Venom 3: The Last Dance held on to the box office crown for the third week in a row, but got some competition from a variety of newcomers, including a new Christmas film.
The third and final installment in the Tom Hardy–led comic book trilogy pulled in $16.2 million over the weekend, but revenues were down 37 percent from the week before.
Overall, the action adventure starring the Hollywood hunk has been a big winner for Sony, grabbing more than $394 million globally.
Entering the contest in second place was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Judy Greer stars as a busy mom and the chairman of the annual Christmas pageant in her small town in the movie based on the popular 1972 children’s novel by the same name.
Venom 3: The Last Dance held on to the box office crown for the third week in a row, earning $16.2M over the weekend. The comic book flim has been a big winner for Sony, grabbing more than $394M globally
The season of love becomes a little more tense when a family of unruly kids decide they want to take all the parts in the annual celebration heralding the birth of Jesus.
The film — produced by the Kingdom Story Company, which was behind the popular Christian series The Chosen — benefited from word-of-mouth advertisement. It was distributed by Lionsgate.
‘I just think it’s something that literally everyone can see. You can go to the theater with your blood family, your chosen family, and I hope it’s something that people watch every year and it becomes a Christmas tradition,’ Greer told the Detroit News in her home state of Michigan.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever received an 89-percent rating from critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes, and it unwrapped $11.1 million its first weekend at the box office.
Hugh Grant is still as charming as ever, but he uses his talent for diabolical purposes in Heretic.
Two young Mormon sister missionaries, played by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, knock on the door of Grant’s house and are invited in to speak with him about their religion.
Unfortunately, the two young women find themselves trapped inside the house with a man determined to test their faith.
The psychological thriller has earned a 92-percent approval rating from the most prestigious film critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes.
Judy Greer stars as a busy mom and the chairman of the annual Christmas pageant in her small town in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The holiday film opened in second place, earning $11.1M
Hugh Grant is still as charming as ever, but he uses his talent for diabolical purposes in Heretic after he invites two Mormon missionaries into his home. The psychological thriller costarring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East captured $11M and debuted at number three
The movie opened in more than 3200 theaters across the US for a healthy opening weekend of $11 million and third place.
The Wild Robot continued to attract audiences but did not fill as many seats as usual after seven weeks in theaters.
The animated adventure — featuring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o as the title character — dropped to fourth place with a weekend take of $6.65 million.
Smile 2 kept grinning all the way to the bank.
The thriller starring Naomi Scott as a pop star haunted by a terrifying entity landed in fifth place, earning $5 million. So far, the global take on the spooky thriller is more than $123 million.
Conclave continues to stir up audiences as it battles for moviegoers. The conspiracy thriller starring Stanley Tucci and Ralph Fiennes as Catholic cardinals looking to elect a new pope dropped to sixth place with a take of $4.1 million.
Seventh place went to Anora. Mikey Madison stars as a young sex worker who impetuously marries the son of a Russian oligarch, though her new in-laws are less than thrilled about the elopement
The romantic dramedy saw its audience size and earning increase once it was released in more theaters, collecting some $2.45 million over the weekend.
Not far behind were Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here. The multigenerational story set in one location was not well received by critics or audiences. After debuting in fifth place, the drama fell to eighth, earning only $2.426 million.
The Wild Robot continued to attract audiences but did not fill as many seats after seven weeks in theaters. TThe animated adventure — featuring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o as the title character — dropped to fourth place with a weekend take of $6.65M
Smile 2 kept grinning all the way to the bank, earning $5M and fifth place
Conclave continues to stir up audiences as it battles for moviegoers. The conspiracy thriller starring Stanley Tucci and Ralph Fiennes as Catholic cardinals looking for a new pope dropped to sixth place with a take of $4.1M
Seventh place went to Anora. Mikey Madison stars as a young sex worker who impetuously marries the son of a Russian oligarch. The film made $2.45M over the weekend
Not far behind were Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here. The multigenerational story sent in once location has not been well received by critics or audiences. After debuting in fifth place, the drama fell to eighth, earning only $ 2.426M
We Live in Time was in ninth place. The romantic drama starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a young couple looking at their own mortality continued to touch hearts, this weekend earning $2.21M
Terrifier 3 continued to bloody up the extended holiday season with a high body count. The thrill rounded out the top ten after five weeks in theaters, scaring up $1.47M in ticket sales
We Live in Time lived on in ninth place.
The romantic drama starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a young couple looking at their own mortality continued to touch hearts, this weekend earning $2.21 million.
And audiences just can’t stay away from Archie the clown. Terrifier 3 continued to bloody up the extended holiday season with a high body count.
The splatter thriller rounded out the top ten after five weeks in theaters, scaring up an additional $1.47 million in ticket sales.
