Spider-Man wasn't going to be in it was a factor in people believing the movie would flop.
Of course, highest grossing superhero movies ever to release in China.
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Thanks to continuous traffic in China (via Deadpool, which earned $783.1 million in 2016. Considering that this is a spinoff movie that many people thought would fail, it's surely surprising to see it perform not only well enough to justify its existence but also sur one of the longest-running superhero franchises out there.
However, it's worth noting that Venom still hasn't beaten every X-Men movie with regards to domestic gross. By its seventh weekend, estimated $100 million production budget.
Furthermore, at approximately $784 million worldwide, Venom has now ed Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 ($783.8 million, unadjusted), after previously ing Marc Webb's Spider-Man spinoff movies that are in development.
