Solid debut keeps Sony bandwagon rolling after Spider-Man: Far From Home crossed $1bn worldwide.Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood delivered a career-best North American opening weekend for Quentin Tarantino on an estimated $40m, although The Lion King stayed top in its second weekend and surged to $350.8m.Tarantino’s paean to late 1960s Hollywood opened via Sony in 3,659 sites and is the first in his nine-film career that the American auteur did not make with disgraced former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
It opened higher than Inglourious Basterds on $38.1m in 2009, although the latter remains Tarantino’s best debut in real terms on $45.2m.
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