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Sony's "Spider-Man: Away From Home" crashed Friday's box office competition with $ 32.5 million in domestic sales, bringing its total sales over four days to $ 124 million.
Just after the day's opening of its record, the latest Sony Marvel universe film is expected to bring in about $ 180 million this weekend, despite initial estimates ranging from $ 125 million to $ 150 million . This is a significant increase over its predecessor "Spider-Man: Homecoming", which opened at $ 117 million; However, the film enjoys an early opening on Tuesday due to the holidays of 4 July.
Abroad, "Spider-Man: Far From Home is also experiencing success with $ 218.5 million in international ticket sales, bringing its global total to $ 310 million. Jon Watts directed the film, which resumes after the events of "Avengers: Endgame" and follows Peter Parker (Tom Holland) who associates with the newcomer Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) to save the world. It cost $ 160 million for production and stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei.
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"Toy Story 4" will rank second this weekend with an additional $ 11.9 million in domestic ticket sales for a third weekend estimated at $ 33.3 million. The latest movie of the toy franchise continues to attract viewers with a national total of about $ 284 million and is expected to cross the $ 300 million mark here Sunday.
The film "Midsommar" of A24 will also be open this weekend, followed by "Hereditary" by the independent studio. After recording $ 2.7 million in national box office ticket sales at 2,707 theaters, the film is now scheduled for $ 6 million over the weekend, a slight decrease from initial estimates. For comparison, "Hereditary" totaled about $ 13.5 million during its opening weekend in 2018. Directed by Ari Aster, "Midsommar" stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor and William Jackson Harper in a terrifying story of friends traveling to Sweden for a mysterious festival.
Universal's "Yesterday" and Working Title also remained stable over the holiday weekend, with a score of no. 4 with $ 3.4 million for a second-year weekend estimated at $ 10.4 million. This should be enough for the film to stay above New Line's "Annabelle Comes Home" – also on its second weekend – which was rated no. 3 with $ 3,613, but it is estimated that it will only bring in about $ 9.6 million by the end of the weekend.
Disney's Aladdin was awarded $ 2.5 million, helping to push the film to over $ 900 million at the global box office. The film is currently at its seventh weekend and is expected to yield about $ 7.7 million.
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