Jostling for the top three spots in North American theaters this weekend were the same films from last week, with The Flash overtaken by the latest Spider-Man iteration.
The debut of the raunchy comedy No Hard Feelings, as well as that of Asteroid City, the latest offering from cult director Wes Anderson, failed to get past last weekend’s top-earning films, although analysts said they performed well for their respective genres.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse took in $19.3 million over the weekend, according to Sunday estimates from Exhibitor Relations, bringing its domestic total to more than $317 million, with showings in international theatres pushing the cumulative global earnings to $560 million.
The film, a sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the latest spin on the Marvel Comics superhero, picks up the story of half-Black, half-Latino Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore.
Pixar’s animated immigrant fable Elemental, which also held last week’s No. 2 spot, earned $18.4 million, bringing its total to $65 million.
Warner Bro.’s The Flash took the third spot, earning $15.2 million a week after it opened at number one, bringing its box-office war chest to $87.6 million so far.
No Hard Feelings, Sony’s R-rated offering starring Jennifer Lawrence, debuted this weekend in fourth place.
Amid the spin-offs and sequels dominating the box office this weekend, Paramount’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts brought in $11.6 million, for fifth place. AFP