It’s spring, and that means you’re likely to have a snake sighting.

Not everything worked in the first “Venom” film, a darker, slimier spinoff adjacent to Sony Pictures’ “Spider-verse” Marvel world.

In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge driven by the delta variant, Sony Pictures on Thursday delayed the release of the big-budget sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”.

"Joker" went on a rampage, opening with an estimated $93.5 million -- easily topping "Venom's" October record of $80.3M.

Warner Bros. said Sunday that "Joker" grossed an estimated $93.5 million in ticket sales from 4,374 screens in North America. Internationally, "Joker" earned $140.5 million from 73 markets, resulting in a stunning $234 million global debut. "This was a much larger result at the box office than we had ever anticipated globally," said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution. While some worried this would impact the box office, it did not ultimately detract audiences from turning out opening weekend; the box office surpassed industry expectations and may rise even higher when weekend actuals are reported Monday. Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for box office tracker Comscore, said that the convergence of critical acclaim and controversy actually helped the film become bigger than expected at the box office.