Note: I warned you. See if you can spot all the types of spiders referenced in this blog.
Another weekend in the books, another win for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Spidey and company lured its competition into its cinematic trap door for the fifth straight weekend, wolfing down another $22 million in estimated North American box-office receipts and jumping to another victory. The latest Spidey film has now drawn a staggering $884.8 million into its orb-it, making it the second highest-grossing movie in cinematic history (domestically speaking, that is). It trails only Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
And it hardly has reason to be crabby about its overseas take, either. Brand New Day has stuffed more than $1.4 billion into its silken sac, boosting its overall tally to more than $2.3 billion worldwide. That funnels it to No. 4 on the all-time global list. And while it’ll take some work for Brand New Day to catch No. 1 Avatar ($2.9 billion) or No. 2 Avengers: Endgame ($2.8 billion) globally, it’s within spitting distance of the third-place film, Avatar: The Way of Water. Brand New Day is less than $2 million behind, in fact.
Yep, Spider-Man has been anything but reclusive this summer.
Coyote vs. Acme did its best to chase down Brand New Day—but alas, its Acme-brand, rocket-powered, box-office scooter just wasn’t up to the task. Still, Coyote vs. Acme did catch nearly $15.5 million dollars—a pittance for Brand New Day, but a tarantula-sized take for Ketchup Entertainment. It is, in fact, the biggest opening in the distributor’s history. More remarkable: It achieved this mark (and a second-place finish) despite a relatively small marketing budget of $10 million.
Cast out and widowed from its original home at Warner Bros. and bought by Ketchup for $50 million, Coyote vs. Acme has a while before it lands in the black. But it’s not a bad start for this underdog of a film.
The Odyssey continues its own goliath run, racking up another $14.3 million to finish third. Christopher Nolan’s R-rated blockbuster hasn’t been out of the top three since it sailed into Cineplexes in mid-July. During that run, the epic has earned $563.8 million in North America (making it the year’s second highest-grossing movie) and nearly $1.6 billion worldwide. Who needs a Trojan Horse to go a-conquering when you’ve got Matt Damon?
Insidious: Out of the Further crept into fourth place with a $10.1 million weekend, stateside. That pushes its two-week total to $43.6 million.
The Dog Stars had a ruff go of it. Despite being directed by Ridley Scott and having a full-blown studio marketing campaign behind it, this dystopian drama earned just $8 million to debut in fifth place. Meanwhile, the comedy-horror flick Buddy sang and danced and bullied its way to sixth place with a $5.4 million take.
If we dive deeper, we find Finding Emily. This kinda sweet PG-13 romcom had a sour debut, banking just $680,000 for a 16th-place finish. Looks like Finding Emily found the box-office cellar.
Oh, and for those playing the “find the spider” game at home … if you found 13 references, you win a prize. But not really, because Plugged In doesn’t have that kind of money.
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