Movie Monday: New ‘Insidious’ Flick Can’t Squash ‘Spider-Man’

The average spider typically lives about a year, according to spider lifespan experts—though some spiders can crawl along for as much as two decades.

Unless, of course, they’re found in the cubicle of my associate, Emily Tsiao. In that case, their lifespan promises to be much, much shorter.

Insidious: Out of the Further wanted nothing more than to take a book and slam it down on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, thus ignominiously ending Peter Parker’s box-office run. But Spidey proved to be unfazed. 

Spider-Man: Brand New Day spent its fourth consecutive weekend atop the domestic box-office standings, spinning out another $39 million in receipts. This gives Brand New Day a total domestic gross of $854.9 million, placing it third in moviedom’s all-time most lucrative list (not adjusted for inflation, of course). And when next we convene on Monday, Brand New Day will very likely be second on that lifetime gross roster—passing Avengers: Endgame and its $858.4 million.

Spidey’s netting quite a bit of cash overseas, too—$1.4 billion, to be exact. That means that Brand New Day has collected $2.2 billion worldwide. If it hangs onto the top spot for too much longer, I’m going to have to dig much deeper into my bag of puns. And no one wants that.

Insidious: Out of the Further tried to claw to the top with its own cold, dead hands. But in the end, the horror sequel could only scratch its way to $25.3 million stateside, which landed the flick in second place. Out of the Further did slightly better overseas, banking $35 million in international markets to give it a tidy $60.3 million. Clearly, horror films are still showing plenty of pop this year.

Speaking of, um, pop, The Odyssey—featuring one of classical literature’s most famous absentee fathers—remains a strong draw. It finished third with $19.5 million, which boosted its overall domestic gross to $539.1 million. The Odyssey has earned nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, which makes it not just the most lucrative R-rated film in history (passing Deadpool & Wolverine), but it’s now the highest-grossing film in director Christopher Nolan’s portfolio (sprinting past The Dark Knight Rises).

A pair of dino-themed movies close out the weekend’s top five. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie finished fourth with $9.1 million (padding its two-week domestic haul to $35.4 million), while The End of Oak Street finished close on PAW Patrol’s heels. Oak Street paved its way to another $9 million this weekend, giving it about $38 million overall.

In sixth place we find Jason Statham’s tender drama Mutiny, which earned $7.5 million. That’ll be enough to buy plenty of tea and crumpets for the famously genteel Statham. Meanwhile, Spa Weekend took a cinematic mud bath, splashing to a mere $3 million to finish ninth.

In 11^th place, we find The Magic Faraway Tree, which banked $1.4 million. It’s a sweet film. But if it keeps that up, success will be faraway indeed.