Christmas Week is Packed with The Matrix, Sing 2, King's Man, & More, but Spider-Man Reigns Supreme
by Sam Mendelsohn - Box Office News
December 21, 2021


This past weekend saw box office records getting shattered left and right as Spider-Man: No Way Home scored the second highest domestic opening of all time, taking the box office beyond merely being “good for the pandemic.”

In one weekend it became the year’s top grossing film in the U.S. and the sixth highest worldwide, and by the end of the year it may very well become number one. While Spider-Man will continue to reign at the box office for a number of weeks (it just took home the third best Monday gross ever), the slew of films big and small opening this week promises something for everyone, and the Christmas frame won’t be entirely dominated by the webslinger.







The most hotly anticipated of the new releases is The Matrix Resurrections which opens Wednesday. The fourth film in the series, and the first in 19 years, is helmed by Lana Wachowski and brings back Keanu Reeves as Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity.

It is the final film of Warner’s day-and-date theatrical/HBO Max offerings and has a good shot at being the biggest of them, though it may be held back by theater shutdowns and restrictions as we have started to see in a few countries.




Fans have been waiting nearly two decades for another Matrix film, and in Resurrections’ early rollout in a handful of markets last weekend it ranked among the year’s biggest openings. There are a few glitches in the matrix, though.

The streaming availability is certain to cut into the gross, and there is also the issue of Spider-Man taking up many of the premium large format screens. Resurrections’ box office prospects are likely closer to the first and third films than the blockbuster middle entry, at least in the domestic market.

One thing the film has going for it that most recent Hollywood films lack is a release date in China, where it is set to bow on January 14.







Another sequel opening Wednesday is Sing 2. 2021 has yet to have an animated film even get beyond $100 million, though Disney’s Encanto may hit that in the coming weeks, having had solid holds since its Thanksgiving opening.

While Sing 2 is unlikely to match its predecessor at the box office, it may be the film to break out of the pandemic era’s animated box-office slump. The film has a large voice cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, and Scarlett Johansson.







In addition to the sequels opening Wednesday, we have a prequel with The King's Man, taking Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman franchise back to the spy agency’s origins in the early 1900s.

The Fox film’s predecessors had solid $400+ million worldwide grosses with around two-thirds of the gross coming from international for the first film and three-quarters for the sequel.



The prequel will have a hard time matching the earlier films given the pandemic, the more crowded marketplace (the earlier films launched in February and September), and a cast that is lower in star wattage.

China was also a major territory for the first two films, and The King’s Man has not been given a release date there.







In addition to the bigger budget fare opening Wednesday, Christmas day moviegoing audiences will be treated to some new dramas that are opening Saturday.



- Lionsgate’s American Underdog is getting quite a bit of traction on IMDb and could itself be an underdog success story at the box office. The film tells the story of NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, played by Zachary Levi with Anna Paquin playing Warner’s wife Brenda and Dennis Quaid playing Rams coach Dick Vermeil.

The film is directed by the Erwin Brothers who have had success with faith based films including I Can Only Imagine.




- Also releasing on Christmas day is Sony’s A Journal for Jordan, based on the memoir by Dana Canedy. The romantic drama is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams.

Traffic for the film on IMDb appears soft, but its star and director are both potential box office draws.




- A24 delivers Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand

The film opens in limited release ahead of its January 14, 2022 debut on Apple TV+.




- Another limited release from an iconic filmmaker is Parallel Mothers, the latest film from Pedro Almodovar.

The Spanish language film, which stars Almodovar’s regular collaborator Penélope Cruz, hits New York and Los Angeles via Sony Pictures Classics on Friday the 24th.




- Finally, United Artists is taking Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza to 700 theaters on Christmas day.

The coming of age film has racked up $1.28 million from just four locations since its Black Friday opening.

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December 17-19, 2021: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $260,138,569
2. Encanto $6,483,152 / $81,499,759
3. West Side Story $3,657,197 / $18,223,218
4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife $3,413,963 / $117,263,847
5. Nightmare Alley $2,811,703
6. House of Gucci $1,985,602 / $45,017,467
7. Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 $1,320,000
8. Eternals $1,206,854 / $163,613,147
9. Clifford the Big Red Dog $404,068 / $48,590,093
10. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City $316,480 / $16,769,470

Spider-Man: No Way Home and Second Chances (https://lebeauleblog.com/2021/12/23/spider-man-no-way-home-and-second-chances/)

One of the primary theme of Spider-Man: No Way Home is second chances. Several characters ask for and are given opportunities to fix or atone for past mistakes. But the Home trilogy has always been extremely meta and No Way is the most meta of the Homes. The course corrections aren’t limited to characters on screen. The third MCU Spider-Man movie is also an opportunity to address the short-comings of the twice rebooted superhero franchise. Everyone gets a do-over except…. well… spoilers after the jump.

Spider-Man Swings Past $1 Billion Worldwide while New Christmas Releases Pile Up in Scum for Box Office Leftovers
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
December 26, 2021


It was a Merry Christmas and then some for Peter Parker as the skyscraper-swinging superhero’s latest adventure, Spider-Man: No Way Home, soared past the $1 billion barrier at the global box office in just its second week of release.

That makes Sony’s smash hit not only the fastest blockbuster to accomplish that ten-figure feat since 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but also the first billion-dollar grosser worldwide since the pandemic began.




But while Spidey was busy fighting crime (and raking in loot), the holiday’s slate of new releases — Sing 2, The Matrix Resurrections, The King's Man, American Underdog, and A Journal for Jordan — were left to divvy up the box-office leftovers with varying degrees of success.

A week after becoming the first film of 2021 to rake in more than $100 million in its opening frame, No Way Home continued to rule the multiplex, crossing the billion-dollar benchmark in a mere 12 days. That pace puts the film in some pretty elite company — only two films have reached $1 billion in receipts faster: 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.




But Spidey’s feat is especially impressive considering what’s going outside of theaters this winter, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread like wildfire.

But apparently that appears to be just one more foe that Spidey doesn’t mind going up against.




In its sophomore weekend, Sony’s PG-13-rated blockbuster made $85.1 million, representing a drop off -68.7% from the previous session. Playing in 4,336 theaters, No Way Home scored an $18,796 per-screen average.

Its two-week domestic total now stands at $467.3 million (already double the total domestic haul of this year’s next-highest grosser, [I]Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).

No Way Home’s $587.1 million from overseas puts its current cumulative worldwide gross at $1.05 billion — and it hasn’t even opened in China yet.







As for the rest of the Top 5, a slew of new releases was forced to fight over Spider-Man’s box-office crumbs. Since the Christmas holiday is traditionally a launchpad for new releases aimed at either school kids on vacation or grown-ups paying attention to last-minute Oscar hopefuls, there was no shortage of new titles in theaters.

Universal’s Sing 2 took the prize for the best debut amongst the incoming class of new releases. The sequel to 2016’s Sing bowed to just under $23.8 million over its first weekend and took in $41.1 million in its first five days.




The PG-rated animated musical unspooled in 3,892 theaters and snagged a $6,104 per-screen average. Audiences were smitten with the film, giving it a rare ‘A+’ CinemaScore grade.

Overseas, the family-friendly sequel pulled in an additional $24.8 million, bringing its total worldwide gross to roughly $65.8 million.







Finishing in third place over the holiday was Warner Bros.’ sci-fi sequel The Matrix Resurrections, which walked off with a less-than-expected $12 million over the weekend and $22.5 million in its first five days.

Audiences gave the film a less-than-stellar ‘B-‘ CinemaScore grade.




The fourth film in the trippy, down-the-rabbit-hole saga once again starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss earned a $3,378 per-screen average in 3,552 locations. No doubt those numbers would have been higher had the film not aired on HBO Max simultaneous to its theatrical release, but with the studio keeping their viewership data close to its vest, it’s difficult to know for sure how many people caught up with Neo’s latest red pill/blue pill adventure.

Overseas, however, the film fared better, pulling in $47.3 million. Resurrections’ one-week worldwide cume currently stands at $69.8 million.







In fourth was 20th Century Studios’ prequel to the dapper Kingsman action franchise, The King’s Man, with just under $6.4 million in its opening weekend and $10 million in its first five days.

The R-rated table-setter, which stars Ralph Fiennes and chronicles how the secret society came to be, earned a $1,996 per-screen average at 3,180 locations and piled on an additional $6.9 million abroad, bringing its global box-office total to $16.9 million in receipts after one week.







In fifth place was Lionsgate’s American Underdog with $6.2 million in its first frame.

The PG-rated sports drama about real-life NFL star Kurt Warner and his inspirational rise from supermarket check-out clerk to Super Bowl quarterback has not opened outside of North America yet.







Meanwhile, bubbling below the Top 5 were three more titles of note this weekend:


- After posting eye-popping per-screen numbers in limited release the past month, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘70s-set coming-of-age awards hopeful, Licorice Pizza, finally opened wide on Christmas day and landed in seventh place, pulled in $2.3 million over the weekend.



- The Denzel Washington-directed drama A Journal for Jordan, starring Michael B. Jordan as a soldier who leaves written advice behind for his son before heading off to war, opened in the eighth slot with $2.2 million.



- Legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s latest import, Parallel Mothers, starring Penélope Cruz, opened in just three theaters and slid into seventeenth place with an impressive $13,692 per-screen average.

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December 24-26, 2021: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $84,525,000 / $470,356,855
2. Sing 2 $22,326,230 / $39,551,950
3. The Matrix Resurrections $12,000,000 / $22,500,000
4. The King's Man $5,915,542 / $9,582,386
5. American Underdog $5,890,000
6. West Side Story $2,847,289 / $23,974,822
7. A Journal for Jordan $2,200,000
8. Licorice Pizza $1,911,827 / $3,250,646
9. Encanto $1,814,171 / $88,127,781
10. '83 $1,689,090

Spider-Man Keeps Swinging, This Time Past $600M at Domestic Box Office
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
Jan. 2, 2022


In like a lamb and out like a lion. That saying pretty much sums up 2021 at the box office. After an unpredictable twelve-month period of peaks and valleys in the theatrical movie business due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the year ended on a triumphant note thanks to Sony’s mega-blockbuster, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Adding another $52.7 million to its coffers over New Year’s weekend, the superhero tentpole soared past the $600 million mark in North America, making it the tenth-highest grossing movie domestically of all time, helping to push the year’s total box-office numbers up significantly from 2020 — but still a long way off from the pre-pandemic good old days.




With no major new competition hitting multiplexes over the holiday frame, No Way Home had another clear path to the top spot. In its third week of release, the PG-13 smash dropped -37.7% from the previous weekend, earning a $12,529 per-screen average in 4,206 theaters and putting its total domestic haul at a staggering $609 million.

Its latest triumph: leapfrogging Disney’s Incredibles 2 to join the elite list of the Top 10 domestic earners of all time. Next to fall is ninth-place holder, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.




Spidey’s feat is especially significant since it comes in the midst of the latest spike in the coronavirus pandemic. On the international front, Peter Parker and company’s latest outing has raked in $759 million from overseas markets, bringing its worldwide cume to $1.37 billion… and counting.







Overshadowed by all of the Spider-Man record breaking was the continued success of Universal’s Sing 2, which once again did boffo business in its sophomore weekend in theaters, finishing in second place.

The PG-rated sequel collected $19.6 million and dipped only -12.2% from the prior session. Earning a $5,036 per-screen average at 3,892 locations, the animated musical has racked up $89.7 million after two weeks of domestic release.




Sing 2 has added $54.9 million internationally so far, bringing its two-week global total to $144.6 million.

As rosy as that news is, though, the sequel is still tracking well behind the grosses of its 2016 franchise-starter, which ultimately pulled in $270.4 million in North America and $634.2 million worldwide.







In third place this week was 20th Century Studios’ prequel to the dapper Kingsman action franchise, The King's Man, with $4.5 million in its second frame.

The R-rated origin story fell off only -23.9% from the prior weekend and earned a $1,415 per-screen average in 3,180 theaters. The King’s Man hold was better than expected as the film saw its two-week domestic haul reach $19.5 million.

The latest chapter has done slightly better abroad, where it has pulled in $28.3 million, putting its cumulative global box-office at $47.8 million.







Finishing in fourth place was Lionsgate’s American Underdog with just under $4.1 million in its second weekend.

The PG-rated sports drama about real-life NFL star Kurt Warner and his inspirational rise from supermarket check-out clerk to Super Bowl quarterback slid -30.8% from its opening frame, nabbing a $1,448 per-screen average in 2,813 theaters.

Thanks to its solid word of mouth from appreciative audiences, the crowd-pleaser has taken in $15 million in its first two weeks of domestic release. It has not opened outside of North America yet.







Rounding out the top five was Warner Bros.’ The Matrix Resurrections, which continues to limp along, falling a hefty -68.1% in its second weekend while taking in an underwhelming $3.8 million in domestic receipts.

The fourth film in the trippy, down-the-rabbit-hole saga earned a $1,076 per-screen average at 3,552 locations. After two weeks, the R-rated Resurrections has scraped up just $30.9 million in North America, where its haul has no doubt been diminished by the film’s simultaneous availability on HBO Max.

Overseas, where the at-home streamer is not an option, the film fared much better (but still not great), pulling in $75.1 million to date. Its two-week worldwide theatrical cume is $106 million.

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December 31, 2021 - January 2, 2022: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $52,700,000 / $609,892,000
2. Sing 2 $19,600,215 / $89,681,000
3. The King's Man $4,500,000 / $19,515,514
4. American Underdog $4,075,000 / $15,005,000
5. The Matrix Resurrections $3,825,000 / $30,900,000
6. West Side Story $2,100,000 / $29,564,013
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife $1,435,000 / $123,393,000
8. Licorice Pizza $1,249,225 / $6,337,000
9. A Journal for Jordan $1,175,000 / $4,740,000
10. Encanto $1,050,000 / $91,318,387

Spider-Man: No Way Home Keeps Smashing Records while The 355 Shoots Blanks
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
Jan. 9, 2022


Buffeted by bad reviews and bleak box-office predictions, the star-studded female spy thriller, The 355, never really stood a chance against Spider-Man: No Way Home — not even in the blockbuster’s fourth weekend in theaters.

Even so, Universal’s globe-trotting espionage flick fell short of expectations, pulling in a paltry $4.8 million in its domestic debut. Meanwhile, Peter Parker and company continued their miracle run at the multiplex, not just taking the top spot again with ease (thanks to its $33 million North American haul over the weekend), but also continuing their assault on the record books, where the Tom Holland tentpole became the sixth highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office and the eighth-biggest worldwide.







Let’s kick things off with the good news: After a month in theaters, Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to be one of the few Hollywood films to succeed despite of the pandemic. For years, superhero movies were said to be critic-proof, but now they seem to be immune to anything Mother Nature throws in their path, too.

In its fourth week of release, Sony’s PG-13 smash fell -41.1% from the previous frame. Its $33 million in domestic receipts came from 4,012 theaters, which translates to a $8,229 per-screen average. Spidey’s North American total now stands at just under $668.8 million.




No Way Home continues to smash box-office records left and right. A week after breaking into the top 10 domestic earners of all time, it has already jumped up to sixth place, most recently leapfrogging year 2015’s Jurassic World ($652.4 million) and 1997’s Titanic ($659.4 million).

Next to fall will be fifth-place holder, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million). Overseas, the webslinger has piled on another $867.5 million so far, putting its global total at just a hair under $1.54 billion—enough to slot it in eighth place worldwide, just ahead of 2102’s The Avengers ($1.52 billion).







In second place was another new record-breaker, albeit of a slightly more modest variety. In its third frame, Universal’s Sing 2 continues to hit some harmonious high notes with family audiences.

The PG-rated sequel collected a hair less than $12 million, dipping -40.7% from the prior weekend. Earning a $3,218 per-screen average in 3,713 theaters, the animated musical has accrued $109 million to date.




Zipping past $100 million over the weekend, Sing 2 became the only animated film to pass that hallowed threshold since Disney’s Frozen II back in 2019.

Sing 2 has added $81.8 million internationally so far, bringing its three-week global total to $190.8 million. For comparison, the first Sing eventually topped out at $270.4 million domestically in 2016.







Finishing in third was the aforementioned, sad-trombone debut of The 355. The espionage female ensemble couldn’t surmount the film’s bad buzz.

With its bright-green 37% splat from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Universal’s PG-13-rated thriller about a group of international agents who band together to battle a common villain, limped into theaters, taking in just $4.8 million in its opening session.




While those who did pay to see it (56% of whom were women) gave the film a ‘B+’ CinemaScore grade, the globe-trotting actioner only managed a $1,526 per-screen average in 3,145 theaters.

The only silver linings of note are: a). The film will soon be seen by a lot more people since it will be available to stream on Peacock in just 45 days, and b.) it has not opened overseas yet, where its internationally high-profile cast may be able to move more tickets.







In fourth place this week was 20th Century Studios’ The King's Man with $3.3 million in its third frame. The R-rated origin story of the natty action franchise slipped -28.3% from the prior weekend, earning a $1,076 per-screen average in 3,040 theaters.

The King’s Man’s domestic box-office total now sits at $25.1 million. The movie has nearly done double its North American business overseas, where it has rounded up $49.2 million, putting its cumulative global haul at $74.3 million.







Rounding out the top five was Lionsgate’s American Underdog with $2.4 million in its third weekend.

The PG-rated sports drama about real-life NFL star Kurt Warner and his unlikely rise from supermarket check-out clerk to Super Bowl quarterback fell -38.2% from last weekend, nabbing a $884 per-screen average in 2,728 theaters.

The inspirational crowd-pleaser has taken in $18.7 million in its first three weeks of domestic release. It has not opened outside of North America yet.

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January 7-9, 2022: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $32,617,921 / $668,356,116
2. Sing 2 $11,597,590 / $108,660,575
3. The 355 $4,621,765
4. The King's Man $3,223,103 / $25,042,137
5. American Underdog $2,330,235 / $18,659,824
6. The Matrix Resurrections $1,843,306 / $34,300,409
7. West Side Story $1,369,974 / $32,114,019
8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife $1,115,529 / $125,039,654
9. Licorice Pizza $981,886 / $8,152,697
10. House of Gucci $616,744 / $50,069,949

Spider-Man Bumps Off Scream, Retakes #1 Box Office Spot with $14.1M Haul
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
January 23, 2022


He’s back…and it didn’t take very long for his return either. A week after getting bumped from the top spot at the domestic box office by the latest Scream installment, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home retook first place in its sixth weekend in theaters, racking up $14.1 million in receipts.

Not bad for a movie that’s already been around for a month and a half.




Meanwhile, there were two new wide releases over the weekend…not that anyone would notice.

Universal’s faith-based romance, Redeeming Love, snuck into fourth place with a $3.7 million debut while the mothball-scented historical fantasy, The King’s Daughter, was finally unspooled after sitting on the shelf for seven years and proceeded to belly-flop into eighth place.







After letting another movie see what a first-place opening feels like, Spider-Man: No Way Home resumed its reign as the number one film in North America after retaking its crown from Paramount’s Scream.

In its sixth week of release, the PG-13-rated blockbuster slipped -29.7% from the previous session and earned a $3,812 per-screen average at 3,705 locations. Spidey’s domestic box-office total now stands at $721 million, which puts it in fourth place on the list of the highest-grossing domestic releases of all time.

The three films still ahead of it are 2009’s Avatar ($760.5 million), 2019’s Avengers: Endgame ($858.4 million), and 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens ($936.7 million). Also, with its $1.69 billion in worldwide ticket sales, the Tom Holland-led superhero epic has become the sixth-highest grosser of all time globally.







In the runner-up spot was last week’s top dog, Scream, which scared up $12.4 million in its sophomore frame—a -58.7% drop-off from its opening weekend. The R-rated sequel (or “requel” as the filmmakers want you to call it) scored a $3,382 per-screen average in 3,666 theaters.

Its total domestic haul after two weeks is $51.3 million, which already far outstrips the $38.2 million that the previous installment, Scream 4, made during its entire domestic run back in 2011. The latest chapter has also racked up an additional $33.6 overseas, which places its current worldwide total at $84.9.

Pretty decent numbers for a franchise that many thought was dead and buried for good.







In third place was Universal’s Sing 2 with $5.7 million. The PG-rated sequel fell -28.5% from the prior weekend. Scoring a $1,662 per-screen average in 3,434 theaters, the animated musical featuring has collected $128.4 million to date domestically.

Sing 2 has tacked on $112.8 million internationally so far, bringing its five-week global total to $241.2 million, which now makes it the highest-grossing animated movie of the pandemic era after surpassing The Croods: A New Age’s $215.9 million.







Finishing in fourth was the weekend’s top newcomer: Universal’s under-the-radar romantic drama, Redeeming Love, with $3.7 million. Adapted from Francine Rivers’ 1991 bestselling book, the film stars Abigail Cowen as a prostitute who falls in love with Tom Lewis’ man of faith during the time of the California gold rush.

While critics gave the film a chorus of raspberries and an 11% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie’s audience was far kinder, awarding it a ‘B+’ grade from CinemaScore. The PG-13-rated rookie earned a $1,949 per-screen average at 1,903 locations.

It has not opened yet internationally.







Rounding out the top five was 20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man, which is miraculously still hanging around after five weeks, pulling in $1.8 million over the weekend. The R-rated action franchise’s origin story starring Ralph Fiennes slipped -19.7% from the previous frame and earned a $753 per-screen average in 2,360 theaters.

The King’s Man’s domestic box-office total now sits at $31.5 million, but its biggest audience has been overseas, where it has scored $73.8 million, putting its cumulative global tally at $105.3 million.







Of note outside of the top five was the dismal (and belated) arrival of Gravitas Ventures’ fantasy-adventure The King’s Daughter, which scraped up just $750,000 over its opening weekend.

The PG-rated film, which stars Pierce Brosnan as Louis XIV, struggled out of the box with a grim $345 per-screen average in 2,170 theaters. The movie, which original studio Paramount had scheduled for release way back in 2015 only to let it gather dust on its shelves, was picked up by Gravitas last year.

It has not yet opened internationally.

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January 21-23, 2022: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $14,125,000 / $721,010,988
2. Scream $12,400,000 / $51,348,000
3. Sing 2 $5,710,370 / $128,412,000
4. Redeeming Love $3,710,000
5. The King's Men $1,779,000 / $31,510,014
6. The 355 $1,600,000 / $11,081,010
7. American Underdog $1,225,000 / $23,132,748
8. The King's Daughter $750,000
9. West Side Story $698,000 / $35,051,495
10. Licorice Pizza $683,357 / $10,786,005

Spider-Man Keeps Cruising Along with $11M First Place Finish, Pushes Past $1B Overseas
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
Jan. 30, 2022


It turned out to be déjà vu all over again at the box office as Sony’s competition-killer, Spider-Man: No Way Home, just kept cruising along as the number one movie in North America with an $11 million haul in its seventh weekend in theaters.

With no major new releases during an otherwise sleepy January frame marked by white-out blizzard conditions in the northeast, the top five spots on the domestic front remained unchanged. Meanwhile, overseas, Peter Parker and company soared past the $1 billion mark — and that’s without even playing in the world’s biggest moviegoing market, China.







Snagging first place for the sixth time in its seven-week run, Spider-Man: No Way Home led a lackluster session in theaters, dipping just -21.5% from the previous frame. The PG-13-rated blockbuster earned a $2,993 per-screen average at 3,675 locations.

Spidey’s domestic box-office total now stands at $735.9 million, which keeps it in fourth place on the list of the highest-grossing domestic releases of all time. However, it now seems to be well within striking distance of the current third-place holder, Avatar, which pulled in $760.5 million back in 2009.

As for the top two spots — currently held by 2019’s Avengers: Endgame ($858.4 million) and 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens ($936.7 million) — those seem to be safe. Still, pushing past Avatar would be a huge achievement for a film released during the pandemic… or at any time, really.



Overseas, the Tom Holland-led superhero mega-hit pushed just past $1 billion over the weekend. Its cumulative global box office is now $1.74 billion.







In the runner-up spot (again) was Paramount’s Scream, which scared up a little under $7.4 million in its third frame — a -39.8% drop-off from the prior weekend.

The R-rated “requel” scored a $2,089 per-screen average in 3,518 theaters. Its total domestic haul after three weeks is $62.1 million, which well surpasses not only the film’s $25 million budget but also the $38.2 million that the previous installment, Scream 4, made during its entire domestic run in 2011.

The latest chapter in the meta-fright flick saga has racked up $44.1 million overseas, putting its current worldwide total at $106.2 million. In other words, chances are good that you can expect a sequel to this requel.







In third place (again) was Universal’s Sing 2 with $4.8 million. The PG-rated sequel, which has been one of the season’s biggest box-office surprises, fell -16.5% from last weekend.

Scoring a $1,391 per-screen average in 3,450 theaters, the animated musical featuring has collected $134.5 million to date domestically. Sing 2 has tacked on $133.4 million internationally, bringing its six-week global total to $267.9 million.

It is the highest-grossing animated movie of the pandemic era by far.







Finishing in fourth (again) was Universal’s Redeeming Love with just under $1.9 million. Adapted from Francine Rivers’ 1991 bestselling book, the romantic drama stars Abigail Cowen as a prostitute who falls in love with Tom Lewis’ man of faith during the time of the California gold rush.

In its sophomore frame, the PG-13-rated dropped -47.6% from its opening weekend, earning a $942 per-screen average at 1,963 locations. Its two-week domestic take is $6.5 million and it has added a negligible $41,433 from overseas.







Rounding out the top five (again) was 20th Century Studios’ The King's Man, which has proven to have unexpectedly strong and long legs at the box office.

The R-rated action origin story starring Ralph Fiennes took in a hair less than $1.8 million over the weekend, barely slipping -1.6% from the previous session. The King’s Man drew a $718 per-screen average in 2,440 theaters, putting its domestic box-office total at $34 million.

But the real news is the film’s popularity overseas, where it has racked up a whopping $80.4 million. The movie’s cumulative worldwide tally is currently $114.4 million.







Although there was little movement at the top of the charts this week, expect all of that to change in the coming weeks as some big titles start hitting multiplexes:

Next weekend brings Paramount’s Jackass Forever and Lionsgate’s Moonfall; the weekend after brings 20th Century Studios’ Death on the Nile.

Then on March 4th comes a superhero that will finally get Spider-Man shaking in his spandex — Warner Bros.’ The Batman starring new Bruce Wayne, Robert Pattinson. Stay tuned…

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January 28-30, 2022: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home $11,003,528 / $735,889,808
2. Scream $7,225,634 / $62,014,414
3. Sing 2 $4,665,410 / $134,374,270
4. Redeeming Love $1,769,710 / $6,451,475
5. The King's Man $1,658,524 / $33,948,960
6. The 355 $1,330,225 / $13,019,850
7. American Underdog $1,161,401 / $24,718,829
8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife $776,451 / $128,065,348
9. Licorice Pizza $630,117 / $11,755,669
10. West Side Story $573,469 / $35,994,478