NEW YORK – The Sony comic-book movie "Venom" has shrugged off bad reviews to shatter the October box-office record with an $80 million debut, while Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's "A Star Is Born" remake soared to $42.6 million.
According to estimates Sunday, the two very different films fueled an unusually robust fall weekend at the North American box office. Despite its weak 32 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the anti-hero "Spider-Man" spinoff "Venom," starring Tom Hardy in the title role, opened with $205.2 million globally.
The previous best October opening was $55.7 million for "Gravity" in 2013.
Cooper's "A Star Is Born" remake, also starring Lady Gaga, has been hailed by critics and pegged as an Oscar front-runner. It drew an audience that was 66 percent female and 68 percent older than 35. For the three-day weekend, it earned $41.3 million.
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Rounding out the top five: The animated Yeti movie "Smallfoot" finished third with $14.9 million; Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish's GED comedy "Night School" slipped to fourth with $12.3 million; and Jack Black and Cate Blanchett's kid-friendly horror movie "The House With a Clock In Its Walls" was fifth with $7.3 million.
Final numbers are expected Tuesday, after the Columbus Day holiday.
Contributing: Kim Willis
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