“Spider-Man: Far from Home” Trumps Holiday Weekend

By: Keaton Marcus

Diving into the weekend, Marvel’s newest hit film, Spider-Man: Far From Home licked the competition this week, swinging to a holiday record domestically, along with punching some serious earnings globally, another killer success for the tremendous franchise. Otherwise, Toy Story 4 continued to do impressive work in runner-up position, while other holdovers such as Yesterday, Annabelle Comes Home, and Aladdin populate the last few spots. The other wide release for the weekend was Midsommar which delivered a five-day opening weekend outside the top five.

As mentioned, Disney and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home dominated the charts this weekend, with Friday to Sunday earnings tallying 92.5M, and Tuesday to Sunday six-day grosses totaling to a massive 185M from 4,634 North American locations. The debut is a July 4th weekend record, besting the previous high by The Amazing Spider-Man (137M), and counting the six-day, it’s the biggest debut in the Spider-Man franchise, besting Spider-Man 3 with over 151M. Spider-Man: Homecoming reached 154.1M in its first six days, and taking that into account, it shows that Far From Home is a little over 30M ahead of its predecessor, which finished with 334.2M. Considering this, we should be expecting a finish topping 400M domestically, which would rank ninth in the MCU.

Internationally, the film had already debuted worldwide last weekend, and added an additional 244M this weekend from 66 overseas markets. This results in a foreign gross of 392.7M, and a global total of 577.7M after around a week in release. The film’s biggest market remains China, where it has grossed over 167M since last week, following is South Korea (33.8M), the UK (17.8M), Mexico (13.9M), Australia (12M) and Russia (9.6M). The film will debut in Italy this Wednesday, it’s last market.

Review wise, you can expect Sweet and Sour Movies’ rating tomorrow, but otherwise, Far From Home scored extremely well with both critics and audiences. On RottenTomatoes, the picture was handed an excellent 90% “Certified Fresh”, along with an audience rating of 96%. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average of 69/100, more skeptical, but still very positive. Far From Home also received an A CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

In second place, we saw Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4, which grossed a third weekend of 33.8M, sliding 43.3% from last weekend, and reaching a massive 306.1M domestically. The film is still pacing as the biggest in the franchise, around 17 million ahead of the third film. Internationally, the film added another 43M, tallying to foreign earnings of 345.8M, and a global gross of 651.9M.

The third slot holds Universal’s comedy, Yesterday, which continued its run with a sophomore session of 10M, dipping only 40% from last weekend, and topping 36.1M domestically after 10 days in release. Internationally, the film added seven new markets, including debuts in France (1.3M), and Spain (1M). The film added another 8M from 35 markets, adding to a foreign gross of 20M, and a worldwide total of 56.1M.

In fourth is WB’s creepy-doll feature, Annabelle Comes Home, which sold an estimated 9.4M, dropping 53.4% and tallying 49.8M domestically from 12 days in release. Internationally, the film delivered an impressive 20M from just 9 overseas markets for a foreign total of 84.3M, and a global running gross of 134.1M.

Rounding out the top five was another Disney feature, Aladdin, which flew to 7.5M this weekend, falling another minimal 25.7% from last weekend, along with tallying a massive 320.7M domestically. Internationally, the film added another 16.2M, for a international gross of 602M, and a massive worldwide total of 922.7M.

Right outside the top five was another holiday weekend, for A24’s Midsommar, which delivered a three-day of 6.3M, and a five-day weekend of 10.9M. The film garnered 81% “Certified Fresh” on RottenTomatoes, and a C+ CinemaScore from audiences.

Next weekend comes two additional nationwide releases, looking to open under the reign of Far From Home. First and foremost is Paramount’s R-rated creature-feature, Crawl, which is opening to an estimated 3,000 locations. Secondly, R-rated comedy picture, Stuber has an unknown theater count.

TOP FIVE:

Spider-Man: Far from Home
Toy Story 4
Yesterday
Annabelle Comes Home
Aladdin