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Latest Spider-Man spin-off scales box office heights
Estelle
Mon, 12/17/2018 - 15:28

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Sony's action-packed animation sees Peter Parker make way for Miles Morales as Spider-Man.

LOS ANGELES - "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" snared North American viewers in its web this weekend, earning $35.4-million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations estimated Sunday.

Sony's action-packed animation sees Peter Parker make way for Miles Morales as Spider-Man -- a black, Latino character new to theatre-goers, but not comic book enthusiasts. 

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The Spider-Man of his dimension, Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore, joins forces with Spideys from parallel realities to stop a threat menacing all of them.

In at second was Warner Bros' crime film "The Mule," which earned $17.2-million. Clint Eastwood both directed and took the lead as a destitute 90-year-old who turns to transporting cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.

"Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" dropped one place to third, earning $11.6-million over the weekend. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the grouchy title character as he plots to steal Christmas.

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Fourth place went to "Ralph Breaks the Internet," which took in $9.6-million after spending three weeks at the top of the box office. The animated film, a sequel to 2012's "Wreck It Ralph," has sold $154-million in domestic tickets since it opened.

In at fifth was Universal's newly-released "Mortal Engines," whose ticket sales stalled at $7.5-million. 

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi sees Hera Hilmar star as the only person who can stop the city of London -- now a colossal wheeled predator -- from chomping up all in its path.