I lean toward no. I see an opening around 67 million.

Venom is an iconic character, particularly, I feel, with children of the 1990s, but my reservations:

- Will it be a quality film? (I certainly hope so, but still.) Genre movies are no longer entirely review-proof. Not in the era of Rotten Tomatoes. Is Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 Minutes or Less, Gangster Squad) going to deliver a well-reviewed film?

- Will it be rated PG-13 or a more restrictive R? The trailer screams PG-13, but I remember reading they were aiming for the latter. It also feels dark and VERY geared toward young men, without the family appeal of most Marvel pictures (or the date-night appeal the first Deadpool enjoyed with its Valentine's release).

- The October record is held by Gravity with "only" 55 million. No October release has ever even flirted with 100m.

No way this happens , you really expect this to double the current Oct opening weekend record? (Gravity- $55.7m or The Martian- $54.3m) It will be lucky to get to 40m.
- R- Rated film (Would out-gross Logan $88.4m, a beloved character)
- No film other than "Suicide Squad" and "It" has crossed $100m OW from August to November. Including the great "Guardians of the Galaxy".
- General audiences don't know this character and it doesn't have the unique hooks that Deadpool or Black Panther had.
- Tom Hardy
-Reviews, guarantee this is Rotten with no higher than 30% rating