‘Spider-Man’ Opens Foreign With $50.2M: Bigger Than ‘Avengers’ In Some Markets
EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: Sources are telling me that Sony Pictures‘ The Amazing Spider-Man swept the Asian box office this weekend as the much-anticipated actioner opened early in a handful of international territories. The reboot of Marvel‘s most popular character will be released July 3rd in the U.S./Canada where rival studios report the tracking has been flat. ”It’s off to a fantastic start overseas,” an insider gushes to me. Here are the updated numbers from Sony Pictures:
In its first weekend of release, The Amazing Spider-Man grossed an estimated $50.2 million in 13 overseas markets in Asia while Europe remains under the influence of the Euro Cup football championships until tonight, with school vacations in full effect starting tomorrow.
KOREA earned $13.4M on 1,213 screens, capturing a 71% market share. The KW15.8B total for Thursday to Sunday is the 3rd biggest of all time for a Hollywood film, behind only the 2nd and 3rd Transformers films. This is 24% bigger than Spider-Man 3 and 10% more than Avengers.
JAPAN opened with $11.4M on 1,092 screens, pulling in an estimated 84% of the country’s Saturday-Sunday weekend box office.
INDIA grossed $6.0M on 1,236 screens, the biggest opening ever for a Hollywood film, 74% bigger than Spider-Man 3, 73% more than Avengers, and more than double the lifetime box office of The Dark Knight.
The PHILIPPINES bowed with $3.2M on 529 screens, capturing the entire market in its opening weekend. This is the 4th biggest Friday-Sunday opening ever (behind Avengers, Transformers 3, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1.)
TAIWAN did $2.9M on 268 screens while taking in 73% of the market’s weekend total. It is the 2nd biggest Fri-Sun weekend of the year (behind Avengers.)
HONG KONG earned $2.7M on 158 screens, pulling in 84% of the total market. This is the 4th biggest Friday-Sunday opening of all time.
SINGAPORE grossed $2.5M on 128 screens, the 3rd biggest Friday-Sunday opening of all time.
THAILAND opened to $1.9M on 320 screens, capturing 81% of the market. 10th biggest Friday-Sunday opening of all time.
VIETNAM grossed $425K on 41 screens, the 6th biggest Friday-Sunday opening of all time (and the 5th biggest Hollywood film.) It surpassed the lifetime box office total of Spider-Man 3.
In Europe, GERMANY grossed an estimated $4.2M on 755 screens (50% market share), HOLLAND earned $850K on 113 ,AUSTRIA opened to $480K on 85, and SWITZERLAND did $290K on 130.
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PREVIOUS: In Korea the 3D film debuted to $13M, bigger than Marvel’s The Avengers which scored one of the biggest openings ever there. The sources say that India took in $5+M, more than Avengers, for the biggest opening ever there for an American film. Singapore, Hong Kong, Phillippines all reported “huge” openings, too. It’s a very auspicious start for director Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in the Spider-Man origins film similar to the original told just 10 years ago. Disney may own Marvel now, but Sony Pictures doesn’t have to share its worldwide box office grosses from The Amazing Spider-Man. Instead, Disney/Marvel receives all the merchandising loot.
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this movie is stunning…. in india, crowds are going crazzzzzzzyyyyyyy
Yeah that’s true. No tickets available! Booked solid.
thanks for reminding me…need to water the plants.
I don’t know a single person who is excited to see this movie. I wonder how it does in the US.
Maybe you need to know more people. It’s the exact opposite for me.
It’s ok, I don’t know a single person who wants to know you.
I bet they opened in Asia in the way they did so the story leading up to the open in the States would be bg box office. But it’s gonna do Battleship business I bet here. Btw, saw Ted tonight and it’s hilarious.
People in Asia will line up around the block to watch two hours of a guy getting hit in the crotch with a football as long as it’s a big Hollywood picture. I say Battleship business as well, Spidey’s been there, done that.
Come on now man, this doing Battleship buisness here in the states, don’t be silly, we are still talking about Spidey here, i know you’re smarter than that. Now how big of a hit this will be in America i’m not sure, what i do know is it will do far greater numbers than Battleship’s 65 million domestic, you’re high if you thinking that, you and that Mike Teevee dude, both of you are nuts for even thinking of something so rediculous.
Hmm, good analogy. Opening strong overseas first doesn’t mean anything for domestic BO, but it’s possible that Battleship’s foreign BO was helped by not having the domestic audience ragging on it online too soon.
The Avengers didn’t follow that pattern simply because it was a movie domestic audiences wanted to see.
yeah, same here..
no way this does as good as the avengers….
You’re right about, no film will top The Avengers at the box office this year, i think any rational thinking person by now realizes that. I think the REAL interesting question is what film will be the no.2 grosser overseas this summer, will it be TASM, Madagascar 3, TDKR, Brave or Ice Age 4, because those 5 films are all in the running for the no.2 spot overseas in my opinion.
Hi, my name is Micah.
Now you know at least one person.
I believe the Sam Rami Spider-man films did well in Asia, so not surprised this one does as well. Also, the cinemas in India & other parts of the developing world have changed dramatically since the Rami films were released, so this version doesn’t seem like the cheap money grab that it is.
I’m with the poster above and do not know anyone (including my 12 & 14 year old nephews) who is the least bit interested in seeing this film. Reviews have been bad, but I’m sure Sony will convince quite a few morons to spend $15+ to see this over the next week before it gets crushed by TDKR.
I almost believed you till I read the last line. You are yet another stupid TDK fanboy. I have seen a lot of those lately trying to put down The Avengers. 79% on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t mean Bad. It means good not great. BTW, Avengers didn’t need a re-release to push it over the Billion Dollar mark.
I saw The Amazing Spider Man and it is an awesome movie. The story was good. The acting was great. The special effects especially 3D effects are really well done. I suggest you get off your hate wagon and hitch a ride to watch this great superhero movie.
He’s a “stupid Batman fanboy” because he believes TDKR will make more than a Spider-Man reboot released five years after one of the most widely-derided films in recent memory? I’ll give Sony credit for stepping up with their marketing campaign, as it appears Marc Webb has really tried to direct a quality film, but I don’t believe this is going to be a monster. Maybe I’m wrong; most of my theaters are putting it on four screens, so the confidence is there, but I think this will be more MIB3 than The Avengers.
Either way, TDKR will definitely preponderate this film, at least on opening weekend. The only way it won’t squash it in the long run is if TDKR is another Spider-Man 3.
Truthteller? Really? Have you ever even been to India? Many of the cinemas in metropolitan cities like Mumbai were the quality of Arclight cinemas here 4 or 5 decades ago … Plush wide seating, ample leg space, reserved seating, advance booking, wide screens, stadium style, and you can even order hot food which they’ll bring to your seat when it’s ready, which Arclight still doesn’t do after 10 years of existence. Rename yourself opinionteller.
Same here, I guess we know the same people. Too many comic book movies, can’t bother with them all…
thats not saying much, unless u know 5 million people
I agree with the post above. I too don’t know anyone who’s actually excited about this
I saw an advanced screening of The Amazing Spider-man here in Toronto, Canada. This movie is spectacular! After the first five minutes of the movie I turned to my buddy and said “This is already better than all three Sam Raimi Spidey flicks. And he isn’t even Spider-man yet.”
I think it’s going to do really well here in North America.
Studio Plant Adam is obvious plant. So, Adam, five minutes into the new Spider Man movie and you turned to your buddy and said “Wow, buddy, this Spider Man movie is most certainly ALREADY better than ALL of the previous Spider Man movies!” Yah, right.
Nobody I know is interested at all in seeing this movie. It looks like a small movie, not like a summer blockbuster.
Sure, parents will take their kids to see it on opening weekend, but I doubt it will have much repeat business, and then yes, it will be utterly obliterated by The Dark Knight. Not a fanboy assertion, but an obvious fact.
^^ This guy’s a plant. I’ve seen the movie. (SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD) First five minutes have no action, just a flashback to boyhood Peter Parker then a little bit of him being unpopular in high school.
Movie’s OK, nothing special. Takes over an hour for anything to happen, and action scenes are too brief and too rushed. Don’t think Marc Webb is good at directing action, so he spends all his time on quiet character scenes. Which are nice, but this is Spiderman, guys, not The Notebook!
Garfield & Stone are good actors with good chemistry, whole cast is fine in fact. Nothing really terrible about the movie, just a big “eh”. Romantic angle might attract more females than your ordinary superhero flick.
Na its The Amazing Spider-man, The Spectacular Spider-man is the reboot after this one.
I am. I’ll pretty much see a Spider-Man movie in any incarnation, as he’s a formative hero for me. Also, love Emma Stone, imo, the Sony franchise really hit the jackpot when they cast her.
And these days, it’s the world market that counts, not just the measly old USA. AMAZING will be a hit, warranting a couple sequels. Wonder if they’ll have the balls to kill off Gwen at the end of part 2?
The box office collection of amazing spider is bigger than you expected here in india. It will Open $10M.+ Here They Collected 8.5 Crore ($4.5M.) first day collection
8.5 crore is not 4.5 M$. It only about 1.5-1.6 M$.
As Taylor Kitsch knows far too well, a movie’s foreign performance is no safe indicator as to how it will do in the US.
not…tracking…..that….great…..here in the states
-RnsW
“tracking” for those of you who don’t know is basically a survey that says how a movie will do.. And its extremely accurate.. And Robert is correct.. This movie is in the shitter right now.. Its all about Batman and the Avengers..
But didn’t you hear? The rehash is beating Avengers numbers in two foreign markets. We don’t have to come up with new stories anymore. Rehash works.
Rehash works overseas, but domestically, the jury is way out. I’ve seen this pattern happen over and over, not just for Battleship: a movie can go great overseas and still tank domestically.
One reason could be that Americans simply know more about these movies than overseas. Americans know Battleship is a stupid board game. Americans know that we’ve already seen Spider-Man, thank you very much (and may also know that this new movie exists solely so that its corporate owners can hang onto the movie rights). That engenders a certain amount of contempt among Americans that is not a factor overseas.
As I said above, I’ll see pretty much any incarnation of Spidey, as he was a formative hero growing up. But speaking of rehashes, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Bsrbara Broccoli and company decide to rehash ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE as the followup to SKYFALL. As a fanboy, I’ve got mixed feelings about that.
Yeah i hear you, i expect Spidey to do big numbers overseas, not AVENGERS numbers but still big.
This movie will be deluxe.
Everybody knows that.
Most people are wondering if they will see it twice or three times.
He was the missing piece of The Avengers.
It’s time to get web slinging. And with 17 days before Dark Knight it will amass over 200 million.
Earn that plant money. Justify that studio paycheck, Bear.
If Spidey only does 200 mil before Dark knight, that is a DISASTER my friend.. Between production and marketing Sony is in for over 350 million.. Ad they are nervous as hell
As a longtime Avengers fan (comic books), I can state conclusively that The Avengers always did just fine without Spidey around, in the comics and now in the movies.
Also, the rights situation precludes a crossover.
Doesn’t it also have the widest opening for any US film in India as well? I would think that goes hand in hand
You can open wide, but there have to be some asses on seats.
Not to mention a well liked famous albeit talented indian actor is inside!
Yes, that’s true. It would be hard for it not to break some kind of record there.
My most anticipated movie of the Summer. I don’t have just the ticket for the midnight opening, I have freaking flight tickets so I can see this in all glorious IMAX 3D. I always knew that this would be huge. Getting reviews and word of mouth as the best Spider-Man film yet is only helping what it was obvious: Spider-Man is one of the greatest franchises of all time, one of the greatest superheroes of all time and my favorite character in fiction period, bare none.
For those thinking that “no one wants to see this”, brace yourselves. This will end up hitting hard and surprising a hell lot of people just like The Avengers did. Not as big, but I’m sure that people will be amazed at what The Amazing Spider-Man will be doing at the box office this week.
I loved Raimi’s trilogy, I’m one of the few who actually liked SPIDER-MAN 3 – thought it was dark and fun and kept with Raimi’s humor… I like Andrew Garfield and love Emma Stone, and like that Brit dude who plays the bad guy – all great actors. And I loved 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, so Marc Webb is solid…
But I have absolutely no interest in seeing THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, at least in the theater. I’ll maybe catch on DVD or wait for Netflix streaming.
Too soon.
Are we ready to reboot the Batman franchise next year?
Wow. I’ve read this post on several websites after lukewarm Spider Man reviews about how you not only have a ticket, but bought a “flight ticket” to fly somewhere to see the movie. Try some different schtick. Taking a boat to see the movie might be more romantic or perhaps a hot air balloon? Mix it up a little bit plant. You’re getting good money for these posts I hope!
I’m a Spider-Man fan. Just like most here complaining the fuck out of this film are ALL Batman fans hoping that this film will flop, just like people did with The Avengers before. I am happy that the film I’m most anticipating is getting great box office numbers because that means that a sequel will be made, and I MORE than welcome that and reboots for films that I feel don’t do the original material justice.
Take Nolan’s Batman for example. I love Batman Begins, can’t stand TDK and I’m pretty underwhelmed by everything I’ve seen about that film so far. I’m looking forward for the reboot of that thing, just like I’m looking forward to Man of Steel, a reboot of one of the first superhero characters that I’ve got in contact with, together with Spider-Man and Batman. I don’t understand the rationale of Nolan’s fans, and why they care so much about records and trying to crush The Avengers records, ALL I WANT is THREE brilliant films based on comic book characters. What you guys do instead? Go online from website to website, COMPLANING THE FUCK OUT OF THIS FILM, because it isn’t your precious Dark Knight, just like you’ve done with The Avengers before. Tell me how that worked out for you.
I think the box office figures and 4 star reviews will quash your doubts quite nicely.
Wow. That’s quite an endorsement. About all I can think of is well Emma Stone is really pretty.
I am disappointed. Here in the States, I don’t get the sense the movie is generating the kind of excitement that other films this summer are. Despite all the trailers I’ve seen of this new film, it feels like something is missing. The magic isn’t there.
I’d like to see Spidey go back to Marvel. Think of the possibilities of having Spider-Man interact with Tony Stark, Thor, Captain America, Bruce Banner, and the rest of the Marvel Universe. It’s how it should be.
Right. The magic just isn’t there. I remember how we all were exited even in trailers for Toby’s Spider. That was fun experience. The way he was flying, fighting, even James Franco looked good as Harry Osborn. Before he was overrated and full of himself – he was charming as Harry.
Now they tried to be “dark” and serious and relaunch movie like Batman Begins did. But it still looks the same. Same story, same character. Only everything around looks dark. And not in a good way. You just want to turn on the lights. It doesn’t look different otherwise.
And I feel like Andrew Garfield was miscast. It looked good on the paper and we were all exited when he was cast. But since the first trailer arrived you can see that he just can’t deliver as Peter Parker. He jokes because script tells him to. But otherwise that is just not Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield was not made for blockbusters. He can look good as supporting actor. He is not lead actor that can carry a movie on his shoulders.
And I like Emma in comedy. But she doesn’t look convincing in drama roles. She is good comedy actress but she is not good drama actress. She wasn’t spectacular or interesting in Help. She was just there, while Viola and Octavia worked for their Oscar nominations. Emma looks weak as “girlfriend” here too.
That’s why Spider-Man is tracking bad in USA. Two lead actors were miscast. And public don’t care about them in new movie.
Those rights won’t go back to Marvel as long as Sony can still wring out a single cent of profit in the most circumvential, tax-write-off way out of this franchise. Or have the hope that five years down the line it will give them that single cent profit.
If Marvel wants the character in The Avengers, they would have to collaborate with Sony, not wait for Sony to just hand them over one of the most lucrative franchise in movie history. Because that’s not gonna happen.
Apparently it has a good shot of happening, Sony gave permission for the Avengers to feature the Oscorp(?) building on their NY skyline.
(although time constraints stopped it featuring) I think both companies will be willing to pool cost and profit for Avengers 2.
YES! All the Marvel characters should be under Marvel’s creative control. They really know what they’re doing. Send Spidey home, and The X-Men too.