‘Venom’ Surpasses ‘Justice League’ In Worldwide Box Office Totals

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No one ever saw this coming last year. According to the latest box office tallies, Sony Pictures’ Venom has now officially surpassed the DC Extended Universe film Justice League at the worldwide box office.

With the film making a big debut in China, Venom has now been pushed to $673.5 million in worldwide totals as of the publishing of this article. When compared to the entire lifetime gross of Justice League, that DCEU film grossed $657.9 million in worldwide totals.

When comparing the U.S. domestic totals however, Justice League still has the upper hand, with $229 million. In this case, Venom has grossed $206.2 million in U.S. totals.

Sony certainly has a means to celebrate with the financial success of Venom. While many initially laughed at the idea of an Eddie Brock film without the involvement of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, the film has become a box office hit and a sequel is certainly likely with the box office gross.

Who would’ve thought that a standalone Venom movie would gross more than a Justice League film at the worldwide box office? Let alone, only over the course of a month and a half? Congratulations, Venom.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a script by Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg and Kelly Marcel, the film stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Ron Cephas Jones, and Woody Harrelson.

One of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters takes center stage as Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) becomes the host for the alien symbiote Venom. As a journalist, Eddie has been trying to take down the notorious founder of the Life Foundation, genius Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) – and that obsession ruined his career and his relationship with his girlfriend, Anne Weying (Michelle Williams).

Upon investigating one of Drake’s experiments, the alien Venom merges with Eddie’s body, and he suddenly has incredible new superpowers, as well as the chance to do just about whatever he wants. Twisted, dark, unpredictable, and fueled by rage, Venom leaves Eddie wrestling to control dangerous abilities that he also finds empowering and intoxicating. As Eddie and Venom need each other to get what they’re looking for, they become more and more intertwined — where does Eddie end and Venom begin?

Venom is now playing.

Directed by Zack Snyder, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, and Ciarán Hinds.

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League is now available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray DVD, and Digital HD.

Source: Box Office Mojo

 

Noah Villaverde

Noah Villaverde

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