Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse tops weekend box office ahead of Pixar’s Elemental and fast-dropping The Flash
The animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse topped the weekend box office with $19.3 million, ahead of Pixar’s Elemental with $18.4 million, while The Flash tumbled big, finishing in third place with $15.2 million.
Entering its fourth week of release at the domestic box office, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse now has grossed $317.1 million domestic and $560.3 million worldwide.
The movie, starring Shameik Moore as teen superhero Miles Morales, initially debuted at the top spot for the June 2 weekend.
Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian told the AP that it was “very rare” that “a movie like this crept up and flipped a web back to the No. 1 spot.”
“It’s a testament to the quality of the film,” he said. “This is a very competitive and busy summer film market. And yet, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has stood out as one of the biggest films of this summer season.”
The latest: The animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse topped the weekend box office with $19.3 million and bounced back after debuting at the top spot earlier this month
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was followed by the new Pixar movie Elemental, which took second place with $18.5 million for the second consecutive week.
The film’s $29 million debut last week was Pixar’s worst ever three-day opening.
The steepest drop of the week was for The Flash, as the DC and Warner Bros. blockbuster starring Ezra Miller in the title role experienced a 72 percent drop from last week’s $55 million opening to this week’s $15.2 million intake.
The 73 percent swoon over The Flash eclipses drops from other DC adaptations that disappointed at the box office, like Shazam! Fury of the Gods was down 69 percent, while Black Adam was down 59 percent. Variety reported.
In total, The Flash has earned $210.9 million worldwide, based on $87 million domestically and $123.3 million internationally.
The commercial viability of the film, which cost $200 million to make, has been at the center of speculation after Miller made a flurry of headlines for run-ins with the law.
“Sometimes it’s not the opening weekend that tells the whole story, especially with Elemental,” Dergarabedian told the AP. “It’s more about the challenges that a film like The Flash can sometimes face, which are multifaceted, and which are very difficult to overcome.”
In fourth place came the new Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings, which debuted at $15.1 million in domestic box office for Sony.
The new Pixar movie Elemental tied for second consecutive week with $18.5 million
The steepest drop of the week was for The Flash, as the blockbuster from DC and Warner Bros. with Ezra Miller in the title role experienced a 72 percent drop
The commercial viability of the film, which cost $200 million to make, has been at the center of speculation after Miller made headlines for run-ins with the law.
In fourth place came the new Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings, which debuted at $15.1 million in domestic box office for Sony. She is pictured with Andrew Barth Feldman in the film
Dergarabedian said the studio had a strong weekend with both this film and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts tied for fifth with $11.6 million, while the new Wes Anderson film Asteroid City placed sixth with $9 million.
The Little Mermaid placed seventh with $8.6 million, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 placed eighth with $3.5 million and The Blackening finished ninth with $3 million.
Dergarabedian said he expected big things at the box office of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny “regardless of what the reviews are.”
“I know the reviews are mixed,” he said of the Harrison Ford movie, which premieres June 30. It will really be the audience that will determine the ultimate success of this film.’