Following the world premiere of Venom: The Last Dance, the first social media reactions for the threequel have started hitting X. As you'll see below, the response so far is mostly positive, though we'll continue updating this article as more early verdicts arrive.

It's always best to wait on full reviews - and that all-important Rotten Tomatoes score - for a clearer idea of what to expect, but this feels like a good start for a franchise which has typically drawn a mixed response from fans and critics. If this really is it for Hardy, it seems he'll be going out on a high.

We'd imagine the trades will revise their opening weekend estimates in the coming days, though the movie was targeting a $70 million debut when we last heard. That's a decline from Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, but a drop was to be expected given the current state of theaters post-covid.