The last dance to the strong start in China; Eyes $165M Global Bow

Sony's Venom: The Last Dance slammed into its first international box office today, with the Marvel symbiote off to a strong start of $9.3 million in China.

This is the biggest opening day for a superhero film since then Spider-Man: Far From Home on the market and announces a five-day launch in the upper $30 million range. The opening is also ahead of recent Hollywood releases, although not on par, with other films opening on a traditional weekend.

These days, anything beyond a $20 million debut in China is a cakewalk for studios. Maoyan's initial social rating is 9 and we are waiting for critical responses. These results can certainly affect the outcome in the next few days.

The second Venom film, Let there be a bloodbathwas not launched while the first gangbuster was priced at $107.7 million (historical prices). The final price was $269.2 million (again, historical conversion) and had a Social Score of 9.1. Maoyan is currently forecasting a total revenue of $82.5 million for the Tom Hardy threequel.

As we discovered yesterday, Venom: The Last Dance has considered a potential $150 million global opening, including $85 million from overseas; The latter number now looks set to rise even further (bringing the global opening to around $165 million) as China hits a peak of $30 million in 5 days.

Director: Kelly Marcel, co-writer: Marcel and Hardy. The Last Dance will have built out 90% of its offshore space by Friday, with France and Japan joining later in the rollout.

We'll have updates throughout the weekend…