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The animated movie “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” CRUISED to a box office win, earning $35.4 million in its first weekend. Clint Eastwood’s crime drama “The Mule” was the runner-up, debuting with $17.2 million.
Meanwhile, “Mortal Engines” opened at #5 at the box office, making $7.5 million. There’s just one problem with that: According to “Variety“, it cost well over $100 million to make.
That makes it a colossal bust, because it’s already opened internationally, and has only made $42 million worldwide. So barring a wild surge of excitement for “Mortal Engines” over the next few weeks, it’s going to lose a LOT of money.
If you include all the global marketing costs, “Variety” says the movie could lose between $100 MILLION AND $125 MILLION.
By the way, “Once Upon a Deadpool”, the PG-13 version of “Deadpool 2”, debuted at #11, with $2.6 million. It actually came out last Wednesday, and has made a total of $3.9 million since then. Here’s the Top 10 . . .
1. NEW: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”, $35.4 million.
2. NEW: “The Mule”, $17.2 million.
3. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”, $11.6 million. Up to $239.3 million in its 6th week.
4. “Ralph Breaks the Internet”, $9.6 million. Up to $154.5 million in its 4th week.
5. NEW: “Mortal Engines”, $7.5 million.
6. “Creed 2”, $5.4 million. Up to $104.9 million in its 4th week.
7. “Bohemian Rhapsody”, $4.1 million. Up to $180.4 million in its 7th week
8. “Instant Family”, $3.7 million. Up to $60.2 million in its 5th week.
9. “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald”, $3.7 million. Up to $151.7 million in its 5th week.
10. “Green Book”, $2.8 million. Up to $24.7 million in its 5th week.
