Box Office: A Dozen New Releases Can’t And Won’t Stop ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Odyssey’

Well, depending on your various opinions, if you think the “Spidey-Odyssey” trend is dominating the newcomers a little too well this weekend (11 if you count the mainstrays, but up to 13 for any of the lower-distributed features), the box office numbers are still robust (narrowly over $160 million domestically, as most of the kids headed back to school), despite the two blockbusters accounting for 58.2% of the total domestic weekend. And yes, that didn’t mean great news for dinos in WB’s recent release of The End of Oak Street, even though the pups did admirably with PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, which will be for Paramount.

Anyway, Spider-Man: Brand New Day rocked once again for its third straight domestic weekend lead, already soaring past $785.8 million domestically (thanks to a $70 million third weekend) and passing $2.02 billion worldwide. Hence, it would be the 36th-biggest non-opening weekend and the second-biggest third weekend behind The Force Awakens ($90 million). It’s fun to see if it will have a chance to topple the seventh chapter of Star Wars’ highest-earning domestic cumulative ever (unadjusted for inflation), but it seems to be a close race towards $925-930 million, which would be a pain to be so close. However, legs like Ant-Man and the Wasp and Spider-Man: Homecoming still get it above $1 billion. I mean, if Spidey is the second-biggest domestic earner of all time, even towering above Avengers: Endgame (which will be more of a “when” than an “if” at this rate), Sony should not be pissed in the slightest that Tom Holland and Spider-Man drew like a miracle from heaven, as everyone and their kids adore the webslinger. In fact, it’s all the more encouraging for Avengers: Doomsday to step up and break records in December, and see if the MCU can still stand as strong, if not better, than Tom Holland’s fourth outing with Spider-Man (despite a meh slate from 2021-2024). Oh, and Brand New Day is the second-fastest film to surpass the $2 billion mark and is already the highest-grossing Spider-Man film of all time, so more webbing to come (Tom Holland and Zendaya, your a***s aren’t going anywhere!). It will still probably wrap up its global run between $2.5-2.7 billion worldwide, which would place it third of all time.

The Odyssey remained in second with $23.2 million in its fifth weekend, already surpassing $500 million domestically and $1.29 billion overall. With the opening in China and legs as wonderful as this for Nolan, it will certainly pass Deadpool & Wolverine’s $1.35 billion global total to become the biggest R-rated movie of all time (unadjusted for inflation). Who knew that Homer’s epic poem could conquer superheroes and the man who created the atomic bomb this well? As a side note, if and when it passes $1.45 billion worldwide, it will pass the adjusted-for-inflation earnings of Joker, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Deadpool & Wolverine, and The Battle at Lake Changjin. Could it top $1.503 billion and Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick? Hmm…

David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street earned $21 million in its debut, which isn’t exactly an enthralling sign for the WB release, despite strong reviews and a B from CinemaScore. It’s going to need some rock-steady legs to justify its $85 million budget, and a lot more of the pressure will be on dinosaurs and Anne Hathaway to deliver than ever. If only it were a distant cousin of Jurassic World. Paramount’s PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie earned $20.5 million in its debut, which is slightly better news than the other dinosaur chapter that opened alongside. Kids and families still enjoy the PAW films, so good news all around.

For all the other newcomers, Katseye: Wild Hearts earned $3.95 million over the weekend in 724 theaters. Six: The Musical Live! opened with $3 million, while The Brink of War opened with $2.68 million. One Night Only earned $2 million in its second weekend, and the romantic melodrama Vishwanath & Sons earned $1.634 million.

Toy Story 5 has passed $475 million domestically, while Minions & Monsters has passed $180 million domestically. Super Troopers 3 collapsed hard in its second weekend, with a 65% drop. And Moana will wrap up its global run around $300-305 million, which is anything but a grave disappointment (for Disney, they can counteract it with other measures).

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