‘Venom 2’ swings to top of North America box office

‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage,’ Sony’s latest instalment in its Spider-Man Universe, debuted to pre-pandemic levels atop the North American box office, taking in $90.1 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

The estimated haul for the Friday-through-Sunday period was the biggest three-day launch of the coronavirus pandemic era.

In second place was another newcomer, ‘The Addams Family 2,’ which took in $18 million. The animated film by United Artists follows the iconic creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky family as they go on vacation. 

After topping the box office for four weeks running, Disney’s blockbuster ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ slipped to third, with $6 million.

Fourth went to new film ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ the Warner Bros. prequel to cult television series ‘The Sopranos,’ which took in $5 million.