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Spider-Man: Far From Home (which opens Tuesday) imports a newcomer to cinema’s ever-expanding superhero sector: Jake Gyllenhaal, the 38-year-old Oscar nominee who has a wildly eclectic body of work but has somehow managed to avoid the pervasive superhero genre until now and the release of Far From Home, his 38th…

UPDATE, writethru: Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home came swinging into China, Japan and Hong Kong this weekend to nab an early $111M at the international box office. The launch sets the webslinger 45% over Spider-Man: Homecoming and 21% above Captain Marvel in the like-for-likes. The opening result is slightly…

4TH Update/Writethru, Sunday AM FINAL after Friday midday and Saturday AM posts: W/chart Moviegoers continued to flock to Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4, which saw a 23% rise in business on its second Saturday from Friday, with $23M heading toward a slightly higher weekend of $58M ($57.9M per Disney), down only…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home has caught an estimated $71M in its China web through Saturday, putting it on track for an opening in the high $90Ms there. This is slightly lower than where we saw it yesterday as the increase from Friday (not including Thursday midnights) was about 8%, but…

UPDATE, THURSDAY AM: New Line’s Annabelle Comes Home made $7.2M in its opening Wednesday, close to 50% of that was made in its Tuesday preview. 5-day opening is now figured to be around $28M, down from the $30M-$35M some were spotting. Annabelle 3‘s Wednesday is less than The First Purge‘s $9.3M a year,  but keep in…

Disney’s Toy Story 4 drew an estimated $14.2 million Monday, taking its four-day total to $135.1M. It will continue to conquer the box office into this weekend with $60M-$70M ( a 40%-50% drop) before Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home brings another flood of cash in next Tuesday. Toy Story 4‘s first Monday is the…