Box Office Round-Up ~ 10/28/24

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Sony’s Spider-Man adjacent live-action universe took another hit this weekend as Venom: The Last Dance, the third and final chapter in the Venom saga debuted with a disappointing $51 million. It has already outperformed Madame Web from earlier this year, but it’s a massive drop from 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage and doesn’t bode well for Kraven the Hunter in December.

In second place, Smile 2 grossed $9.5 million to pass $40 million overall. The Wild Robot continued its surprisingly successful box office run with $6.8 million in its fifth weekend. In fourth place, papal drama Conclave debuted with $6.6 million, a solid opening as awards season began in full. Speaking of which, We Live in Time rounded out the top five with a third-weekend gross of $4.8 million.

This coming weekend sees the beginning of November and handful of new releases, including Liam Neeson actioner Absolution, the re-release of Toho’s Godzilla Minus One and Robert Zemeckis’ new drama Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.

1.  Venom: The Last Dance ($51 MM)
Director: Kelly Marcel (WME)
Writers: Kelly Marcel (WME), Tom Hardy (Range Media Partners)
Cast: Tom Hardy (Range Media Partners)
        Chiwetel Ejiofor (CAA)
        Juno Temple (UTA)

2.  Smile 2 ($9.5 MM)
Director: Parker Finn (CAA)
Writers: Parker Finn (CAA)
Cast: Naomi Scott (CAA)
        Rosemarie DeWitt (CAA)
      Lukas Gage (WME)

3.  The Wild Robot ($6.8 MM)
Director: Chris Sanders (WME)
Writers: Chris Sanders (WME)
Cast: Lupita Nyong'o (CAA)
        Pedro Pascal (CAA)
      Kit Connor (WME)

4.  Conclave ($6.6 MM)
Director: Edward Berger (CAA)
Writers: Peter Straughan (CAA)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes (CAA)
        Stanley Tucci (CAA)
      John Lithgow (UTA)

5.  We Live in Time ($4.8 MM)
Director: John Crowley (WME)
Writers: Nick Payne (UTA)
Cast: Andrew Garfield (CAA)
        Florence Pugh (CAA)
      Grace Delaney (Sylvia Young Agency)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers