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Posted June 4, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Spider-Man Downs Mermaid


Once again, a new film adorns the top of the box-office weekend as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse finished almost $80 million ahead of The Little Mermaid.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseIn its first weekend, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse brought in $120.5 million, easily taking the top spot of the top ten. Last weekend’s top film, The Little Mermaid, was pushed to second place with $40.6 million over the weekend, giving it an overall total of $186.2 million. Meanwhile, The Boogeyman debuted in third place with $12.3 million over the last three days. This pushed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 wo fourth place with $10.2 million, though the film still sports a five-week total of $322.7 million. Dropping from second down to fifth-place was Fast X with $9.2 million over its third weekend in release. The film now claims an overall total of $128.5 million.

Falling two spots to land in sixth place was The Super Mario Bros. Movie as it brought in $3.4 million over the weekend to bring its nine-week total to $566.3 million. This pushed About My Father down a spot to seventh place, where it added $2.1 million over the weekend to brings its two-week total to $8.8 million. The Machine dropped three spots to finish in eighth-place over the weekend with $1.8 million. This gives the film an overall total of $8.7 million for its first two weeks in release. Losing one spot and finishing in ninth-place was You Hurt My Feelings with $770,000 in its second week of release. The film now claims an overall total of $3.0 million. Finally, after landing in seventh place last weekend, Kandahar fell to the tenth spot with $765,000 to bring its two-week total to $4.2 million.

Only two films were forced from the box-office top ten this weekend as last weekend’s ninth- and tenth-place films were both displaced. After seven weeks, Evil Dead Rise departed the list with a total of $67 million to date. Meanwhile, after only four weeks in release and an overall total of $17.1 million, Book Club: The Next Chapter similarly failed to renew a stay in top ten.

Weekend Box Office (June 2nd – June 4th)

  1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse…$120.5 Million
  2. The Little Mermaid…$40.6 Million
  3. The Boogeyman…$12.3 Million
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…$10.2 Million
  5. Fast X…$9.2 Million
  6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie…$3.4 Million
  7. About My Father…$2.1 Million
  8. The Machine…$1.8 Million
  9. You Hurt My Feelings…$770,000
  10. Kandahar…$765,000
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.