After a massive debut in China Venom is continuing its climb up the box office rankings.

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According to Box Office Mojo Venom now ranks 84th on its list of all-time worldwide box office earners. Venom has earned over $780.5 million and counting.This puts the Tom Hardy movie above 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy ($773.3 million worldwide) and 1977's Star Wars ($775.4 million). It is important to note that the list is not adjusted for inflation, which would keep the original Star Wars above Venom.Venom is currently closing in on the worldwide totals of Deadpool ($783.1 million) and Spider-Man 2 ($783.8 million).When Venom opened in North America, it set a record for the biggest opening weekend for the month of October , earning over $80.2 million. After its record-shattering opening weekend, Venom performed well in its second weekend , dropping only 56.4%.The film has continued to see relatively low weekend-to-weekend drops, with a current North American total of $210 million. According to Box Office Mojo, this domestic cume makes Venom the ninth highest-grossing film of the year , trailing Solo: A Star Wars Story ($213 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216 million). Black Panther has held on to its number one spot, with over $700 million at the North American box office.

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