Spider-Man blows past initial projections and seems poised to take over the summer movie season.
The month of June is packed with blockbuster movies, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is leading the charge.
Per Deadline, Sony Animation’s sequel has started well above expectations with a $208.6 million worldwide start. Domestically, it’s opened to $120.5 million, currently the best start of the summer season (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s $118.4 million) and the third-best opening for a Spider-Man flick behind 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and 2007’s Spider-Man 3. As for how it stacks up to its direct predecessor, 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opened to $35.3 million, meaning Across has surpassed the first film by 241%.
The original Spider-Verse did substantially better than expected thanks to great word of mouth, plus additional momentum from the 2018 Spider-Man game (which released a few months prior) and it being the cinematic introduction of Miles Morales. That it took home numerous awards further cemented the film as something special, meaning Across had some lofty goals to live up to.
