Since being introduced, Venom's popularity has never waned and there's no real reason to suspect that the character's upcoming movie won't be a hit, right? Well, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach's involvement has a lot of fans worried after what they did with The Amazing Spider-Man franchise and the fact the movie clearly won't be sticking to the source material is definitely cause for concern for most of us.
The spinoff's first teaser trailer was widely ridiculed for basically being Tom Hardy: The Movie but the second provided a look at Venom in action and shed some light on how Eddie Brock's origin story will be handled minus Spider-Man. Now, it seems that first glimpse generated more interest than expected because with 64 million views, the Venom trailer has actually beaten all previous Spider-Man movies!
The Amazing Spider-Man did 37 million views, while Spider-Man: Homecoming managed 28 million views. However, trailer views don't translate into box office takings and this is still a far cry from Avengers: Infinity War's record-breaking 202 million views. Sony could have also paid for the trailer to be advertised which would have also increased views. Regardless, the studio is no doubt very happy.
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