By The Ringer Staff • 1 min
In 2018, Venom burst into theaters featuring a unique blend of grim humor and slapstick violence. Despite its status as a Spider-Man spinoff and a dreadful 28 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it became one of the highest-grossing films of that year. In this episode of Ringer PhD, Sean Fennessey digs into why Venom became such a massive hit and how the film’s success helps to explain the modern box office.
