Read the Full StoryThis weekend, Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff (although it doesn’t actually contain any connection to Spider-Man films yet) Venom became the highest grossing superhero origin movie of all time worldwide, with $822.5 million and counting. The Tom Hardy action-horror comic book release is doing monster business in China, where it’s amassed a staggering $243 million. Domestically, Venom won’t crack the top 10 for highest grossing superhero origin pictures. And Venom reached its global box office heights despite being a fairly weak entry in the genre, as my review explains. So where, if at all, does Venom rank on the inglorious listing of worst superhero origin films? Read on and find out!
