Venom: The Last Dance Box Office Officially Passes The MCU"s Biggest Bomb"s Entire Gross In Just 2 Weeks

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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has had a long reign as the most profitable superhero franchise, Sony"s Venom: The Last Dance has overtaken one of the MCU"s latest films at the box office in just two weeks. Since Iron Man came out in 2008, the MCU has steadily built an empire that regularly produced hit movies that would earn in excess of a billion dollars each. There were obviously some films that performed better than others, but for much of the franchise"s run, it was rare for any film to dip below $500 million at the box office.
Meanwhile, other superhero franchises struggled to make a significant return with numerous films bombing at the box office. Recently, the MCU has had a string of bad luck with some of the movies and shows in the Multiverse Saga underperforming. While new entries with unknown heroes like Eternals failed to generate hype, the MCU"s worst performing film to date was actually another sequel, The Marvels. By far, this movie has proved to be the least profitable entry in the MCU, racking up just over $200 million (via Box Office Mojo), while Venom 3 has already exceeded $300 million in just two weeks (via Box Office Mojo).
What Venom: The Last Dance's Latest Box Office Update Means Is The SSU Finally Competing With The MCU? Close Venom: The Last Dance"s box office exceeded The Marvels is not to be snuffed at, but when examined in the wider context of the MCU and the Sony Spider-Man Universe, or SSU, it may not be as remarkable as it first appeared. The SSU"s first entry was Venom, which came out in 2018 and made over $800 million. Venom remains the most profitable character in the SSU, with Venom: Let There Be Carnage earning over $500 million and now the third entry already passing the $300 million mark, but that also marks a decrease in earnings between the sequels (via The Numbers).

Related Should Spider-Man have appeared in Venom: The Last Dance? Despite some teases, Spider-Man is not in Venom: The Last Dance. While I still want to see Tom Holland"s Spider-Man fight Tom Hardy"s Venom somehow, I"m glad that the character was not in the movie. The final Venom film was a fun adventure, but far from a great movie. As such, I believe that Spider-Man would not have been properly serviced in Venom: The Last Dance, so it was for the best that Peter Parker did not add to the film"s many moving parts.
Two of the other entries from the SSU, Morbius and Madame Web, both failed to get anywhere close to $200 million at the box office. Meanwhile, the MCU"s latest release, Deadpool & Wolverine, passed $1.3 billion, and the movie immediately prior to The Marvels, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, earned over $800 million (via The Numbers). So while the MCU has had occasional flops, Venom"s latest success is difficult to compare to the sheer size and scale of the MCU, and its biggest hits.
Our Take On Venom: The Last Dance's Latest Box Office Update The SSU Is Struggling Far More Than The MCU Close Realistically, the early financial success of Venom: The Last Dance is a good thing for Sony, but if the movie doesn"t manage to exceed the earnings of the previous entry, it may be viewed as a failure internally. With the movie already being in theaters for two weeks, the rate of earnings will slow down, and it will be harder for the movie to turn more profit. Unfortunately, this was also Sony"s most profitable live-action Marvel project under the SSU banner.
Another MCU title that Venom: The Last Dance overtook is The Incredible Hulk, the second movie from the MCU, which earned a total of $264 million (via Box Office Mojo) and held the title of lowest box office earner until The Marvels came out in 2023.
So, the studio could start to look for other ways to ensure that future entries are profitable, or turn more attention to the animated Spider-Verse movies which, conversely to the live-action titles, have been increasing in value since the first movie. Venom 3 overtaking the lowest earning MCU movies may be a milestone, but it"s not necessarily one that will earn the movie a lot of praise or attention in the superhero genre. All Venom: The Last Dance can hope for now is to pave the way for another profitable SSU franchise in the future.

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7/10 73 8.5/10 Venom: The Last Dance PG-13 Adventure Sci-FiActionSuperhero Venom: The Last Dance is a film directed by an undisclosed director, featuring the character Venom in a thrilling narrative. The movie explores the alien symbiote"s latest challenges and transformations as it navigates through a world full of danger and new adversaries.
Director Kelly Marcel Release Date October 25, 2024 Studio(s) Columbia Pictures , Marvel Entertainment , Pascal Pictures Distributor(s) Sony Writers Kelly Marcel , Tom Hardy Cast Tom Hardy , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Juno Temple , Rhys Ifans , Stephen Graham , Peggy Lu , Clark Backo , Alanna Ubach , Cristo Fernández , Jared Abrahamson , Hala Finley , Dash McCloud , Andy Serkis , Reid Scott , Jack Brady , Ivo Nandi , Jake Allyn , Otis Winston , Jacob Tomuri , Brooke Carter , Fflyn Edwards , Elijah Cook , Norma Butikofer , Elizabeth Cook , Angie Hsu , Martin McDougall Character(s) Eddie Brock / Venom , Strickland , Dr. Teddy Paine , Martin , Detective Mulligan , Mrs. Chen , Sadie , Nova , Barman , Captain Forrest , Echo , Leaf , Knull , Dr. Dan Lewis , Jim - Security , Javier , Las Vegas Security Guard , Donald the Security Guard , Tuxedo Guy , Young Paine , Thaddeus , Area 51 Soldier , Woman on Plane , Keli Reule , Army Medic , The General Runtime 110 Minutes Franchise(s) Spider-Man , Venom prequel(s) Venom , Venom: Let There Be Carnage Main Genre Adventure Expand Sony's Upcoming Marvel Movie Release Dates