Far From Home Gets a Boost From Its Extended Cut

Comic film adaptations are big dollars and we track how they do each week to see trends and what’s working and what’s not. With 2018’s films wrapped up, we turn our focus squarely on 2019.


This past weekend, Spider-Man: Far From Home saw a big boost at the box office. The film improved up to eighth from last weekend’s 15th by earning $4.3 million. That’s a 153.2% increase over the previous weekend. The film was re-released with extra footage. The film has now earned $385.9 million domestically. Over the week, the film also earned $225,000 at the foreign box office. There it has earned $736.2 million for a worldwide total of $1.122 billion. It’s now just $6 million away from passing Captain Marvel and becoming the ninth highest-grossing comic adaptation worldwide.

The Kitchen, based on the Vertigo comic miniseries, continues to struggle at the box office but it’s earning dollars. The film earned $377,000 domestically for the week and $700,000 million internationally. The movie has brought in $11.8 million domestically, $2.7 million internationally, and $14.5 million worldwide. That’s far short of the $37 million reported budget. It’s also the worst-performing comic adaptation of the year.

Avengers: Endgame is still bringing in money after 19 weeks. The movie came in at #35 for the weekend and added an estimated $80,000 to its domestic total. It has now earned $858.3 million domestically. It also earned about $123,000 internationally over the week. In total the film has earned $2.796 billion.


Here’s where 2019’s comic films stand as far as the actual numbers.

Total Domestic Gross: $2.027 billion
Total International Gross: $4.210 billion
Worldwide Gross: $6.238 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.234 billion
Total “Profit”: $5.004 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $225.3 million
Average International Gross: $467.8 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $693.1 million
Average Budget: $137.1 million
Average Profit: $556.0 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. The bold numbers are above average while those below average are not.

FilmStudioDomestic Gross
Avengers: EndgameBV$858,357,001
Captain MarvelBV$426,829,839
Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony$385,887,588
Shazam!WB$140,371,656
Alita: Battle AngelFox$85,710,210
Dark PhoenixFox$65,845,974
Dragon Ball Super: BrolyFUNamation Films$30,712,119
HellboyLions$21,903,748
The KitchenWB$11,784,235
FilmStudioInternational Gross
Avengers: EndgameBV$1,937,901,401
Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony$736,225,008
/Captain MarvelBV$701,444,955
Alita: Battle AngelFox$319,142,333
Shazam!WB$224,100,000
Dark PhoenixFox$186,597,000
Dragon Ball Super: BrolyFUNamation Films$83,390,702
HellboyLions$18,882,732
The KitchenWB$2,700,000
FilmStudioWorldwide Gross
Avengers: EndgameBV$2,796,258,402
Captain MarvelBV$1,128,274,794
Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony$1,122,112,596
Alita: Battle AngelFox$404,852,543
Shazam!WB$364,471,656
Dark PhoenixFox$252,442,974
Dragon Ball Super: BrolyFUNamation Films$114,102,821
HellboyLions$40,786,480
The KitchenWB$14,484,235
FilmStudioGross-Budget
Avengers: EndgameBV$2,440,258,402
Captain MarvelBV$976,274,794
Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony$962,112,596
Shazam!WB$264,471,656
Alita: Battle AngelFox$234,852,543
Dragon Ball Super: BrolyFUNamation Films$105,602,821
Dark PhoenixFox$52,442,974
HellboyLions-$9,213,520
The KitchenWB-$22,515,765
FilmStudioGross/Budget
Dragon Ball Super: BrolyFUNamation Films13.42
Avengers: EndgameBV7.85
Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony7.01
Captain MarvelBV4.61
Shazam!WB3.64
Alita: Battle AngelFox2.38
Dark PhoenixFox1.26
HellboyLions0.82
The KitchenWB0.39