Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Fends Off Newcomers 'Crawl' and Stuber'
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" easily swung into first place for its second weekend in theaters, despite competition from gator thriller "Crawl" and R-rated comedy "Stuber."
The 23 MCU film collected another $45 million, boosting domestic grosses to $274 million. It had a relatively small 50% decline in ticket sales from its first weekend, which is better than its predecessor, 2017’s "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
It's now grossed $847 million worldwide.
Of new films this weekend, creature feature "Crawl" outperformed expectations to land in third place with $12 million, nearly earning back its $13.5 million budget in one weekend. It scored an impressive 88% rating from Rotten Tomatoes, despite barely being screened for critics.
Directed by Alexandre Aja (whose films include "Horns" and "High Tension"), "Crawl" follows a father and daughter who must outwit a pack of hungry alligators after a massive hurricane hits their Florida town.
Meanwhile, "Stuber," Disney’s first R-rated release since inheriting Fox’s film assets, pulled in $8 million from 3,050 venues. It stars Kumail Nanjiani as an Uber driver who is drafted into his cop passenger's (Dave Bautista) pursuit of a brutal killer. Audiences gave it a "B" CinemaScore.
At the indie box office, Sundance favorite "The Farewell" brought in $351,330 from four venues in New York and Los Angeles for a massive $87,833 per location. That's the best theater average of the year, outdistancing "Avengers: Endgame"'s $76,601 per screen. That's even more impressive considering a New York City power outage night forced one of its theaters, AMC Lincoln Center, to close on Saturday night.
Lulu Wang directed the comedic drama, which stars Awkwafina as a woman who returns to China to say goodbye to her family's matriarch, who doesn’t know she’s dying of terminal cancer. "The Farewell" holds a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences.
Here are the top 10 estimates for July 12-14, 2019
1. "Spider-Man: Far from Home, "$45,300,000
2. "Toy Story 4," $20,665,000
3. "Crawl," $12,000,000
4. "Stuber," $8,043,000
5. "Yesterday," $6,750,000
6. "Aladdin" (2019), $5,873,000
7. "Annabelle Comes Home," $5,550,000
8. "Midsommar," $3,551,571
9. "The Secret Life of Pets 2," $3,100,000
10. "Men in Black: International," $2,215,000
[Via Variety]