SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Exceeding Expectations At The Box Office; Could Top $40 Million

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Exceeding Expectations At The Box Office; Could Top $40 Million

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is having quite the weekend and based on the latest numbers, it looks increasingly likely that it could potentially top $40 million before the end of business Sunday.

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By RohanPatel - Dec 15, 2018 10:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Into The Spider-Verse
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
After earning $12.6 million on Friday, Sony's critically-acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is swinging to an impressive $35 million to $40 million opening weekend, which would make it the largest debut for an animated movie ever in the month of December.

While conservative estimates are placing the film's debut at or around $35.5 million, it's starting to look increasingly likely that it could actually top $40 million, possibly even reaching $42 million before the end of business tomorrow night. A major win for both Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures as the film gears up for what should be an extremely leggy and lucrative run through the end of the year. 

Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman co-directed the animated feature, which is currently boasting a 97% approval rating on review aggregator RottenTomatoes, an 87 on Metacritic, and a spectacular A+ CinemaScore; while Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman penned the script. Lord also produced the picture with Chris Miller. 

Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood's The Mule is taking aim at second place with approximately $17-18 million while it looks like Universal's Mortal Engines will be one of the year's biggest disappointments as it heads toward a likely fifth-place finish with an estimated $7-9 million. 

Plus, here's a new clip and a limited-edition lithograph:



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Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations' SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) and Spider-Man (John Mulaney) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Spider-Ham (John Mulaney) Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), and SP//DR in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peni (Kimiko Glen), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as Spider-Man in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker as Spider-Man (Chris Pine) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) as Spider-Gwen in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) falls through an alternate-universe New York City in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), and Aunt May (Lily Tomlin) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker as Spider-Man (Chris Pine) and the Green Goblin (Jorma Taccone) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Rio Morales (Luna Lauren Vélez) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
 

 
(L to R) Voice talent John Mulaney (Spider-Ham), Liev Schreiber (Kingpin), Jake Johnson (Peter Parker), Shameik Moore (Miles Morales), Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Gwen), Nicola Cage (Spider-Man Noir) and Kimono Glenn (Peni Parker) for Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations' SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse features:
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman
Mahershala Ali as Uncle Aaron/Prowler
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Lily Tomlin as Aunt May
Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales
Zoë Kravitz as Mary Jane
John Mulaney as Spider-Ham
Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker
Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir
Kathryn Hahn as Doc Ock
Liev Schreiber as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
Chris Pine as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Natalie Morales as Miss Calleros
Edwin H. Bravo as Brooklyn Visions Security Guard
Oscar Isaac as Interesting Person #1
Greta Lee as Interesting Person #2
Stan Lee as Stan
Jorma Taccone as Green Goblin/Last Dude
Joaquín Cosio as Scorpion
Marvin Jones III as Tombstone
Lake Bell as Vanessa Fisk

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swings into theaters December 14
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Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 12/15/2018, 10:50 AM
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Exceeding Expectations At The Box Office

Let's be honest: It's exceeding expectations everywhere.
Equivocal
Equivocal - 12/15/2018, 11:55 AM
@Reeds2Much -

indeed it has !

now imagine IF the film gets the Oscar for Best Animated Feature !

there's a strong chance it will !
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 12/15/2018, 12:05 PM
@Equivocal - mark my words its winning that God damn oscar. Dony get me wrong I enjoyed Incredibles 2, I haven't seen Wreck It Ralph 2, but into the spiderverse blew myself and all my friends away. Hell one of my buddies is a hige anime fan and he cheared seeing an anime Spider person.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 12/15/2018, 1:07 PM
@MrCamw1 - Yeah, they developed new software just for this movie and it's like nothing we've seen before. Ralph 2 was ok, it's best moments were the Disney Princess scenes, I loved Incredibles 2 but this is just on another level. They earned that Oscar.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 12/15/2018, 1:13 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - agreed!!! Say what you will about Venom, Ant Man 2 and Aquaman (havent seen yet. Going opening night next week) CBMs are killing it this year.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 12/15/2018, 3:20 PM
@MrCamw1 - Going to Aquaman tonight.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 12/15/2018, 3:24 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - enjoy!!!
Kyos
Kyos - 12/15/2018, 10:52 AM
This movie deserves to be a major hit! <3
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 12/15/2018, 1:59 PM
@Kyos - ....the first animated villain that actually scared me....awesome!!!!!
LNBfett12
LNBfett12 - 12/15/2018, 10:54 AM
Have to wonder if this is doing well because of Venom’s success, and people are on a Spider-Man high right now...or if it still would do well without it because it’s actually a solid movie? 🤔
whynot
whynot - 12/15/2018, 10:59 AM
@LNBfett12 - seeing that it has a 97% on RT my guess is people are curious why a good number of reviewers are saying it’s the best spiderman movie ever!
WeAreDenim
WeAreDenim - 12/15/2018, 3:22 PM
@whynot - It is the best one yet (IMO). There are things you can do in animation that just don’t translate with live action (Spider Pig, anyone). Plus, the humor was ON POINT! Spider Man’s ambivalence about wanting kids was a great running joke. also, that after credits scene!!!
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 12/15/2018, 10:58 AM
This might just be the best animated film of the 2010s for me... sure, it will take some rewatches to decide (and there's going to be a lot of them, for sure) but I really really loved it.
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 12/15/2018, 11:00 AM
Happy to see it exceed expectations, but it still deserves so much more! One of the best films of the year
ArthurFleck
ArthurFleck - 12/15/2018, 11:00 AM
Saw this at an early screening last week. It was brilliant. I absolutely loved it. Only thing that I didnt really like was that things in the far distance were blurry and have this weird green and red aura around them like you were watching a 3d movie without 3d glasses. It was kinda distracting and frustrating in a few shots when I really wanted to take in the visuals of the city behind the characters. It sorta forced you to focus on the characters and I didnt really like that creative decision personally. But that's kind of a nit pick because the movie is a work of art.

I'm going to be seeing Aquaman tonight. Amazon Prime early access screening!
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 12/15/2018, 11:12 AM
@ArthurFleck - I agree about your issue. A few of the people in my screening were confused if it was supposed to be a 3D movie or not. It was really distracting at times.

That said, the movie is still near perfect
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 12/15/2018, 11:02 AM


Fingers crossed it makes more.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/15/2018, 12:38 PM
@MUTO123 - I mean, I doubt not a single cent more will be made.
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