SUMMARY
- "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" secures its place as the second biggest opening of 2023, ensnaring $120.5M at the domestic box office.
- With more than 9 million viewers, the movie represented a significant 56% of all cinema footfall over the weekend.
- The film's success underlines the audience's thirst for innovative interpretations of superhero and animated movies.
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As the curtains drew back this weekend, the infamous Spider-Man spun another success story, ensnaring an estimated $120.5 million in the domestic box office.
The much-anticipated sequel, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," from Sony's creative studio, stormed the cinemas as the second-biggest premiere of 2023. It narrowly trailed behind Universal's "Super Mario Bros. Movie," leaving the audience spellbound and further fueling the anticipation.
Positioning as the third most successful weekend opening for any Spider-Man film, be it animated or live-action, it manifests the invincible charm of the arachnid superhero. Analysts attribute this appeal to its capacity to draw in a younger crowd, transcending the traditional PG-13 live-action audience. “Across The Spider-Verse” thus solidifies the cross-generational allure of the character and the franchise, contributing to a surefire success for the studio and theaters.
The film proved its mettle by luring more than 9 million movie enthusiasts over the weekend, according to EntTelligence data. Interestingly, tickets for this sequel accounted for a staggering 56% of all theater footfall from Thursday to Sunday. Further adding to the craze, nearly a third of the viewers opted for a premium format, willing to pay an average of $4.52 extra per ticket.
The debut of "Across the Spider-Verse" stands as a testament to the audience's craving for unique, audacious takes on superhero and animated movies. It comes on the heels of several robust box office openings, including Disney and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3” and Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, each commanding considerable ticket sales and reaffirming the magnetism of the silver screen.
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