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Spider-Man Opens to $260 Million, Changes the Movie Business
“Nightmare Alley” also opened wide and grossed 1 percent of “No Way Home.” Can big-budget adult movies still survive in theaters? Update: Current totals on Monday reflect that “No Way Home” grossed a total of $260 million, up $7 million from Sony’s Sunday estimates. The latest “Spider-Man” has set the record for the second-biggest opening weekend of all time (not adjusted for higher ticket prices), behind “Avengers: Endgame” and ahead of “Infinity War.” Earlier: There are a few weekends that changed the course of the movie business. One was June 20-22, 1975, when Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” invented the wide-release blockbuster. Another is December 12-17, 2021, when “Spider-Man: No Way Home”…