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Old 11-27-2018, 08:32 PM   #1
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Is Venom the most surprising success story?

If you don't know Venom is a worldwide phenomenon at the box office now at $820 million and counting. For context that puts it ahead of the Wonder Woman movie. I don't know about anyone else, but I thought Venom could flop without Spider-Man. I even felt it was just okay (I liked Hardy and not much else) as someone who grew up with Venom so it is doubly surprising to see how well it is doing.

Can you think of any other super hero movie that has exceeded expectations like Venom? What do you attribute to the films global appeal? Could this mean other unlikely characters get a shot?
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Old 11-27-2018, 08:56 PM   #2
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Old 11-27-2018, 09:06 PM   #3
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Black Panther
An interesting choice.

Did people think that Black Panther might flop? Don't get me wrong, it did really well, especially domestically, but for me if you're in the MCU right now it is hard to imagine a bomb after Guardians of the Galaxy showed Disney and Marvel can succeed with lesser known characters. I'll be surprised if any MCU movie loses money, included the upcoming Captain Marvel.

Would you have been surprised if Venom would have lost money? Would you if Black Panther?
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Old 11-27-2018, 09:23 PM   #4
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This. It grossed more than Avengers 3 (team-up movie) in America.
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Old 11-27-2018, 09:37 PM   #5
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I think Venom was huge in China which is why the world wide numbers are so good.
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Old 11-27-2018, 09:51 PM   #6
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Yup, it grossed more there than here.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies...=venom2018.htm
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Old 11-28-2018, 04:16 AM   #7
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This. It grossed more than Avengers 3 (team-up movie) in America.
but who didn't expect black panther to do well? it's success might've been higher then expected but pretty much everybody in the world thought Venom would be a flat out flop.
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Old 11-28-2018, 04:23 AM   #8
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but who didn't expect black panther to do well?
I didn't suggest otherwise.
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Old 11-28-2018, 06:25 AM   #9
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well, i didn't expect Black Panther to be the highest grossing Marvel film.

I was expecting Venom to be decent after 2nd trailer though. Only the Marvel film fans who hate anything outside of Disney Marvel Film Universe were like i hope this would be a flop but even most of them probably liked it in the end.
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Old 11-28-2018, 09:15 AM   #10
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I haven't even seen it yet and I'm still having a hard time believing people liked it.
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