Venom: The Last Dance curb stomps Forrest Gump reunion at the box office

(AV Club) – Venom: The Last Dance isn’t doing, like, Deadpool numbers, but it made enough to remain on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row. And it certainly made enough to dwarf Robert Zemeckis’ Here, the sentimental experiment of a film that reunites him with his Forrest Gump stars. Here, which reportedly had a budget of around $45 million, opened to a dismal $5 million at the domestic box office. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the audience that did show up “skewed incredibly older, with nearly half the audience over 55.” Here slots in at number five on the weekend’s top ten list. 

The conclusion of the Venom trilogy earned $26.1 million over the weekend. The nearly 49 drop is actually the franchise’s lowest second week decline, according to THR, and the movie is doing well internationally (picking up $68.4 million for a total of $227 million). At $317 million globally, it’s ahead of the gross for the previous installment Venom: Let There Be Carnage in its second week. Proven fall favorites The Wild Robot and Smile 2 round out the top of the box office chart at second and third, respectively. The Wild Robot‘s $7.55 million weekend take was actually up almost 11 percent from the previous week.