Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is swinging into a dazzling opening weekend. The animated film is the sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning outing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which introduced Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) to a multiverse of different versions of himself. The new film, which opened on June 2, sees Miles reunite with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) to team up with even more Spideys to take down a brand-new villain.
Per Deadline, the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opening weekend box office is exceeding expectations. Every day the projections have risen even more until it has reached its closing 3-day total of $120.5 million. This is the third-best opening weekend for the entire ten-film Spider-Man brand, behind 2007's Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million) and 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260.1 million).
Could Spider-Verse 3 Do Even Better?
This opening weekend for Across the Spider-Verse is an astonishing feat, raking in nearly three-and-a-half times the original film's opening weekend of $35.3 million. Sony is likely pleased they already have a follow-up film in the cards. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is set to premiere in theaters on March 29, 2024.
So far, the trilogy-capping movies in previous Spider-Man universes have had the best opening weekends of them all. While this didn't translate to a huge overall gross in the case of Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man: No Way Home is currently the third highest-grossing film of all time. Should Across the Spider-Verse continue its upward climb beyond week one, Beyond the Spider-Verse could very well be in contention to join the all-time list as well, smashing records.
It remains to be seen how Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse performs as the weeks go by. It does face some major competition this month with the release of Pixar's Elemental and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. However, with this incredible opening and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95 percent, its worldwide box office could shoot into the stratosphere before long.
Source: Deadline