Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day maintained its number one ranking with an estimated $145m second weekend that propelled Sony’s tentpole to $655.1m for the highest 10-day gross in North American box office history.
The smash dropped 60% from last weekend’s spectacular debut and ranks tenth in the all-time box office pantheon, behind Titanic on $674.4m. 2012 release and is expected to cross $800m by the end of its run, with 2021 predecessor’s third place on $814.9m well within its sights.
Scoring the third-highest second weekend, Brand New Day has overtaken Avengers: Endgame’s 10-day mark of $621.3m established in May 2019.
Brand New Day starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink earned $43m on Friday, $57m on Saturday, and an estimated $45 million on Sunday from 4,487 locations. Destin Daniel Cretton directed.
In its fourth session Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey added $31.5m from 3,603 after a 38% drop to boost the running total through Universal to $461.2m. The Homer adaptation starring Matt Damon now ranks as Nolan and Syncopy’s highest-grossing release of all time, overtaking The Dark Knight Rises to reach $1.1bn worldwide. It is the second-highest R-rated release of all time in North America behind Deadpool & Wolverine on $636.7m.
Universal enjoyed a two-three pairing this weekend as Will Gluck’s romantic comedy One Night Only starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro arrived in third place on $5.7m from 3,012 sites.
Jay Chandrasekhar’s mystery comedy Super Troopers 3 opened in fourth through Searchlight Pictures on $4m from $27.6m, well below the $15.2m 2018 launch of its predecessor and the $6.2m debut of the first film in 2001. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 rounded out the top five on $3.9m from 2,660 after a 42% drop in the eighth weekend for a $470.4m cumulative score.
A24 reported that its Anthony Bourdain drama Tony starring Dominic Sessa from The Holdovers scored the best limited opening of the year on $348,955 from six screens in New York and Los Angeles for a $58,159 per-screening average. Matt Johnson’s directed the coming-of-age film.
Mubi reported that Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher parody and Cannes Queer Palm winner Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma starring Hannah Einbnder and Gillian Anderson arrived on $251,500 from five screens in New York and Los Angeles for an impressive per-screen average of $50,300.
The Horror Section release Eli Roth’s slasher film Ice Cream Man at number eight on $2m from 1,871. All numbers are not adjusted for inflation.
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