The July 4 holiday weekend proved to be a good one for “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” as the latest Marvel superhero movie earned $185 million in its debut weekend at the North American box office.
Globally, Spider-Man: Far From Home took in $580 million since its debut last Tuesday, giving the international box office a much needed boost for the summer moviegoing season. The new Spider-Man movie is performing ahead of fellow comic-book universe titles "Captain Marvel" and its predecessor "Spider-Man: Homecoming" at the same point in their release cycles.
Boosted by solid reviews, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" also benefited from being a follow-up to "Avengers: Endgame." Boys and men accounted for 60% of the audience for "Spider-Man: Far From Home", while 58% of ticket buyers were under age 25.
Disney-Pixar’s (NYSE:DIS) "Toy Story 4".slid to second place at the box office this past weekend with $34 million in ticket sales, bringing its domestic tally to a massive $306 million. In third place was Universal’s Beatles tribute "Yesterday," which earned $10 million for a cumulative North American haul of $36 million.
Warner Bros.’ "Annabelle Comes Home" added $9.5 million this weekend, taking its box office receipts to $50 million. Rounding out the top five was Disney’s "Aladdin," which added $7 million in its seventh weekend in theaters. The live-action remake has generated $320 million in North America to date.
The only other new movie over the weekend was A24’s "Midsommar." The R-rated horror film nabbed sixth place at the box office, generating $6 million over the weekend and $10.9 million during its first five days of release.
