#BOXOFFICE: “SPIDER-MAN” BRINGS CHEER OVER HOLIDAY WEEKEND

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME spreads some cheer at the Box Office once again this weekend, taking the #1 spot over Christmas weekend with a superb $138.6 million from 4,336 theates for Sony Pictures, a two-week total of $467.3 million. On Christmas Day alone, it earned $36.1 million in North America. This places it third for all-time best Christmas Day gross of all time, behind Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ($49.3 million) and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker ($32.1 million).

Debuting in second is SING 2 with $23.7 million from 3,900 theatres for Universal Pictures. Its predecessor opened in 2016 with $36 million. This Sequel gets 67% on the Tomatometer.

In third is THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS with $12 million from 3,552 theatres for Warner Bros. This fourth Film in the Series gets 66% on the Tomatometer.

THE KING’S MAN debuts in fourth with $6.4 million from 3,180 theatres for 20th Century Fox.

Rounding-out the Top Five this Christmas weekend is Football Sports Drama AMERICAN UNDERDOG with $6.2 million from 2,813 theatres for Lionsgate Films/Mongrel Media. It gets 77% on the Tomatometer.