Year-end blockbuster Spider-Man: There’s no way home became the first film in Sony Pictures’ history to surpass $500 million at the domestic box office.
The film, made in association with Marvel Studios, hit a major milestone Tuesday after adding $24.8 million on Monday to bring its 11-day domestic total to $495.1 million. from 4,336 theaters in the US and Canada.
There is no way home is a box office hero at the end of the year. The photo has broken multiple records since its debut almost two weeks ago. On Sunday, it became the first film of the pandemic era to cross the $1 billion threshold at the worldwide box office. And it did so in near-record time, or 12 days.
The corridor between Christmas and New Year has historically been a big week for movies. However, overall box office revenue still lags behind pre-pandemic times when the number of COVID-19 cases rebounded due to the omicron variation.
Holding steady at #2 on Monday is Universal and Illumination’s Sing 2, earned $7.8 million from 3,892 locations for a six-day domestic total of $47.1 million. Sing 2, rated highly by A+ CinemaScore, is good news for home movies.
Consumer-based titles 35 and older continue to struggle. That includes Matrix Recovery and The King’s Man, both disappointed in their opening results during the long Christmas break (December 22-25).
Matrix Recovery, from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, came in second and third with $1.7 million from 3,552 screens over six days with a domestic gross of about $23 million.
The Matrix reboot opened concurrently on HBO Max, potentially denting its box office.
20th Century and Disney’s King’s Man followed in fourth on Monday with $1.4 million from 3,180 theaters for a six-day gross of $11 million.
King’s Man and Matrix needed to create a strong show for older male audiences in particular, but Spiderman is proving to be tough competition.
Offerings according to Christianity American style, a hit in the Midwest and South, enters the top five with a Monday total of $1.3 million from 2,813 theaters for an impressive three-day domestic gross of 7.2 million. dollars. Lionsgate and the faith-based filmmakers the Erwin brothers premiered the film on Christmas Day.
Like Sing 2 – and There is no way home – American style received a coveted A+ CinemaScore from the audience.
At the special box office, Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice pizza held up well after a nationwide expansion to 786 theaters on December 25. The award nominee raked in $491,000 on Monday for an initial $3.7 million total.
