Venom (October 5, 2018)

I think Venom outperformed all expectations and managed to make a whopping $80 million domestic over the weekend ($205 million worldwide):

How ‘Venom’ & ‘A Star Is Born’ Woke October Up With A Record $175M+ Weekend

Given that the movie only cost about $115M to make, I'd say they're well on their way to making money. I'll be curious to see the home video version if they restore the 30 minutes they cut out prior to release.

 

I would say that. They tend to spend around $100m on advertising for these things so you can't base the calculation merely on the production budget.

So overall if they spent $215m on this then they would need to take $450m at the box office to just break even. $200 is a good start but if it falls of a cliff next week (which most people are predicting) then it could struggle to break even.

 

Not even Michelle Williams can get me to watch this.

 

Are there any extra scenes either during credits or afterwards?

 

If you type into google 'Venom Post Credit Scenes' I think your query will be answered.

 

Thanks, but I might accidentally read about them and spoil the surprise.
I was just wondering whether I need to remain in the theatre, as I would rather not wait in vain if there are no extra scenes.

 

I had enough tough-guy squints from Daniel Craig to last a lifetime. Tom Hardy is a cutie pie -- sort of the Alpha Male equivalent of cheesecake, but grunting only takes you so far. Let's go back to an ageing, softie Bond like Roger Moore for kicks -- Like Alec Baldwin on a bad day.

 

There's been endless speculation here as who should take over from Craig. A softie Bond you say ? The only one that fits that description is Henry Cavill.

 

There is a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene.

 

Thanks! That's all I wanted to know.

 

saw it the story is kinda messy and has some issues but the relationship between venom and eddie is a lot of fun and carries the picture along with some solid action. a enjoyable picture if not a great one.

 

I thought it was great!

Definitely stay for the post credits scenes!

 

So I hear it's currently the #1 movie in the world. Unbelievable. A movie that Hardy himself was backpedaling on prior to release, saying his favorite parts were edited out. No one saw any previews, usually a kiss of death and yet, here we are. Hardy's been in plenty of blockbusters, but has he ever been the star of a #1? And for it to be this dreck, says something about the viewing audience!

 

Debating whether or not to see this. My son is not interested, and he loves all the other Marvel movies.

 

Why isn't he interested?

 

He said some of his friends didn't like it. That doesn't mean I won't though!

 

I really liked it. I say go for it!

 

That's my complaint with world.

 

Just watched this film and liked it. I find it interesting that there's a reference to a DC character in Sony movie about a Marvel character.

I know Deadpool made jokes about the DC universe in his film, but this time it wasn't done in a "breaking the fourth wall" way. It was casually mentioned just like we do in real life, so perhaps it's a subtle way of saying that DC superheroes are acknowledged as comic book characters in the Marvel universe?

The mid-credits scene interested me more than the long post-credits sequence.

 

I really liked it.

Loved the motorcycle chase scene.

 

Estimated worldwide tally after Sunday is $378 million, they are going to make some bank on this before it's all over then you have the Blu-Ray, PPV's etc....

 

Had fun watching it but horrible writing direction and direction. Good actors acting badly.

Lots of plot holes like somethings were left out. And they walk right into the faculty with no security cameras?

Wanted to see it becase I’m from San Francisco where much if it was filmed. Sone of the chases probably switched to Oakland or elsewhere though.

Cool concept but bad movie.

 

A facility not having security cameras is totally plausible. A alien creature like Venom, while not impossible, is not plausible.

Arguments like these are very common, but I don't understand them.

 

Wow, thought this was awful. I'm really tired of origin stories, and even as they go this one made no sense. The humor between Venom and the dude wasn't happening either. Didn't care about the characters - the evil billionaire was so cookie cutter it was painful. The love interest didn't work....... just bad, imo.

 

Just saw it...its OK I guess. Hardy was pretty good though.