WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Swinging along with what we reported yesterday (see below), the
international box office cume on
Sony/
Marvel’s
Spider-Man: Far From Home is $150.4M through Tuesday. A great portion of that comes from China where the Jon Watts-directed sequel launched last weekend. But play in newcomer markets is also robust as the rollout continues this week and is poised to surpass industry projections for overseas. Including domestic, $500M+ worldwide through Sunday looks assured.
In offshore play, the UK grossed $3.4M on a non-traditional Tuesday opening and landed 70% higher than
Spider-Man: Homecoming (which debuted on a Wednesday) and 78% bigger than
Doctor Strange (which also was a Tuesday start).
Korea, which was considered a potential swing market ahead of the bow, is leaning into Spidey. After debuting at No.1 on Tuesday, it is still dominating in early Wednesday estimates at $3.6M for an $8.9M running cume. This is the biggest first two-day total for a standalone superhero movie, and in those two days
FFH is running 38% over
Homecoming and 55% above
Captain Marvel.
Not included in the through-Tuesday cume above is China’s $8.5M Wednesday estimate which brings the local total to $128.4M. The next weekend, with little in the way of competition, will help to decide
FFH’s ultimate number, and hopes are that it will spin above $200M. Next Monday begins a vacation period in the Middle Kingdom.
South East Asia opening markets are still coming in with their numbers, which are so far looking like 40% above
Homecoming, and we will continue to update through the week/weekend.