Hollywood
'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Scores Second Biggest Thursday Previews For An Animated Movie
Los Angeles, June 2 - Sony Pictures' animated superhero movie Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is up for a fantastic opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office after scoring the second biggest Thursday previews for an animated title. ## The sequel to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018) grabbed eyeballs with an excellent $17.40 million off previews that began at 3 PM domestically. This is the second-biggest preview for an animated movie ever after Disney/Pixar's "Incredibles 2" ($18.5M) in 2018. ## Riding high with rave reviews, "Across The Spider-Verse" Thursday previews gross is 4.5x more than what the first film "Into The Spider-Verse" did which was $3.5 million before putting the 3-day opening weekend of $35.3 million. ## The Hollywood Trade initially projected a $75 million - $90 million opening weekend for the sequel, however, after the fantastic Thursday previews, the projection is now $115 million - $125 million which will be more than thrice of the first film. The chances are high for the movie to post such numbers knowing that "Incredibles 2" went on to score a mammoth $182.6 million weekend which is the biggest ever for an animated movie. ## Meanwhile, "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" also has a good start in India, scoring over 5 crores gross ($610K) on Thursday opening day across all languages. The word of mouth of the movie is good which means it is up for a good opening weekend in India. ## Stay tuned...