Official Oct 5 to Oct 7 Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Venom - 80M (205M WW OW); A Star is Born - 42.6M

[Ryan Reynolds]

‘Venom’ Easily Scoring Best October Opening Ever With $65M+; ‘A Star Is Born’ Drawing $41M In Crowds

https://deadline.com/2018/10/venom-a-star-is-born-weekend-box-office-lady-gaga-1202476614/

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Valonqar said:

Venom is the first movie whose huge OW was fueled by marketing that basically said "this is a turd and you should totally see it". 

it's quite impressive. even the cast/director were doing interviews where they just stopped short of saying "it would be in your best interest to not see this movie". hey, it's an angle!

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, CoolioD1 said:

it's quite impressive. even the cast/director were doing interviews where they just stopped short of saying "it would be in your best interest to not see this movie". hey, it's an angle!

The press tour was glorious. From Tom Hardy saying all his favorite stuff was cut to Michelle Williams saying she did it for the paycheck. Amazing stuff.

[Valonqar]

fans relate to honesty. More of that, please! 

[dxmatrixdt]

Venom has a strong possibility of being immune to reviews.

next weekend first choice: Venom, Star, First Man, Goosebumps, Bad Times.

[CJohn]

4 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

‘Venom’ Easily Scoring Best October Opening Ever With $65M+; ‘A Star Is Born’ Drawing $41M In Crowds

https://deadline.com/2018/10/venom-a-star-is-born-weekend-box-office-lady-gaga-1202476614/

I was hoping for more from both but it is still early.

[KeepItU25071906]

5 minutes ago, Damianport1 said:

15-16M friday including 4.6 previews? 

3,2 Thursday previews

5 minutes ago, Damianport1 said:

15-16M friday including 4.6 previews? eh disappointing

nope

[dxmatrixdt]

4 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

it's quite impressive. even the cast/director were doing interviews where they just stopped short of saying "it would be in your best interest to not see this movie". hey, it's an angle!

if a movie is meant to please the audience, then critical reaction should spark 

[Joel M]

Rooting for Venom to open as huge as possible because Hardy really deserves it, but also to have a beyond embarrasing drop next weekend because Ruben Fleischer also deserves it.

[aabattery]

Venom is kinda bad but it's a fun bad, which is arguably harder to pull off than making a good movie. Plus Tom Hardy is an outstanding Eddie.

 

I think anyone who's seen the post credits scene should be rooting for a sequel here because if they don't give me more of that nonsense I'm gonna be mad as hell.

[CoolioD1]

JARED LETO  MORBIUS MOVIE

 

make it happen october 2020. just so i can get all those on set stories of him for real sleeping in coffins and pretending he can't go out in the sun and shit.

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, aabattery said:

Venom is kinda bad but it's a fun bad, which is arguably harder to pull off than making a good movie. Plus Tom Hardy is an outstanding Eddie.

 

I think anyone who's seen the post credits scene should be rooting for a sequel here because if they don't give me more of that nonsense I'm gonna be mad as hell.

This is why we need a 70M OW. Go see the movie people.

[Nova]

3 minutes ago, CJohn said:

This is why we need a 70M OW. Go see the movie people.

No. 

[Ethan Hunt]

Well fuck if Cjohn is gonna make an appearance I guess I do too

 

 

[CoolioD1]

i'd rather see a star is reborn. btw they've done this movie 4 times they can't gender flip it once? it would be kind of interesting i guess. guess i gotta wait for the 2047 version.

[dxmatrixdt]

Venom audience scores

5.7 - Metacritic - 136 votes

88% - Rotten Tomatoes - 8,767 votes

7.1 - IMDB - 15,026 votes

 

Ant-Man 2 audience scores

7.4 - Metacritic - 393 votes

80% - Rotten Tomatoes - 19,078 votes

7.3 - IMDB - 105,698

Edited October 5, 2018 by dtairdryZid

[Ethan Hunt]

I'm seeing A Star is Born tonight. I'm hyped as hell

 

couldn't care less about Venom

[Firepower]

Venom will increase from those estimates.

[kitik]

Just got back from Venom, I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it, considering the reviews.

 

Make no mistake, the movie is far from perfect, no one is going to mistake it for Infinity War or Logan, but I'll be damned if I didn't come out of that theater having had a good time with a smile on my face. Suffice it to say, it was far more enjoyable than my last theater experience, which was The Predator (a low bar, I know).

 

A fun movie with a memorable performance from Tom Hardy.

[Ethan Hunt]

Infinity War is some kind of gold standard now? lol