First Man Fails To Ignite; Venom and A Star Is Born Flying High In Week 2

Sony's Marvel franchise primer, Venom, dropped a better than expected 56% in its second weekend, adding $35 million for a ten day domestic cume of $142 million. Internationally, Venom lapped up another $69.7 million from 54 markets for a global total of $377 million.

Closing the gap, Warner Bros.'s A Star is Born lost just 34% in its second weekend, belting out $28.4 million for a ten-day cume of $95 million. Overseas, A Star is Born dipped a slight 14%, bringing in $20.2 million from 65 markets for an international total of $42 million and a global total of $137 million.

In third, Universal's First Man was left on the launching pad with just $16 million on 3,600 screens. The film received a so-so B+ CinemaScore, and will face a difficult mission going forward with adult-skewing films like Bohemian Rhapsody entering the marketplace and A Star Is Born holding strong. First Man barely inched out Sony's Goosebumps 2, which debuted with a decent $15.8 million off a $35 million production budget

WB's animated feature Smallfoot continues to slog along, adding $9 million for a domestic cume of $57 million. Smallfoot easily bested the weekend's other new release, Fox's Bad Times at the El Royale, which had a bed time indeed, bringing in just $7.1 million and earning a mediocre B- CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

PageBreaks Take: Venom will be seriously tested next weekend, as Universal's horror juggernaut Halloween knocks on 3,700 theater doors.

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