Weekend Box Office Report: Spider-Man sequel swings into first!

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Spidey travels Far from Home and blows up the box office!

Marvel's webbed wonder took a vacation on the big-screen over the July 4th holiday and put SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME on top with an estimated $93.6 million for the weekend!

The popular arachnid-powered wall-crawler scored the second-biggest Independence Day weekend, behind the $97.8 million start of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON in 2011.

While its three-day weekend figure is lower than the $117 million domestic start of SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING in July 2017, that solo debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had a traditional Friday opening. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME has snared an impressive six-day domestic total of $185 million since it first leaped into theaters on Tuesday, when it generated a record-breaking Tuesday take of $39.5 million (beating the $35 million Tuesday launch of previous incarnation THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN on July 3, 2012).

Compared to other Spider-movies, the European adventure of Peter Parker (Tom Holland in his fifth MCU appearance) also improved on the first weekends of Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 2 ($88 million in 2004), and the Andrew Garfield-starring AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ($62 million) and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 ($91.6 million). Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 3 still holds the trophy with a $151 million opening in 2007.

Spidey's post-AVENGERS: ENDGAME team-up with comic book adversary Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) and an irritable Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has grabbed $395 million from international audiences for a worldwide total of $580 million, already placing it just behind the $585 global finish of the first IRON MAN in 2008.

The PG-13 sequel, which also brings back SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING's Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei and director Jon Watts, cost a reported $160 million.

Critics don't appear to have reached superhero fatigue quite yet, giving the 23rd chapter in the MCU a 91% average on Rotten Tomatoes. Swing on over to the JoBlo review HERE.

In second place was Pixar's TOY STORY 4 with $34.3 million as Woody, Buzz and the plaything pals have reached a domestic total of $306.5 million over their third weekend in theaters (half the time it took Disney's ALADDIN remake to pass that milestone).

With a current worldwide total of $650 million, the G-rated sequel has overtaken the domestic and global totals of both TOY STORY ($191 million/$373 million) and TOY STORY 2 ($245 million/$497 million), although the $415 million domestic and $1.06 billion worldwde totals for 2010's TOY STORY 3 remain far on the horizon.

Director Danny Boyle's PG-13 musical YESTERDAY was again strumming in third place with $10.7 million, down by only 36% from when it hit the stage last weekend. The $26 million fantasy-comedy jammed with Beatles tunes has a ten-day domestic total of $36.8 million and $56.9 million worldwide.

The R-rated horror sequel ANNABELLE COMES HOME was in fourth place with $9.7 million, spooking away 52% of business from last weekend. The third entry in THE CONJURING spinoff series has a 12-day domestic total of $50.1 million and a worldwide total of $134.7 million, on a reported cost of $30 million.

Disney's live-action ALADDIN was in fifth place with $9.3 million as the Guy Ritchie-directed musical fantasy has made it to a domestic total of $320.7 million after seven weekends. The PG-rated update with genie Will Smith has an eye-popping worldwide total of $921.7 million, on a reported cost of $183 million.

The appropriately mid-summer horror release MIDSOMMAR was in sixth place with $6.5 million for the weekend.

Filmmaker Ari Aster's second feature has a domestic total of $10.9 million since it started creeping out crowds on Wednesday (Aster's unnerving debut HEREDITARY started with $13.5 million last June, and finished with $44 million domestic and $79 million worldwide on a $10 million cost).

The new R-rated thriller, with Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor on a twisted trip to a quaint but sinister Swedish village, reportedly cost less than $10 million.

Critics mostly found the daylight nightmare to be a chilling experience, giving the movie an average of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Stamp your passport with the JoBlo review HERE.

In seventh place was the animated animal adventure THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 with $4.7 million. With a domestic total of $140.7 million and $262 million worldwide after five weekends, Illumination's $80 million sequel is still a considerable distance from the original THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS' surprising $368 million domestic and $875 million worldwide totals.

The Chris Hemsworth/Tessa Thompson-starring MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL was in eighth place with $3.6 million. On its fourth weekend, the PG-13 sci-fi comedy from director F. Gary Gray is at a domestic gross of $71.9 million and a worldwide total of $244.8 million on a reported cost of $110 million.

The re-release of Marvel's AVENGERS: ENDGAME was in ninth place with $3.1 million. The $350 million costumed cataclysm-correction has a domestic total of $847.8 million, and is now gripping $2.77 billion worldwide in its gauntlet as it continues attempting to inch toward the $2.78 billion of reigning box office champ AVATAR.

Closing out the list was the R-rated Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN with $2.7 million. The $40 million musical with Taron Egerton in the extravagant wardrobe has a domestic total of $89.1 million and a worldwide total of $173.8 million after six weeks.

Outside the chart, Keanu Reeves' hitman sequel JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM shot out of sight along with the remake of 80s horror fave CHILD'S PLAY.

Next week offers killer gators in the horror movie CRAWL from director Alexandre Aja and producer Sam Raimi, while cop Dave Bautista commandeers Kumail Nanjiani's vehicle in the comedy STUBER.

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