Hugh Grant succeeds in Heretic debut at the US box office
But it’s Venom 3 that continues to dominate the rankings.
It’s been 15 years since Hugh Grant no longer played a leading role in a film. The last time was at the end of his golden period as a romantic comedy icon. Where have the Morgans gone?in 2009, had started very slowly (6 million) in the United States. Today, Hugh Grant has aged. He is no longer a transfixed lover but a creepy sociopath. And Heretic did twice as well at the US box office. Launched last Friday in American theaters (it will be November 27 in France) Heretic grossed over $11 million in its first weekend (from 3,221 screens). A very good score for this low-budget horror film (around 10 million), which is riding high on excellent reviews.
Heretic fails, despite everything, to take first place in the ranking. Venom: The Last Dance still dominates the American top for the third week of release. Sony’s comic book film grossed an additional $16.2 million (in 3,905 North American theaters) and is posting a solid attendance rate (down 37%). Venom 3 today accumulates 400 million dollars worldwide and should end up in the same waters as Let There Be Carnage ($213 million in the United States and $506 million worldwide in 2021), but quite far from the first Venom ($856 million worldwide in 2018).
Behind, the Christmas comedy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever takes $11.1 million in 3,020 theaters, boosted by numerous previews beforehand. Low-budget Christmas film, directed by Dallas Jenkins, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever enjoys excellent feedback and could be one of the surprises of the end-of-year holidays.
Finally, we note that there was no miracle for Here – The most beautiful years of our lives. In the second week, the reunion of Tom Hanks And Robin Wright with the director Robert Zemeckis now only take $2.5 million and have not yet reached $10 million in box office revenue. Here cost almost 50 million in production budget.