After last weekend saw no new wide releases hit theaters, resulting in the worst weekend of the year so far, this weekend offers up three new wide debuts led by Sony Animation and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse alongside Clint Eastwood’s The Mule and Universal’s young adult adaptation Mortal Engines.
Additionally, Fox is re-releasing Deadpool 2 in a PG-13-rated version with all-new footage while Annapurna will look for If Beale Street Could Talk to top the charts based on per theater average as it begins its run this weekend.
Looking to top the weekend is Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a brand new take on Marvel’s webslinger, a character that has already generated over $1.9 billion domestically and over $4.8 billion worldwide for Sony from six previous films.
This, of course, is the first time he’s been featured in an animated theatrical release and that makes forecasting a bit more difficult.
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