Sony’s Marvel Cinematic Universe entry scores the third-biggest opening of 2017 The solid holdover total, combined with an incredibly strong opening in China, will also push the “Despicable Me” franchise’s all-time gross totals past the $3 billion mark, just a few days after…
Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Homecoming” has performed above tracker expectations, grossing $117 million from 4,348 screens against pre-weekend projections of $90-110 million. It’s the third-highest opening of 2017 so far, slotting in between “Wonder Woman” ($103 million) and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” ($146.5 million) .
It’s the biggest opening weekend for a Sony release this decade, and second only to “Spider-Man 3” ($151 million) for the biggest opening in studio history. It’s also the seventh MCU film to earn a $100 million-plus opening, slotting on the series’ opening weekend rankings between “Iron Man” ($98.6 million) and “Iron Man 2” ($128.1 million) .
Taking second place is “Despicable Me 3, ” which made $34 million in its second weekend to bring its domestic cume to just under $150 million and its worldwide cume up to $447 million. The solid holdover total, combined with an incredibly strong opening in China, will also push the “Despicable Me” franchise’s all-time gross totals past the $3 billion mark, just a few days after Illumination celebrated a career gross total of $5 billion after ten years of animated films.
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