“The Last Dance” beats “Heretic” to No. 1 at the box office

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Once again Venom: The Last Dance took first place at the box office over the weekend, continuing its three-week streak at the top. Shortly after Veterans Day, the third entry appears in the Poison According to Comscore, the franchise brought in an additional $16.2 million to its domestic total of $114.8 million. The film doubled its haul internationally, grossing $33 million, for a worldwide cume of $394.2 million.

Directed by franchise author Kelly Marcel, The Last Dance Hardy’s former reporter Eddie Brock and his symbiote friend Venom are on the run. Pursued by enemies from both worlds, the friends who share Eddie’s body must make a devastating decision that puts their future together in jeopardy.

As the title suggests, the film concludes the Hardy-led trilogy – although the filmmakers were careful to leave the door open for further symbiote-filled adventures.

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In a surprising second place, The best Christmas competition ever premiered domestically to an estimated $11.1 million, bringing the holiday season to theaters across the country. The film, based on the best-selling novel, centers on the Herdmans, a rowdy group of kids who take over their church act and shock the community by discovering the true meaning of Christmas.

Elsewhere, Grant poked and rebuked the faith Heretica religious horror film in which he initiates an exciting game of cat and mouse. The film narrowly missed its second place finish, debuting at $11 million domestically. The Scott Beck and Bryan Woods film grossed an additional $5.2 million in international markets for a worldwide cume of $16.2 million.

Grant, the terrifying figure at the center of the film, has told it before Weekly entertainment that he is excited to enter his villain era. “Let’s be honest, no one wants me to play the romantic lead anymore,” he said. “And thank God they don’t.”

It goes without saying that villains have more fun, which is perhaps why Grant’s credits have moved away from charming, affable men and towards straight-up antagonists (keep that in mind). Paddington 2, The doom, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievesand even Wonka.)

“Every actor really likes it,” Grant said of this villainous turn. “I think you’d be hard-pressed to find an actor or actress who would say, ‘I just like playing nice people.’ They are hard and always borderline boring. They are very difficult, nice people or heroes. And there is always more juice in an evil character.

He added: “It’s a fascinating discussion about it Why That’s why audiences have always clung to the bad guys, sometimes when they don’t really believe in the good guys. So it’s always tempting for an actor.

Heretic is almost the best of both worlds: Grant plays Mr. Reed, a seemingly friendly man who welcomes two young missionaries, Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East), into his home under the guise of a lively conversation about their faith. But behind his usual warmth lies a sinister ulterior motive, as the evil man attempts to test their faith.

In the seventh week of release The wild robot only suffered an 11 percent decline, falling to fourth place with an additional $6.6 million to its domestic total of $130.8. The animated adaptation of Peter Brown’s children’s novel continued its success overseas, where an additional $8.9 million brought its worldwide total to an estimated $292.4 million.

The film – featuring the voices of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and other stars Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames – is directed by Chris Sanders Filmmakers behind such popular hits as Lilo & Stitch, The Croods, And How to train your dragon.

The horror sequel rounds out fifth place Smile 2 grinned broadly and added $5 million to its domestic tally of $60.5 million. The film is at $123.6 million worldwide.