- “Spider-Man: Far From Home” wins the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend, earning $45.3 million this weekend.
- The Sony release now has a global total of $847 million.
- The movie is on pace to become the highest-grossing “Spider-Man” movie of all time (“Spider-Man 3” is the the top to date with $891 million worldwide).
- New releases “Crawl” and “Stuber” fell flat, as “Toy Story 4” snuck in to earn the second place finish this weekend.
- It proves that this summer audiences are only going to the movies for titles they know they will enjoy, like Disney and superhero titles.
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“Spider-Man: Far From Home” continues to dominate the box office. In its second weekend in theaters, Sony’s Marvel movie brought in an estimated $45.3 million to be the number one film at the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend.
The movie has brought in $847 million worldwide and is on pace to become the highest-grossing “Spider-Man” movie ever by the time it ends its theatrical run. The highest-grossing Spidey movie to date is 2007’s “Spider-Man 3” which made $891 million worldwide.
New releases like Fox’s comedy “Stuber” and Paramount’s horror “Crawl” were no match for the Marvel superhero, as they fell flat with $8 million and $11.5 million opening weekends, respectively. In fact, neither even got second place, as “Toy Story 4” earned a strong $20.7 million over the weekend to earn the silver with a global cume of $771 million.
This weekend is the latest example that moviegoers this summer are being very selective in what they are going to see. If it’s not a sure bet, like a Disney release or a superhero title, they are staying home and watching what’s on streaming.
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