Spider-Man is proving box office gold, with yet another Spidey movie nabbing big bucks.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the number one movie at the domestic box office, bringing in a stellar $120.5 million for its first weekend.
With an opening like that, the film is the second-biggest opening weekend of the year, only behind the whopping $146 million brought in by The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Both animated films found a way to hit different demographics while appeasing fans. Both saw impressive CinemaScores while landing stellar reviews and positive audience responses.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse also has the third-biggest opening weekend for any Spider-Man film. The only films ahead of it are 2007’s Spider-Man 3 and 2021’s fan-favorite epic Spider-Man: No Way Home. As for its predecessor, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the film cleared the 2018 Oscar-winner’s $35.5 million. Across the Spider-Verse had an international haul of $88.1 million, led by China with $17.3 million, bringing its worldwide opening total to $208.6 million.
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The film held up well against Disney’s The Little Mermaid remake – itself only dropping 57% to a 40.6 million second weekend in second place. The third spot at the box office went to Disney and 20th Century’s The Boogeyman, seeing a $12.3 million opener against its $35 million budget.
2018’s Into the Spider-Verse brought in a total global haul of $384 million, so it is only a matter of time before this buzzy beloved sequel surpasses it. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse does face competition in the coming weeks, with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and The Flash coming in the next few weeks.
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hails from directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers and features a voice cast that includes Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, Jake Johnson as Peter. B Parker, Oscar Issac as Spider-Man 2099, Issa Rae as Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman, Daniel Kaluuya as Spider-Punk, Karan Soni as Spider-Man India, and Jason Schwartzman as The Spot.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now playing.
