LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — After a record-breaking debut in China last week, Warner Bros. Aquaman again topped the worldwide box office, earning $126.4M on approximately 43,115 screens.
The weekend’s take pushes Aquaman north of the $250 million mark ahead of its scheduled North American opening on Christmas week, according to data compiled by comScore.
Another superhero movie, Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse took the number 2 spot, both in North American theaters, where it opened to $35.4M and worldwide, where it raked in $56.4M during its first weekend.
The film, a CGI-animated adventure, features actor and rapper Shameik Moore providing the voice for (the primary) Spider-Man, alongside a voice cast that includes Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, are below.
- Aquaman – Warner Bros. – $126.4M
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Sony – $56.4M
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – Universal – $34.9M
- Bohemian Rhapsody – 20th Century Fox – $24.2M
- Mortal Engines – Universal – $19.0M
- Ralph Breaks The Internet – Disney – $17.5M
- Mule, The – Warner Bros. – $17.2M
- Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald – Warner Bros. – $15.4M
- My Neighbor Totoro 30th An Studio Ghibli – China Film Group Digital Cinema Line Co.,Ltd – $13.0M
- Dragon Ball Z Super: Broly – 20th Century Fox – $8.7M
- Creed II – Warner Bros. – $7.7M
- Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The – Disney – $5.3M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, are below.
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Sony – $35.4M
- Mule, The – Warner Bros. – $17.2M
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – Universal – $11.6M
- Ralph Breaks The Internet – Disney – $9.6M
- Mortal Engines – Universal – $7.5M
- Creed II – MGM – $5.4M
- Bohemian Rhapsody – 20th Century Fox – $4.1M
- Instant Family – Paramount – $3.7M
- Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald – Warner Bros. – $3.6M
- Green Book – Universal – $2.8M
- Once Upon A Deadpool – 20th Century Fox – $2.6M
- Favourite, The – Fox Searchlight – $2.6M