Critics may have hated Venom, but moviegoers around the world simply don’t care. They’re embracing the film with their wallets to the tune of $673.5M after a massive $111M opening weekend in China. Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters is off to a fantastic financial start which may not be the best news for Spider-Man’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
If there is one thing we can trust Sony to do, it’s to fuck it up. In fact, if anything, this is only a good thing because they can hike the price even higher when the finally decide to sell to Disney, and Disney will pay it.