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Latest Spider-Man dominates box office with $120-M opening

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Agence France Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Miles Morales/Spider-Man swings to the top of the box office. Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/06/05/20230605-spiderverse-handout.jpg"/><figcaption>Miles Morales/Spider-Man swings to the top of the box office. <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES - &quot;Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,&quot; Sony&#x27;s newest chapter in the webslinger series, soared to North American box office domination in its weekend debut, Sunday estimates showed, cementing the resilience of one of Hollywood&#x27;s biggest superhero juggernauts.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/01/23/review-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-is-no-slave-to-spider-canon">Review: &#x27;Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse&#x27; is no slave to Spider-canon</a></li></ul><p>The animated offering featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld and Issa Rae netted a cool $120 million domestically for the Friday-through-Sunday period, and another $88 million internationally, according to industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.</p><p>&quot;This is an exceptionally good opening for an animation follow-up sequel,&quot; said analyst David A. Gross, adding the sequel has an &quot;entirely fresh&quot; look and is an example of &quot;inspired commercial filmmaking.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yzq8MqcAt0U?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The film picks up the story of half-Black, half-Latino Miles Morales, using an eye-popping blend of decades-old 2D comic book drawing techniques with the latest computer-generated visual effects.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Miles Morales battles The Spot. Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/06/01/across-3-(1).jpg"/><figcaption>Miles Morales battles The Spot. <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Spidey dethroned Disney&#x27;s live-action version of &quot;The Little Mermaid,&quot; which raked in a similar amount in its debut the previous weekend and followed up with $40.6 million.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yEU_jRepaQg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The remake of the 1989 animated tale of an underwater princess who gives up her voice in pursuit of true love on land stars pop singer Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, and Melissa McCarthy as the villainous Ursula.</p><p>&quot;The Boogeyman&quot; debuted in third with $12.3 million. The 20th Century Studios horror/mystery feature is the latest in a long line of films adapted from a Stephen King book, and one of its producers shepherded the hit show &quot;Stranger Things&quot; onto the small screen.</p><p>Slipping one spot to fourth was Disney&#x27;s &quot;Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3&quot; which added $10 million to its cumulative worldwide total of some $780 million.</p><p>Universal&#x27;s action film &quot;Fast X,&quot; part of the &quot;Fast &amp; Furious&quot; franchise, held fifth spot, earning $9.2 million.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;The Super Mario Bros Movie&quot; ($3.3 million)</p><p>&quot;About My Father&quot; ($2.1 million)</p><p>&quot;The Machine&quot; ($1.7 million)</p><p>&quot;You Hurt My Feelings&quot; ($770,000)</p><p>&quot;Kandahar&quot; ($765,000)</p><p>mlm/mdl</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEKK70FDVNs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' netted a cool $120 million domestically for the Friday-through-Sunday period.