The Last Dance is already at the box office

Venom: The Last Dance continues to increase its box office, and the latest entry in Sony’s Spider-Man universe has already managed to surpass the main Marvel and DC films in its entire worldwide box office. Venom: The Last DanceTom Hardy’s ending seems to put an end to Tom Hardy’s SSU franchise. That’s fine, since Hardy’s Venom films achieved what they set out to do, becoming the most successful in Sony’s Spider-Man universe and being enjoyed mainly by viewers.

Based on the box office performance of the SSU film, it appears that Venom: The Last DanceThe symbiotes are still seeking greater things. The film has already surpassed the main Marvel and DC releases, with Venom: The Last Dance having the potential to overcome much more before it stops being shown in theaters. Older entries shown in the list are not adjusted for inflation. Here are 15 great Marvel and DC movies that Venom: The Last Dance hit the box office, according to data from The Numbers.

15

The Suicide Squad

Box office: $167,097,737

The first is The Suicide Squad, the first DC film directed by James Gunn. When he worked on the film, the former MCU director didn’t even know that he would one day become co-CEO of DC Studios.

The Suicide Squad was universally acclaimed. The DCEU film has a score of 90% from critics and 82% from audiences. Rotten tomatoes. In comparison, Venom: The Last Dance is 41% and 81%, respectively.

Despite being one of the best DCEU films, The Suicide Squad it was not a box office success. Factors like 2016 Suicide Squad not being as good as expectedThe DCEU’s state of disarray and pandemic-related concerns may have contributed to its poor performance.

14

The wonders

Box office: $199,706,250

The wonders It’s the MCU’s biggest box office bomb. The chances of Captain Marvel 3 happening became minimal because of that big box office flop, and Venom: The Last Dance quickly went through the film.

The wonders‘box office performance is curious. The film is a sequel to 2019 Captain Marvelwhich marked Brie Larson’s MCU debut as Carol Danvers. That MCU movie broke the $1 billion mark.

However, Captain Marvel had connections to the final Avengers films of the Infinity Sagawhich helped his performance. Yet, The wonders becoming the lowest-grossing MCU film was shocking.

13

Green Lantern

Box office: $219,535,492

Before HBO’s Next Release Flashlights series, DC had a failed attempt at a live-action Green Lantern. Ryan Reynolds’ take on Hal Jordan wasn’t universally loved. Reynolds even joked about the experience in his Deadpool films.

While the Green Lantern movie has similar comedic moments to Tom Hardy’s Venom franchise, the SSU movie has better emotional punches. Green Lantern It also had choppy CGIwhich doesn’t work for a cosmic character like the hero.

Since then, Reynolds has found great success. In his MCU debut, the actor broke cinema records. Deadpool and Wolverine became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all timeleaving Green LanternFailure is behind us.

12

The Flash

Box office: $266,550,332

The Flash was praised by big celebrities like Tom Cruise and Stephen King before its release. The film was expected to be a huge multiverse film that would become a fan-favorite project. However, this couldn’t be further from what happened.

Ezra Miller’s final appearance in Barry Allen resulted in a huge box office bomb. The Flash lost millions from Warner Bros. Discovery. It became one of the most criticized films of 2023.

Venom: The Last Dance and The Flash share one similarity: their universes. Both films were released when their shared universes were in disarray. However, the film Venom was successful, unlike The Flash.

11

Superman (1978)

Box office: $300,200,000

Christopher Reeve is still considered by many to be the best live-action Superman actor. There is a good reason for this, as he made generations believe that a man could fly.

Reeve is the best Superman actor at separating the two sides of the character. He could play the confident Man of Steel and the cheerful Clark Kent perfectly, making the two distinct.

1978 Superman is one of the most popular superhero films of all time. Its placement on the list is linked to inflation. Supermanthe box office, when adjusted for inflation, amounts to US$ 1,111,063,263.

10

X-Men: First Class

Box office: $355,408,305

Another great film surpassed by Venom: The Last Dance and the first of Fox’s younger X-Men timeline. The project led to great casts, such as Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Charles Xavier.

X-Men: First Class is easily one of the best live-action X-Men movies. However, because it was the first to not focus on Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and the original Fox X-Men cast, it faced box office problems.

When compared, the film has a higher rating than Venom: The Last Dance in terms of quality. However, the SSU film achieved greater box office success. Tom Hardy’s charismatic performance is responsible for this.

9

Batman begins

Box office: $356,770,593

Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight trilogy is one of the most influential in the history of superhero cinema. It all started with Batman begins. The film was always going to do moderately well at the box office.

The reason for this was Batman’s live-action past. After a lighter, more comedic approach to the character failed, Batman begins made the Dark Knight serious again. It was the best possible choice.

Batman begins set up the other two films in The Dark Knight trilogy to great success. Nolan’s Batman franchise had the reverse effect of the Venom filmsAs the box office numbers grew with each film, it did not decline.

8

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Box office: $374,561,597

Despite its popularity, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versethe box office was not great. As the film was animated and the start of a new franchise, this was to be expected.

However, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseThe animation style changed the game. Various films and TV shows have attempted to copy the Spider-Man film’s style with varying degrees of success. Miles Morales has become incredibly popular due to the film.

After the first Spider-Verse movie changed the gameits sequel reached much higher numbers around the world. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has a box office total of $681,138,413, surpassing two of the three Venom films.

7

Black Widow

Box office: $379,751,131

Marvel fans had to wait over a decade for Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow film. While this may have created anticipation for the film, it also caused the film to be released at the wrong time.

Johansson’s Black Widow was already dead when the film was released. As such, many MCU fans may not have seen this as necessary viewing. Adding to this, Black Widow was released in theaters and on Disney+’s Premiere Access at the same time.

That was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, it had a strong impact Black Widowbox office performance. Because of this, it is a difficult film to evaluate in terms of box office.

6

Black Adam

Box office: $390,455,088

The power hierarchy in the DCEU hasn’t changed. Black Adam had a decent box officebut the DCEU ended up being rebooted without him.

The film introduced the Justice Society of America. The team, in addition to Black Adam, added a lot of heavy hitters to the DC film. With some engaging superhero fight scenes, Black Adam Did better than many DCEU films.

However, that wasn’t enough to keep him above Tom Hardy’s level. Venom: The Last Dance. As far as dying universes go, Hardy got the better deal. Dwayne Johnson has no plans to return as Black Adam.

5

Eternals

Box office: $401,731,759

Eternals‘The reported budget ended at the $272.6 million mark after the film surpassed its initial budget. This meant that the ensemble film needed to be a huge box office success.

That didn’t happen. Introducing so many characters at the same time made for a disjointed film. Now, Marvel doesn’t have a clear plan in mind to bring back the Eternals.

Eternals It’s a curious film. He had was briefly the source of Oscar buzz due to director Chloé Zhao. However, after its release, the film’s image quickly turned negative.

4

X2: X-Men United

Box office: $406,348,630

The original X-Men franchise peaked with its second film. X2 is one of the most engaging superhero films out there. Interestingly, Venom: The Last Dance comes out on top the same way.

Other X-Men films would top the box office. The only MCU film focused on mutants so far, Deadpool and Wolverineblew out of the waterfor example. However, few surpass X2 in terms of quality.

Venom: The Last Dance is one of the films that to knock X2box office, but it’s not as good as. Still, the financial title is what matters most to many studios at the end of the day. Venom: The Last Dance It’s doing very well in that regard.

3

Batman (1989)

Box office: $411,348,924

Michael Keaton’s first Batman film is another special case on the list. 1989 Batman is one of most influential superhero movies of all time.

The film falls short of Venom: The Last Dance in a certain aspect. However, when adjusted for inflation, Keaton’s first Batman film becomes one of the highest-grossing superhero films of all time.

Batman (1989) achieves a powerful $897,300,172 at the worldwide box office when adjusted for inflation. This number is millions more than Tom Hardy’s first Poison film – the most successful – which grossed US$856,081,053.

2

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Box office: $432,224,634

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings It has many positive aspects. The Marvel movie has some of the best fight scenes in the MCU and superhero films as a whole.

Shang-Chi’s MCU Debut Also Features Stunning Visuals. However, the film was inevitably focused on a more obscure Marvel Comics character. As such, it would never replicate the first Poisonnumbers.

After all, Tom Hardy’s Venom movies are based on one of Marvel’s most popular characters. That’s a big part of the reason why the Poison the franchise succeeded where the rest of SSU failed.

1

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Box office: $433,845,564

Finally, Tom Hardy Venom: The Last Dance also Tops Jason Momoa’s Second Aquaman Solo Outing. This is a testament to the DCEU’s problems by the time the franchise ended.

Momoa Aquaman became the highest-grossing DC film of all time. The 2018 film grosses $1.13 billion worldwide. However, the sequel tanked, just like the rest of the DCEU.

While Tom Hardy’s Venom franchise has also fallen from the height of the first Venom filmit is more uniform. In truth, Venom: The Last Dance it may end up surpassing its predecessor. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is at $501 million, which the final Venom film could soon pass.

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