Tom Hardy's Venom surpasses Wonder Woman at the international box office
Becoming the second-highest grossing superhero origins movie of all time
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Your support makes all the difference.While critics may have despised Venom, Tom Hardy’s blockbuster has proven a gigantic hit with cinemagoers.
Variety reports that the film has crossed the $800 million mark at the international box-office, making $822.5 million and officially surpassing the grosses of Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Deadpool.
Venom now holds the title of second-highest ever grossing superhero origins movie, mainly thanks to an enormous haul in China, where it has made $242.9 million. Black Panther remains ahead, with $1.34 billion gross. The second biggest market for the film was North America, with $211 million.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has continued to make millions at the international box office, taking $439.7 million worldwide. The UK saw a drop down to $7.2 million for the weekend, while the best showings were in Japan ($13 million) and Germany ($7.2 million).
Meanwhile, Ralph Breaks the Internet topped the North American box-office with a massive $84.6 million opening, making it the second-biggest Thanksgiving opening of all time, behind Frozen. There film – which opens in the UK later this week – also took $19.5 million in China.
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