‘Eternos’ breaks ‘Venom 2’ record, has biggest start of pandemic era at box office in Brazil

“Eternos” surprised at the box office and had the best initial box office result since the start of the pandemic (March 2020).

The film raised R $ 20.5 million between Thursday (4) and Sunday (7), replacing the previous record, which belonged to ‘Venom: Tempo de Carnificina’ (which started with R $ 15 million). The data comes from MovieB.

On Saturday 6, in addition to having an 80% larger audience compared to the Sony franchise, it dominated fan demand on the date which will now be marked as the biggest theaters visit since their reopening, overtaking that of Our Lady. holiday Appeared on October 12.

‘Eternals’ also became the second BIGGEST world premiere of the year, with $ 161.7 million raised worldwide in its first weekend.

The result was just behind the global debut of “The Fast and the Furious 9” ($ 163 million) – which was heavily boosted by China, where the feature film Vin Diesel debuted with a solid $ 136 million. . Keep in mind that “Eternals” won’t be released in China after director Chloe Zhao’s controversial comments about her homeland.

In the United States, the feature debuted below expectations, at $ 71 million.

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‘Eternals’ follows the journey of quasi-immortal beings, products of the evolutionary divergence that gave birth to the human race millennia ago. The characters relate to several concepts already introduced in previous universe films, from the Celestials (who came out in “Guardians of the Galaxy”) to Thanos, whose own mother was one of his victims.

The cast includes Salma Hayek (Ajak), Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo), Lauren Ridloff (Makkari), Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos), Lia McHugh (Sprite), Gemma Chan (Sersi), Kit Harington (Black Knight), Barry Kheogan ( Druig) and Richard Madden (Ikaris).

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