**"Venom: The Last Dance" Hits $317.1 Million Worldwide in Second Weekend**

"Venom: The Last Dance," the third installment in Sony's alien symbiote trilogy, has crossed a significant box office threshold, earning over $300 million by its second weekend of release. The film has amassed a total of $317.1 million worldwide, with $227 million coming from international markets and $90 million domestically. Featuring Tom Hardy as the iconic antihero, the movie opened impressively in France and Japan, bringing in $6.5 million and $3.8 million, respectively. Among other top-performing markets, China has contributed $70.6 million and Mexico $13.4 million to the film's earnings.

Despite its production costing a relatively modest $120 million, "The Last Dance" is well on its way to a successful theatrical run. While it remains to be seen if it will reach the heights of its predecessors—2018's "Venom" grossing $856 million globally and 2021's "Let There Be Carnage" earning $506 million worldwide—it is still expected to perform robustly.

In other international box office news, Clint Eastwood's "Juror No. 2" collected $5 million from 1,348 screens across six territories this weekend. The Warner Bros. film saw its strongest performance in France with $3.1 million, followed by Spain with $937,000 and the U.K. with $442,000. The film, starring Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette, delves into the moral struggles of a juror in a high-profile murder trial.

Warner Bros. has opted not to report domestic earnings for "Juror No. 2," focusing instead on a minimal, Oscar-qualifying run in the U.S. Despite receiving positive reviews, the film is not being aggressively pushed for awards. This decision aligns with a strategy to deflect any negative scrutiny over box office earnings, especially given Eastwood's recent mixed results with 2021's "Cry Macho" and 2018's "The Mule."

Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks Animation's "The Wild Robot" continues to perform well, adding $15.7 million from 79 markets this weekend. The animated adventure has accumulated $147 million internationally and $269 million globally to date, demonstrating its steady appeal across audiences worldwide.