Spider-Man: No Way Home Dethrones Scream During Soft Box Office Weekend
This past winter holiday was a success for box offices, with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Sing 2 filling seats in theaters. Later, Scream did the unthinkable by taking the top spot from Spider-Man: No Way Home during its opening MLK weekend, but it has now relinquished the box office crown to the web-slinging hero after a lethargic theatrical weekend.
The fifth installment to the iconic Scream franchise performed well in its debut by earning roughly $36 million, helping it unseat Spider-Man: No Way Home from its four-week reign at the top of domestic box offices. This past weekend, however, proved to be a relatively slow one for Scream 5, which earned $12.4 million to bring its ten-day total to $51.3 million. Nevertheless, Paramount and Spyglass Media's film did better than anticipated, placing third in the franchise's second-weekend releases. Scream 3 holds the crown, earning $16.3 million in its second weekend, followed by Scream 2, which earned $13.9 million.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home, however, continues to surge despite the lack of attendance in theaters at the moment, earning $14.1 million to reclaim its box office throne. The numbers bring the groundbreaking film's total to $721.5 million, currently 4th place among films at domestic box offices. Star Wars: The Force Awakensholds the top spot, followed by Avengers: Endgame and Avatar, which is in trouble of losing its third-place position to the Peter Parker film. Plans for Spider-Man: No Way Home have not diminished since its release, with Marvel Studios and Sony continuously rolling out promotions to propel audiences to see the cutting-edge film.
While the numbers are impressive,
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