‘Venom 2’ Passes ‘Black Widow’ At The Domestic Box Office

‘Venom 2’ Passes ‘Black Widow’ At The Domestic Box Office

Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock in 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' In a quick "calm before the weekend storm" update, Sony's Venom: Let There Be Carnage earned another $600, 000 on Wednesday to bring its domestic cume to $184 million. That's good enough to push it past the $183. 6 million domestic total of Black Widow, making it the year's second-biggest domestic earner. In terms of all 2020/2021 domestic releases, it sits behind only Sony's Bad Boys for Life ($204 million in January 2020) and Disney's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($222 million-and-counting). It's currently at 97% of Venom's $190 million 27-day total, meaning if that continues it's looking at a $207 million domestic finish. And yes, pandemic or no, a sequel earning 97% of what its predecessor did is a hell of a thing. Even if it barely crawls past $200 million, 93% is still a better retention than (offhand) Deadpool 2 ($318 million sans the PG-13 cut versus $363 million), Star Trek Into Darkness ($228 million/$256 million), The Kingsman: The Golden Circle ($100 million/$128 million) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($186 million/$209 million). Yes, the MCU has turned the breakout sequel (like Guardians