"Spider-Man: Homecoming" Opens at #1

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Spider-Man: Homecoming Delivers $117M Opening Domestically, Over $250M Worldwide
by Brad Brevet
July 9, 2017


Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming fell just a bit shy of the $120 million mark it was looking like it would hit after Friday estimates, but nevertheless the webslinger still delivered a stellar opening, delivering the third largest opening weekend of the year so far.

Additionally, Lionsgate and Amazon's The Big Sick delivered strong numbers in its moderate expansion ahead of next weekend's wide release.







Playing in 4,348 theaters, Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming finished #1 at the box office with an estimated $117 million. The opening currently stands as the second largest opening ever for a Spider-Man feature (not adjusted for inflation), narrowly edging out Sam Raimi's 2002 original.

Also, without adjusting for inflation, this is the largest opening for a single character intro into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, topping the $98.6 million brought in by Iron Man back in 2008.

Internationally, Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted in approximately 60% of the overseas marketplace, delivering an estimated $140 million from 56 total markets and a global opening totaling $257 million.







Second place belongs to Universal and Illumination's Despicable Me 3, which finished with an estimated $34 million bringing its domestic cume just shy of $150 million.

Internationally the animated feature continued to deliver, bringing in an estimated $139 million from 60 markets for an overseas cume nearing $300 million and a worldwide total just shy of $450 million.







Sony and Tristar's Baby Driver pulled into third in its second weekend, finishing with an estimated $12.75 million, a 38% drop as its domestic cume now stands at $56.9 million.

Warner's Wonder Woman continues its impressive run, delivering an estimated $10.1 million as its domestic cume is now just shy of $370 million, making it the tenth largest superhero release domestically of all-time.

Internationally it added an estimated $6.8 million to its total for a global tally topping $745 million.







Paramount's Transformers: The Last Knight rounds out the top five, dropping a hefty 60% in its third weekend and delivering an estimated $6.3 million as its domestic cume is now just shy of $120 million.

Internationally it added an estimated $18.1 million from 47 markets for an international cume totaling $375.7 million and a global tally just short of $495 million.







Outside the top five, Lionsgate's release of the Amazon Studios feature The Big Sick did big things as it delivered an estimated $3.65 million from just 326 theaters (+255) for a cume just shy of $7 million. That's a $11,200 per theater average and the film will be expanding wide next weekend.

Commenting on the film's performance, Bob Berney, Head of Marketing & Distribution for Amazon Studios. said, "This weekend's performance demonstrates the robust marketplace for independent films as an alternative to the summer blockbusters. Audiences are loving meeting Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan and their crazy families in this movie, finding a universal connection no matter where they are from."

Additionally, Focus Features expanded the release of Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled into 941 theaters (+267) and while the film didn't deliver on our expectations, it still brought in an estimated $2.08 million, dropping 34% as its domestic cume now stands at $7.4 million.







Outside the top ten, A24's release of A Ghost Story debuted in four theaters in New York and LA and brought in an estimated $108,067 ($27,017 PTA). The film will expand further next weekend and continue its to broaden its reach throughout the summer months.

IFC's release of Amazon's City of Ghosts debuted in two locations and brought in an estimated $16,240 ($8,120 PTA). The documentary will expand next weekend and reach the top 25 markets throughout July.

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July 7-9, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Spider-Man: Homecoming $117,015,000
2. Despicable Me 3 $33,998,875 / $149,189,535
3. Baby Driver $12,750,000 / $56,883,072
4. Wonder Woman $10,135,000 / $368,786,191
5. Transformers: The Last Knight $6,300,000 / $118,916,760
6. Cars 3 $5,636,000 / $133,733,412
7. The House $4,815,000 / $18,630,678
8. The Big Sick $3,650,000 / $6,920,323
9. 47 Meters Down $2,844,000 / $38,537,647
10. The Beguiled $2,086,225 /$7,435,559

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I enjoyed spider-man!! im kind of glade they didn't repeat the amazing spider-man or spider-man 1!! I did enjoy this movie!! it wasn't much of an love story like the other spider-man movies!! i also enjoy seeing micheal kenton playing an bad guy!! I read that tom holland wants to play spider-man for 20 years!! if hugh jack man can play wolverine for 16 years i hope tom holland plays spider-man for 20 years!!