-01-25 Save the Tiger (1973)
              25-01-28 Millennium Actress (千年女優) (2001)
              25-01-30 Elmer Gantry (1960)
              25-02-01 State of the Union (1948)
              25-02-04 A Woman Is a Woman (Une Femme est une femme) (1961)
              25-02-06 The Boat (Das Boot) (1981)
              25-02-08 Lost Highway (1997)
              25-02-11 Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) (1997)
              25-02-13 Porco Rosso (紅の豚) (1992)
              25-02-15 The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
              25-02-18 Suspicion (1941)
              25-02-20 Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
              25-02-22 Soapdish (1991)
              25-02-25 The Lion in Winter (1968)
              25-02-27 Close-Up (1990)
              25-03-01 Sans Soleil (1983)
              25-03-04 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
              25-03-06 Stress Positions (2024)
              25-03-08 The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
              25-03-11 The Wrong Man (1956)
              25-03-13 Nemesis (1992)
              25-03-15 The Three Musketeers (1948)
              25-03-18 Bob Roberts (1992)
              25-03-20 The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
              25-03-22 Venom (2018)

              I like when movies are under two hours -- especially for something like a comic book character. I'm still wanting for the Incredible Hulk / Fight Club fanedit :)

              2 votes
              1. [2]
                smoontjes
                Link Parent
                Literally none of these links work for me :( I can google the titles but thought you'd want to know. Might just be my end somehow though. Anyway I admire the determination and ability to stick to...

                Literally none of these links work for me :( I can google the titles but thought you'd want to know. Might just be my end somehow though.

                Anyway I admire the determination and ability to stick to such a strict schedule!

                1 vote
                1. tomf
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                  haha derp. I dumped the date in there by accident. They'll work now. The schedule has been such a blessing. I'll shift stuff around and override some dates. The date is generated and the movie...

                  haha derp. I dumped the date in there by accident. They'll work now.

                  The schedule has been such a blessing. I'll shift stuff around and override some dates. The date is generated and the movie info is from the omdbapi. It takes about ten seconds to add hundreds of movies, if I wanted to.

                  I've seen some of these several times, but about 95% are first runs.

                  1 vote
      4. [2]
        TumblingTurquoise
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        Snarky remark: if you like mindless movies, with mediocre CGI, poor writing & cliches. You will definitely enjoy it. The first, I watched because of Tom Hardy. The second I tried to watch because...

        Snarky remark: if you like mindless movies, with mediocre CGI, poor writing & cliches. You will definitely enjoy it.

        The first, I watched because of Tom Hardy. The second I tried to watch because of Woody Harrelson, but I couldn’t manage to finish it. I’m not going to even try watching the third, having seen the trailer for it.

        To me, these movies lack artistry from every point of view; all aspects are mediocre: average cinematography, writing, world, special effects.

        3 votes
        1. tomf
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          I could watch Tom Hardy peel carrots for an hour. I mean, he absolutely crushed Locke --- not a lot of people can carry something like that. Thankfully we live in a world where soft drugs can...

          I could watch Tom Hardy peel carrots for an hour. I mean, he absolutely crushed Locke --- not a lot of people can carry something like that.

          Thankfully we live in a world where soft drugs can almost immediately improve anything :)

          4 votes
  2. kingofsnake
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    I watched the first and saw a synopsis for #2. I haven't seen a series so unaware of what it wanted to be in years.

    I watched the first and saw a synopsis for #2. I haven't seen a series so unaware of what it wanted to be in years.

    1 vote