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China Debut Propels Venom To The Top Of The Worldwide Box Office

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LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Sony’s superhero action adventure Venom returned to the the top of the worldwide box office this weekend after raking in $111m in its opening weekend in China.

Venom’s China debut was a record-setter in the market for Sony and contributed to the film’s $123m weekend in worldwide box office revenue according to estimates compiled by comScore.

Meanwhile, Fox’s Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ also continued to perform, adding $30.9M in North American theaters and $93.8M worldwide, putting it on track for a cume of $300m.

New films this weekend included Universal’s animated holiday film Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, which debuted to a $66m weekend in North America and $78.7M from 24 territories.

Based on the beloved 1957 children’s book, Grinch featured voicework by Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Keenan Thompson and Pharrell Williams.

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 11, are below.

Venom – Sony – $123.0M
Bohemian Rhapsody – 20th Century Fox – $93.8M
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – Universal – $78.7M
Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The – Disney – $23.1M
Overlord – Paramount Pictures – $19.3M
Star Is Born, A – Warner Bros. – $17.0M
Girl In The Spider’s Web, The – Sony – $14.2M
Detective Conan: Zero The Enforcer – Multiple – $12.5M
Halloween – Universal – $9.7M
Intimate Strangers (2018) – Multiple – $9.2M
Nobody’s Fool – Paramount Pictures – $6.5M
Smallfoot – Warner Bros. – $6.4M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 11, are below.

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – Universal – $66.0M
Bohemian Rhapsody – 20th Century Fox – $30.9M
Overlord – Paramount – $10.1M
Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The – Disney – $9.6M
Girl In The Spider’s Web, The – Sony – $8.0M
Star Is Born, A – Warner Bros. – $8.0M
Nobody’s Fool – Paramount – $6.5M
Venom – Sony – $4.8M
Halloween – Universal – $3.8M
Hate U Give, The – 20th Century Fox – $2.1M
Smallfoot – Warner Bros. – $1.5M
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Fox Searchlight – $1.5M


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