Spider-Man: Far From Home
‘Spider-Man’ Ups Sony Pictures Theatrical, Home Entertainment Q2 Revenue
October 30, 2019
Sony Pictures again pulled out its perennial ace card, Spider-Man, with predictable results.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Oct. 30 reported second-quarter (ended Sept. 30) revenue of $160 million, up $1 million from revenue of $159 million during the previous-year period. One of its biggest home video sellers was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which was released to retail March 19.
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Sony Pictures theatrical revenue topped $2.1 billion, a 31% increase from revenue of $1.6 billion driven largely by the webslinger.
Spider-Man: Far From Home led with $1.1 billion at the global box office since its July 2 debut, while Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood added $390 million. The Angry Birds Movie 2 contributed $125 million.
This compared with Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($516 million); The Equalizer 2 ($187 million); Slender Man ($52 million) and Searching with $65 million in the previous-year period.