Spider-Man: Far From Home swings to massive 27 million dollars this week.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home is dominating North American movie-going, soaring to 27 million dollars on a Wednesday – a record for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
The 23rd Marvel movie, starring Tom Holland, topped the previous MCU Wednesday mark set two months ago by Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame with 25.3 million dollars. Spider-Man: Far From Home has earned a dazzling 65.5 million dollars in its first two days from 4,634 North American locations.
Sony is forecasting that the superhero tale will take in 125 million dollars during its first six days in theaters, though some estimates show that number could reach 150 million dollars. 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted domestically with 117 million dollars over the three-day July frame on its way to a 334 million dollars North American total and 880 million dollars worldwide.
Spider-Man: Far From Home picks up after the events of Avengers: Endgame and follows Peter Parker (Holland) being recruited to save the world while on a class trip to Europe.
Jake Gyllenhaal joins the cast as Mysterio, while Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei reprise their roles for the sequel.
Jon Watts directed Spider-Man: Far From Home, which cost 160 million dollars to produce, from a script by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Critics have been mostly impressed with the movie, which carries a 92 per cent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Disney’s Toy Story 4 should remain a potent attraction during the holiday weekend. The animated comedy sequel has taken in 256 million dollars domestically in 12 days through Tuesday.
Also opening this weekend is A24’s horror film Midsommar, which film collected 1.1 million dollars from 1,951 screens on Tuesday. Midsommar is set to bring in around 8 million dollars to 10 million dollars over the weekend when it opens in 2,707 venues. Directed by Ari Aster, Midsommar stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor and William Jackson Harper in a nightmarish story of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival.
The holiday weekend comes with 2019’s North American box at 5.7 billion dollars through Tuesday, trailing 2018 by 9.3 per cent at the same point – despite the stellar performance of Avengers: Endgame, which has topped 843 million dollars after 68 days. Summer box office is also off 6.3 per cent to 2.21 billion dollars, according to Comscore.
– Courtesy: Variety
