Retiring Guy's Digest: USA box office on 1st weekend in June (2017-2023)

USA box office on the first weekend in June 2023 is up 67% compared to last year when "Top Gun: Maverick" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Variety, 6/4/2023

Sony’s animated sequel is benefitting from great reviews and positive word-of-mouth, as well as goodwill from its predecessor, 2018’s Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Initial ticket sales were significantly higher than the first film, which introduced audiences to Miles Morales and the idea that “anyone can wear the mask” and opened to just $35.5 million. But it proved to have enduring appeal and stuck around in theaters for a while, ending its run with $190 million in North America and $384 million globally.

Original 6/4/2023 post starts here

USA box office on the Friday of the first weekend in June 2023 is up 180% compared to last year when "Top Gun: Maverick" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Variety, 6/3/2023

They want pictures of Spider-Man. Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” earned $51.75 million on Friday from 4,313 locations, a figure that includes some $17.35 million in Thursday previews. That’s the largest opening day of the year so far, inching past the $48.1 million earned by “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
The animated superhero adventure is already outpacing its projections of an $80 million-or-so opening heading into the weekend, with the film now looking to thwip together a $113 million debut through Sunday.

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