Venom Stays On Top At The US Box Office
(GameSpot PS2)

As expected, Sony`s Venom was again the weekend winner at the US and Canadian box office. The movie pulled in around $35.7 million in the US and Canada this weekend, which represents a modest and expected second-week decline of 56 percent from its record-breaking opening the week prior. It`s now made $142.8 million domesitcally after only 10 days.Venom made $69.7 million at the international box office this weekend, and now the movie has made $378.1 million worldwide. All of these figures come from Entertainment Weekly.The movie had a reported budget of $100 million, so it appears Venom is already a commercial access. This makes the already expected sequel even more likely. For more, you can read GameSpot`s end-credits scene breakdown here to learn more about where Venom 2 might go.Venom received a very poor reception from critics. The film has a 31% on Rotten Tomatoes and 35 on GameSpot sister site Metacritic--but audiences enjoyed it more. The film`s B+ CinemaScore rating suggested that word-of-mouth would help its second-weekend box office continue on a nice pace, and with a drop off of only 56 percent, that`s exactly what happened.Venom outpaced the Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga musical A Star Is Born for a second weekend in a row, while it also beat out newcomers First Man starring Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong and the Jack Black family comedy Goosebumps 2.October 12-14 US/Canada Box Office:Venom - $35.7 millionA Star Is Born - $28 millionFirst Man - $16.5 millionGoosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween - $16.2 millionSmallfoot - $9.3 millionNight School - $8 millionBad Times at the El Royale - $7.2 millionThe House With a Clock in Its Walls - $4 millionThe Hate U Give - $1.8 millionA Simple Favor - $1.4 million