By: Keaton Marcus

Diving into the weekend, we saw Spider-Man: Far From Home top the charts for a second weekend over two small newcomers. The film is chugging along well domestically, but its global numbers are extremely impressive, and will soon top the one billion mark. Holdover Toy Story 4 continued to hold well, while Crawl and Stuber debuted in third and fourth place. Solid comedy Yesterday dropped to round out the top five.

As mentioned, Disney and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home re-took the top spot once again this weekend, earning an additional 45.3M in the domestic box office. The film dipped a reasonable 51.1% from last week, and has earned an impressive 274.5M in North America after 13 days in release. The Marvel production is pacing around 67 million ahead of its predecessor, Homecoming, which ended earning 334.2M domestically. Otherwise, it’s about 21 million behind Captain America: Civil War, which tallied 408M in North America. Considering this, the film is starting to sprout reasonably long legs, and should finish on top of 400M domestically at the finish.

Internationally, the film added another 100M at the overseas box office this weekend, resulting in a international gross of 572.5M, and a global total of 847M. The Spidey flick’s biggest market still remains China, where it has totaled 191.8M by this weekend. The leader is followed by South Korea ($49.7m), the UK ($28.6m), Mexico ($24.1m), Brazil ($18m), Australia ($20.1m), France ($14.8m), Indonesia ($15.9m), Russia ($17m), and Germany ($11.1m). The film currently ranks twelfth in the MCU worldwide, and should top the billion mark in a couple weeks, where it would remain ninth.

Runner-up basks other Disney sequel, Toy Story 4, which grossed an estimated 20.6M in North America this weekend. The film held considerably well, sliding only 39% and nearing 350M (346.3M) domestically heading to its fourth week in release. Internationally, the film shot another 48.1M overseas this weekend, tallying to a foreign running total of 424.7M, and a worldwide total of 771M. New markets include Japan (15.3M), and Hong Kong (4.6M) as it looks to debut in Germany on August 15th.

Third holds Paramount’s R-rated creature-feature, Crawl, which debuted with an estimated 12M from 3,170 North American locations, averaging $3,785 per-screen. The gore-fest opened right on pre-weekend expectations, and while not exactly a chart smasher, its a financial hit because of its minimal 13M budget. Internationally, the film brought in 4.8M from 20 overseas markets, for a global debut of 16.8M. Malaysia led the way with an estimated 1M, while the picture is heading towards releases in France (Jul 24), Mexico (Aug 9), Russia (Aug 22), Germany (Aug 22), the UK (Aug 23), Spain (Aug 23), and Brazil (Sep 26). The film received mixed-to-positive reception, with an 88% “Certified Fresh” on RottenTomatoes, and a so-so 60/100 on Metacritic, along with a B CinemaScore.

Fourth place sees Fox’s stumbling R-rated comedy, Stuber debut with just 8.2M from 3,050 locations, averaging $2,697 per-screen. While not a flop, considering it’s paltry 16M production budget, it’s still another comedic disappointment for 2019. Internationally, the film brought in an estimated 2.8M, resulting in a global debut of 11M. The leading market was Russia with an estimated 500K, as upcoming key markets include Mexico (Jul 26), Germany (Aug 22), Italy (Aug 29), Spain (Sep 13), France (Oct 30), and Brazil (Nov 7). Reviews didn’t help either, with a poor 45% “Rotten” on RottenTomatoes, and a negative 42/100 on Metacritic, audiences gave it a B CinemaScore.

Rounding out the top five was Universal’s hit comedy, Yesterday, which strummed another 6.7M in the domestic box office, sliding just 33.3% and tallying 48.2M domestically heading into it’s third week of release. Internationally, the film plucked another 7.8M overseas from 42 markets, adding to a foreign gross of 32.3M, and a global tally of 80.5M.

Next weekend we see one additional nationwide release heading to crown the top spot. The picture is Disney’s reboot of The Lion King, which is playing in an estimated 4,500 locations and has industry tracking saying a 150-170M debut is in order. The film kicked off internationally this weekend, bringing in 54.1M from China.

TOP FIVE:

Spider-Man: Far from Home
Toy Story 4
Crawl
Stuber
Yesterday