After nearly a dozen films, Spider-Man continues to kill at the box office. A few years ago, Spider-Man: No Way Home blew up with a $260 million opening, and now Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse just made $120 million on its debut, marking a huge leap. since Into the Spider-Verse’s $35 million opening, per Deadline.
Who saw this coming? Person. Most estimates pegged the film at $90-100 million, but after a terrific $51 million on Friday (including previews) and a slight 28% drop on Saturday, Across the Spider-Verse topped the charts. expectations and made a surprising splash. Worldwide, the photo has collected $208 million, including $17.8 million from China.
Spidey has amassed $20 million worldwide from Imax, the second-best animated film behind Super Mario Bros. $21 million. How high can this Spidey swing? The next few months are full of potential blockbusters, namely Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, The Flash, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Mission: Impossible—Dark Fate Part One. Can Spidey avoid the competition?
The Little Mermaid, meanwhile, dropped 69% and grossed $40.6 million in its second-year frame, boosting its domestic total to $186 million. Worldwide, the Disney adventure has raised over $326 million (per TheNumbers.com).
Box Office Results: National Top 10
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) 4,313 theaters, Fri $51.7M, 3 days $113.5M/Week 1
- The Little Mermaid (Dis) 4,320 theaters, Fri $11.8M (-69%) 3 days $41.5M (-57%) Total $187.2M/Week 2
- The Boogeyman (20th/Dis) 3,205 theaters, Fri $4.8M, 3 days $11.5M/week 1
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 3,580 (-360) theaters, Fri $2.9M (-48%), 3 days $10.2M (-51%) Total $322.7M/week 5
- Fast X (Uni) 3,467 (-621) cinemas Fri $2.6 M (-59%) 3 days $9 M (-61%) Total $128.2 M/Week 3
- Super Mario Bros (UK) 2,344 (-804) theaters, Fri $920,000 (-46%) 3 days $3.35M (-48%), total $566.2M/week 9
- About My Father (LG) 2,464 theaters, Friday $580,000, 3 days $1.96M (-55%), total $8.6M/week 2
- The Machine 2,409 theaters, Fri $535,000 (-76%), 3 days $1.77M (-65%) Total $8.7M/week 2
- Kanadahar (BR/OR) 1,737 (-368) theaters, Fri $225,000 (-76%) 3 days $750,000 (-68%) Total $4.2M/week 2
- You hurt my feelings (A24) 912 theaters Fri $195.7K (-59%) 3 days $692K (-50%), Total $2.9M/Week 2