Spider-Man: Homecoming generates a $117M opening

Spider-Man: Homecoming poster

Spider-Man: Homecoming is estimated to generate box office of $117 million for its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada, Exhibitor Relations said on Twitter.

The movie was aided by a wave of positive reviews. Spider-Man: Homecoming has a 93 percent “fresh” rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website.

This is the third version of Marvel Comics’ flagship character. This time out, Marvel Studios produced the movie while Sony Pictures released it.

With this version, Spider-Man is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man makes an appearance.

The film also is a follow-up to last year’s Captain America: Civil War, where Spider-Man (Tom Holland) made his MCU debut.

Sony produced and released five previous Spider-Man films from 2002 to 2014.

The opening is less than the $146.5 million opening for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 in May and a bit higher than the $103.3 million opening for Warner Bros.’s Wonder Woman last month.

Exhibitor Relations gathers and tracks entertainment industry data. Here’s the post it made on Twitter.

Home, sweet, home. Sony’s SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING netted $117M this weekend–the 2nd best debut of the summer.

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) July 9, 2017

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Top BO: #1 SPIDER MAN: HOMECOMING ($117M) #2 DESPICABLE ME 3 ($33M) #3 BABY DRIVER ($12M) #4 WONDER WOMAN ($10M) #5 TRANSFORMERS 5 ($6M)

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) July 9, 2017