“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has notched another box office milestone, crossing $500 million globally.So far, Sony’s animated comic book sequel has grossed $290.4 million in North America and $215.9 million internationally, which brings its worldwide tally to a mighty $506.3 million.
It currently stands as the third-highest grossing domestic release of the year, behind Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros.
Movie” ($572 million) and Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3” ($345 million).
And it’s the fourth-biggest global release following “Mario” ($1.3 billion), “Guardians” ($822 million) and “Fast X” ($679 million).“Across the Spider-Verse” opened on June 2, collecting a huge $120 million during its first weekend in theaters.
Despite competition from “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” another comic book adventure “The Flash” and Pixar’s animated “Elemental,” the second “Spider-Verse” remained a huge draw at the movies and even managed to surpass the entire run of its 2018 predecessor, “Into the Spider-Verse” ($384 million), after just 12 days of release.
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