Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into first place
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse exceeded expectations with a $120.5 million opening weekend. That exceeds the first film’s $35.4 million in 2018. That movie went on to gross $384.3 million worldwide. Internationally, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse grossed $88.1 million for a worldwide debut of $208.6 million.
The Little Mermaid dipped to second place with $40.6 million bringing its domestic total to $186.2 million. Over the week, the film added $72.2 million to its international total to bring that to $140.5 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $326.7 million after two weeks.
The Boogeyman debuted in third place with $12.3 million domestically. It also grossed $7.7 million internationally for an opening weekend of $20 million.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 slipped to fourth place with $10.2 million bringing its domestic total to $322.7 million. Over the week, the movie grossed $38.7 million to bring its international total to $457.4 million. The movie has grossed $780.1 million worldwide.
Fast X has started to run out of gas and rounded out the top five. The movie grossed $9.2 million to bring its domestic total to $128.5 million. Over the week it grossed $75.5 million to bring its international total to $474.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $603.3 million.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $33,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.5 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just over $476.1 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 52 films earning $205,179,351 from 30,903 theaters. That’s an increase of about $40 million from last weekend’s $163,043,508 from 28,581 theaters and 58 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $6,639.46 this past weekend, a boost from the previous weekend’s $5,702.62.