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Posted January 10, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Spider-Man Can’t Be Beat


Another weekend at the box-office equals another weekend on top of the box-office for Spider-Man: No Way Home as the film held the top spot of the box-office weekend for the fourth week in a row. This weekend, the film bested the second-place finisher by just over $21 million. As its fortunes continue to rise, No Way Home currently claims a four-week total of $668.8 million.

Spider-Man: No Way Home posterFor its part, Spider-Man: No Way Home took in another $33.0 million over the weekend, easily besting Sing 2, which retained a second-place finish with $11 million. The animated sequel now owns a three-week total of $109 million. Debuting in third place this weekend, was the action/adventure thriller The 355 which, despite less-than-positive reviews, managed to eke out $4.8 million during its opening weekend. This dropped last week’s third-place finisher, The King’s Man to fourth as it added $3.3 million over the weekend to give it a three-week total of $25.1 million. Similarly dropping a spot due to the debut of The 355 was the Kurt Warner biopic, American Underdog which finished in fifth place over the weekend with $2.4 million to lift its three-week total to $18.7 million.

Falling from the top five for the first time in three weeks, was The Matrix Resurrections which brought in $1.9 million over the weekend and now sports a three-week total of $34.3 million. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg’s version of West Side Story similarly fell a spot to finish in seventh place with $1.4 million. The film now lays claim to a five-week total of $32.2 million. After clawing its way back into the top ten last weekend, Ghostbusters: Afterlife fell only one space to finish in eighth over the weekend with $1.1 million. The film now boasts an eight-week tally of $125.1 million. The final film to drop a spot over this past weekend was Licorice Pizza, which took in $1.0 million to secure an eighth-place finish and a seven-week total of $8.2 million. Finally, creeping back into the top ten to finish in the final spot this weekend, was House of Gucci which mustered up $632,348. The film now has a grand total of $50.1 million to show for its seven weeks in release.

With only one debut in the box-office weekend, and one film clawing its way back into the top ten, two films were jettisoned from this weekend’s list. In its third week of release, A Journal for Jordan managed to secure $605,000 and raise its three-week total to $5.9 million. Meanwhile, Disney’s Encanto brought it slightly under that with $553,000 and departs the top ten after amassing a seven-week tally of $92.4 million.

Weekend Box Office (January 7th – January 9th)

  1. Spider-Man: No Way Home…$33.0 Million
  2. Sing 2…$12.0 Million
  3. The 355…$4.8 Million
  4. The King’s Man…$3.3 Million
  5. American Underdog…$2.4 Million
  6. The Matrix Resurrections…$1.9 Million
  7. West Side Story…$1.4 Million
  8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife…$1.1 Million
  9. Licorice Pizza…$1.0 Million
  10. House of Gucci…$632,348
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.