Spidey nets 3rd best opening of all time with $253 million

The film has yet to open in markets like Thailand and Japan, and there is no release date set for China.

The language barrier works for Japanese companies in some ways. In this case insulating the domestic market from spoiler culture that drives simultaneous releases. Waiting for the appearance of Supaidaman and Leopardon.

Ho-hum !

Another superhero movie that relies on special effects

Another spider man movieeeeyawnnzzzzzz...

@dagon

The language barrier works for Japanese companies in some ways.

Depressed Japanese box office mean Japan's treated like a second tier market.

This is why you don't see Japanese MCU superheroes, while there are Chinese and Korean MCU superheroes.

Heck, Disney actually replaced a Japanese superhero character with Indian in Eternals.

Marvel. Cringe.

Not interested in the least. Spiderman was ruined after the... what... fifth reboot? And while I LOVED Marvel Comics as a kid (and still have a very valuable collection), and many of the movies and shows, I loathe how they have made them all integrated to following any full story. Have to watch Ant Man to understand the beginning of End Game, and can't start season three of Agents of SHIELD unless you've watched the first Avengers movie -- unless you want to deal with the very painful exposition. Why is Thor wearing an eye patch in the final Avengers? Oh, gotta watch Ragnarock to find out, etc. It's turned me off ALL Marvel movies and shows.

@samit basu

Actually no. We had matrix 4 released well before USA. Sony movies are always delayed in Japan. SONY releases it's movies here with a few adjustments rather than just release the movie with a dub and subtitles. Sony uses it's Hollywood movies to promote Sony music Japan's artists. A jpop group sixtones's song for example is the official Song for Spiderman nwh here in Japan's version of Spiderman nwh.

Do all these negative comments not realize these are fun movies for kids? Took my niece, she loved it and so did I!!

Do all these negative comments not realize these are fun movies for kids? Took my niece, she loved it and so did I!!

Kids of just die-hard fans. I personally thought the movie was good. I never go by what ANY critic or friend thinks, "if I personally" feel the movie might be watching then I will go my own instincts and blow everyone else, in the end, it is subjective.

tooheysnewDec. 20  10:20 am JST

Ho-hum !

Another superhero movie that relies on special effects

And every sound effect stolen from Lucasfilm.

> TokyoLivingDec. 20  11:01 am JST

Another spider man movieeeeyawnnzzzzzz...

teenage SpiderWussy. Whiny wimp. A total bastardization of Stan Lee's ideas. Didn't like the last one I saw, ain't gonna see this junkheap either.

EastmanDec. 20  01:49 pm JST

fact that movie makes some "good money" is not equal to that movie is good.this may be just another one in line of boring computer effectfull "superhero" show...boring and sure time wasting one.

Making 'good money' doesn't necessarily mean it IS good. I found 'Titantic' to be absolutely boring. Yet 'Into the Night', a cult flick from 1985 is a masterpiece to me. It features many stars, then and future. And it features David Bowie as a mobster who uses a (ahem) Bowie knife when he gets into a fight with a Federal agent.

$253 million................... and some said movie theaters are dead, lol

This movie is rating 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 99% Audience rating. It's capturing all kinds of audiences, and theater seats are selling out (despite the Covid fears, people still go to see it)

Ya guys should see it - this movie forces this Spider-Man to grow up. Friends who are big comics fans are giving it 8-9 out of 10

And every sound effect stolen from Lucasfilm.

That’s actually not entirely true....

teenage SpiderWussy. Whiny wimp. A total bastardization of Stan Lee's ideas. Didn't like the last one I saw, ain't gonna see this junkheap either.

Well, everyone has the right to watch what they want, that’s the beauty of choice, I personally enjoy the films, but each to his own, better Marvel grab this undertaking than Sony or FOX then I think it would be a crap movie for sure.

@Samit Basu

You are absolutely right. It is sad that Japan successfully brainwashed a segment of foreigners to defend a dying country at every whim. Hell, the US is already contemplating the reality to abandon Japan in the future, whether it is economic or political except for the military (the US already has de facto sovereignty over Ryukyu islands anyway).