JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Passes SPIDER-MAN To Become Sony's Highest Grossing Movie Ever In The U.S.

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Passes SPIDER-MAN To Become Sony's Highest Grossing Movie Ever In The U.S.

After 16 years, Spider-Man's reign atop Sony's domestic box office charts has finally come to an end. It has reportedly been dethroned by the highly successful reboot/sequel Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

By MattIsForReal - Apr 11, 2018 09:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Jumanji
Source: Deadline
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson isn't just king of the jungle, he's now king of Sony Pictures. Following an incredibly successful (and surprising) box office run, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle finally dethroned Sam Raimi's Spider-Man as Sony's highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office.

Released in 2002, Raimi's Spider-Man grossed $403.7 million domestically, jump-starting a very successful trilogy of films for Sony. It's taken 16 years, but now, per Deadline, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is Sony's top performer stateside. Although Spider-Man enjoyed a much larger opening weekend, Jumanji, which released in December 2017 shortly after Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has shown incredible legs. It dominated the box office in January 2018 before finally running into some competition with Marvel's Black Panther which has broken all sorts of box office records. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle now sits at No. 26 on the all time domestic box office charts.

Worldwide, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is second for Sony with a global haul of $951 million, trailing Skyfall's $1.1 billion. The film is currently No. 42 on the all-time worldwide box office charts.

Deadline's finance sources estimate Jumanji will bring in "an estimated $305.7 million in profit after all ancillaries back to Sony."

A sequel for the film is already being planned with stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan possibly returning to repirse their roles. Director Jake Kasdan is also reported to return to the director's chair for the sequel. As for a release date, Sony is targeting December 2019 which would compete with Star Wars Episode IX. It seemed to workout fine this time around, so perhaps Sony is looking to press its luck.
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MUTO123
MUTO123 - 4/11/2018, 9:51 AM
Off-topic:
Roodi
Roodi - 4/11/2018, 9:56 AM
@MUTO123 - Caught two things from that. I'll wait for an article. Nice btw.
PBIRD
PBIRD - 4/11/2018, 9:57 AM
@MUTO123 - ur doing god's work
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/11/2018, 10:05 AM
@Roodi - I'd like to hear what you caught.. Tag me when you say it
PBIRD
PBIRD - 4/11/2018, 9:53 AM
What's great about this is I dont know one person who paid to see this movie.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 4/11/2018, 10:09 AM
@PBIRD - same. starting to think its all a conspiracy man
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 4/11/2018, 10:54 AM
@PBIRD - yea i'm so confused on this one .... i definitely didn't :/ but happy it did well
PBIRD
PBIRD - 4/11/2018, 11:23 AM
@knocturnalzen10 - I had no clue it was in theaters before i found the torrent for it
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 4/11/2018, 11:56 AM
@PBIRD - lmfao lol lol lol
PrincessLeather
PrincessLeather - 4/11/2018, 12:47 PM
@PBIRD - lol. I certainly didn't but it was a fun film!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 4/11/2018, 9:54 AM
I dug Jumanji! it was fun, karen gillan was hot, and jack black was not too annoying.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 4/11/2018, 12:57 PM
@HelaGood - karen is super sneaky hot as hell and near the top of my celeb crush list... and it was easily jack black's best role ever...besides poe in kung fu panda haha
Roodi
Roodi - 4/11/2018, 9:55 AM
Surprise monster hit.
ODanil
ODanil - 4/11/2018, 9:55 AM
This movie was way overhyped.

it's ok...
GoldGuy
GoldGuy - 4/11/2018, 9:56 AM
As someone who thought the trailers looked pretty bad...

This is impressive!
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 4/11/2018, 10:00 AM
Geez, Dwayne, save some box office for the rest of us!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/11/2018, 10:05 AM
Solid, entertaining movie.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 4/11/2018, 10:08 AM
It was alright, a fun movie to take my little bros to. They absolutely loved it, and there's your main audience right there.

I would watch another one.

MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 4/11/2018, 10:31 AM
I don't think it makes sense, but I wouldn't tell The Rock that.

knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 4/11/2018, 1:15 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - did you hear about him trying to pull that guys tongue out in college .... he has a real temper lol
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