After a couple of dismal outings with the (not so) AmazingSpider-Manmovies, Peter Parker is once again riding high at the box office. The friendly neighborhood hero has locked in $50.5 million duringSpider-Man: Homecoming’s first Friday in release. This comes from 4,341 screens around the country. Now, the movie is estimated to pull in $120 million or more over the course of itsfirst three day weekend.
Spider-Man: Homecomingwas already pretty much guaranteed to be abox office successthis weekend, but not even Sony was prepared for these numbers. Sony quietly put out a conservative estimate earlier in the week of around $80 million domestically while other sources seem to have been right on with estimations hovering around the $120 million mark. The perceived competition fromDespicable Me 3seems to have little to zero effect onHomecoming, which makes complete sense since the latter was released last week during the holiday weekend.
According toVariety,Spider-Man: Homecomingwill place third inhighest debut weekendthis year, narrowly beatingWonder Woman, which earned an impressive $103.3 million.Homecomingwill place third behind Disney’s live-action remake ofBeauty and the Beastat $174.8 million and Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2at $146.5 million. Word of mouth and impressive reviews from critics have no doubt had a huge impact on the success of Tom Holland’s first portrayal of the web slinger.
Spider-Man: Homecomingis apretty sizable victoryfor Sony, which didn’t have the success it wanted with the previous Spider-Man vehicleThe Amazing Spider-Man. BothAmazing Spider-Manmovies didn’t live up to the hype of the originalSpider-Mantrilogy and thenSpider-Manhit the break room for a spell. Though the break was not very long before it was announced that Tom Holland would be the nextSpider-Manand that this version ofSpider-Manwould get to play within the MCU. The opening will placeSpider-Man: Homecomingas Sony’s second highest opening of all time while also finishing second toSpider-Man 3’s $151.1 million debut back in 2007. The addition ofSpider-Manto the MCU is also a large reason that the movie is exceeding expectations, Holland’s small part inCaptain America: Civil Warwas enough to drum up some excitement for a newSpider-Mantrilogy.
Elsewhere at the box office this weekendDespicable Me 3took in an extra $11.1 million during its second week, bringing the domestic total up to an impressive $126.5 million. Edgar Wright’sBaby Driveris expected to earn another $12.5 million by the end of the weekend.Wonder Womanwill have a nabbed an additional $10 million added to its $720 million worldwide box office earnings after the weekend whileTransformers: The Last Knightslips to number 5 taking in a lackluster $6 million.Cars 3,The House,The Big Sick,47 Meters Down, andThe Beguiledfinish in the top ten as well.
Spider-Man: Homecomingis finally here and is doing somemajor business at the box office, exceeding expectations. Now the real question is whether moviegoers are sticking around to check out the post-credit scenes. Without spoiling anything, there are two scenes and they are definitely worth sticking around for. The future is looking mighty bright for Tom Holland’sSpider-Man, which is good since there are still two more movies happening for the trilogy. you’re able to seeSpider-Mannext in the upcomingAvengers: Infinity Warset to be released on May 4th, 2018.
