Sony Pictures’ Marvel sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, starring Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams, was the No. 1 movie in North America; earning $90.1 million it its debut weekend and making it the best film opening since the pandemic. Before Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the top pandemic openings had been the Walt Disney’s “Black Widow” ($80 million), “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” ($75 million) and Universal Pictures’ “Fast and Furious” sequel “F9” ($70 million).

Coming in at No. 2 is The Addams Family 2 with $18 million, followed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at No. 3 with $6 million, The Many Saints of Newark at No. 4 with $5 million and Dear Evan Hansen at No. 5 with $2.5 million.

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