Sony regained its footing at the top of the domestic box-office charts this weekend, as the critically acclaimed sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse caught a web line back to No. 1 with an estimated $19.3 million take in its fourth week of release. The latest Pixar original, released by Disney, Elemental came in a close second with $18.463M in its second weekend, after a less than explosive opening.
Across the Spider-Verse brings its domestic gross up to $317.05M, with this weekend’s numbers reflecting a 28.5% week-to-week drop from slightly fewer theaters (3,785). The picture was temporarily knocked out of first place by last frame’s double whammy debuts: animated family flick competitor Elemental (which opened at No 2 with $47.05M) and Warner Bros.’ live-action DC super hero actioner The Flash (No. 1 with $72.4M).
Elemental‘s domestic take stands at $65.5M, with an international total from 23 overseas markets adding up to $55.6M (worldwide: $121.1M). New weekend openings included Colombia and New Zealand, following roll outs across MENA, LatAm and in China earlier this month. The film is due to open in Japan on August 4.
Domestic Weekend Top Five:
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures) — $19.3M
- Elemental (Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) — $18.5M
- The Flash (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures) — $15.3M
- No Hard Feelings (Sony Pictures Ent.) — $15.1M NEW RELEASE
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount Pictures) — $11.6M)
Disney had two other releases in the top 10, the live-action The Little Mermaid ($8.7M) and Marvel threequel Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 ($3.5M). Meanwhile, Universal-released Illumination/Nintendo animated superhit The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still hopping around, collecting coins, picking up an additional $360K in its 12th week of release and bringing its domestic total to $527.97M (worldwide, $1.33 billion).
[Source: BoxOfficeMojo]
