Having pulled in $111 million in China, Japan and Hong Kong over the weekend, Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home made its way into North American cinemas yesterday, setting a brand new record for the biggest Tuesday opening day at the box office.
As reported by EW, the Tom Holland-headlined superhero sequel pulled in $39.3 million, taking the record from the web-slinger’s earlier outing The Amazing Spider-Man, which opened with $35 million in 2012.
Far From Home has been tracking a $165 million domestic opening across the six-day Independence Day holiday weekend, but with $40 million already in the bank it may well go on to surpass that by the time the dust settles on Sunday.
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Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!
Spider-Man: Far From Home features the return of Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Zendaya (Michelle), Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds), Angourie Rice (Betty Brant), Tony Revolori (Flash Thompson), Martin Star (Mr. Harrington), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), with Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) as Mysterio.