When all else fails at the box-office, you can always count on superhero movies to come and save the day. ”Spider-Man: Far From Home” catapulted to the top of the domestic box office with a six-day $185 million Debut.However, if you just count its traditional 3-day weekend gross, ‘Far From Home’ only made $93. That’s $24 million less than its predecessor, 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which earned $117 million on opening weekend.
As far as A24’s “Midsommar” goes, Ari Aster’s sophomore feature, an R-rated polarizer, debuted in sixth place with a $6 million intake over the weekend and $10.9 million during its first five days of release. What will be interesting to see is how it fares in the next few weeks as word-of-mouth, for better or for worse, spreads about the film’s batshit craziness. Curiosity seekers will no doubt flock to see this maddening movie, which garnered a C+ CinemaScore — a mediocre rating, no doubt, but I expected much worse. Its spiritual forebearer (mother!) had garnered an F CinemaScore back in the fall of 2017.