“Venom: The Last Dance” grossed $16.2 million this weekend to lead all films in North America for the third consecutive weekend, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The third film in the Marvel-based series starring Tom Hardy as the titular superhero beat out the family comedy “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” which opened with $11.1 million, Comscore reported.
The Hugh Grant-starring horror film “Heretic” opened with $11 million for third place.
“The Wild Robot” was fourth with $6.6 million Friday through Sunday in its seventh weekend, followed by “Smile 2” with $5 million in its fourth weekend.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Conclave” ($4.1 million), “Anora” ($2.45 million), “Here” ($2.44 million), “We Live in Time” ($2.2 million) and “Terrifier 3” ($1.4 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $72 million. The year-to-date total is $6.974 billion — down 11.2% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.