Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Stays Ahead Of ‘Crawl’ And ‘Stuber’

As expected, Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” stayed dominant at the box office in its second weekend, fending off smaller competition from “Crawl” and “Stuber.” The web-slinging sequel snatched up $45 million for another first-place finish, pushing its domestic haul to $274 million. Meanwhile, surging overseas sales have ballooned the film’s worldwide take to over $847 million.

Two weeks in, and “Far From Home” is already the biggest overseas earner in franchise history. At this pace, the coveted $1 billion dollar milestone should be passed next weekend at the earliest, despite competition from “The Lion King.”

Paramount’s well-reviewed creature-feature “Crawl” did well for itself, opening in third place with a solid $12 million against a $13.5 million budget. Starring Kaya Scodelario (“The Maze Runner”), the smaller horror film played with critics, netting an 88 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The week’s other new release was Disney and Fox’s action-comedy “Stuber,” with Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani. The film opened in fourth with a less-than-desirable $8 million against a $16 million budget. This is not the sort of opening that bodes well for further R-rated films from Fox under Disney's control.

Speaking of Disney, two of its older releases, “Toy Story 4” and “Aladdin,” remained strong, coming in second with $20 million and sixth with $5.8 million, respectively, taking the international totals for each up to $771 million and $960 million. At this pace – and taking into account the successes of “Captain Marvel” and “Avengers: Endgame,” as well as the inevitable success of “The Lion King” – we could be looking at five 2019 $1 billion Disney releases by summer’s end.