Cinema Day sees Spider-Man: No Way Home battle it out with Top Gun: Maverick for number one spot

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Cinema Day sent audiences to theaters across the country in droves on Saturday, as they could view films for just $3.By Sunday Spider-Man: No Way home and Top Gun: Maverick were toe-to-toe for the number one spot of the weekend, Deadline reported.The latter film is already the top-grossing feature film of the year so far, crossing the $700 million mark ahead of Labor Day.

Update: Cinema Day drove audiences to theaters across the country in droves on Saturday, as they could view films for just $3 and by Sunday Spider-Man: No Way home and Top Gun: Maverick were toe-to-toe for the number one spot of the weekendMarvel's rerelease of Spider-Man raked in $7.6 million in just four days of being back on the silver screen.To that end, Sony is declaring it the top grosser of the weekend, although distribution box office analysts are torn between which of the two blockbusters reigns.

The outlet also reported that movies in the top 10 saw '100%-257% Friday-to-Saturday surges.' For Top Gun specifically, there was a 139% increase on Saturday, landing at a total of $2.6M.

And for the overall weekend, Paramount counted a $7 million total. Re-release: Spider-Man stars Tom Holland and Zendaya and was originally released in December 2021 Steve Buck, Chief Strategy Officer of EntTelligence called the weekend an overall accomplishment.He said: 'The success of National Cinema Day was measured in patron count this past weekend. 'It was about bringing back audiences who were still concerned about the return to the theater, and for rewarding loyal moviegoers. 'Arguably, this is the first time there was a push for moviegoing, as opposed to seeing a particular movie.