Weekend Box Office Wrap Up: July 8, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man topped the box office over the weekend grossing an estimated $65 million, for a powerful six day cume of $140 million. It’s a great number – but you must remember that Sam Raimi’s trilogy each debuted to $114 million, $88 million and $154 million respectively over their first weekends at the box office. However, a mid-week launch for this latest web-slinging adventure throws these numbers into a different realm. It’s still a good start for the reboot which has had mixed reviews (read ours). Globally the superhero film has grossed $341 million.

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted continues to impress. The Mark Wahlberg starring comedy should greet Monday morning with $32.5 million, giving it a great $120 million total. A final gross of $200 million isn’t ...

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