‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Becomes Sony’s Highest-Grossing Film In North America
12 April 2018 |
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has become Sony’s highest-grossing film in North America of all time. The film beat Spider-Man at the box office with its earnings of $403.714 million from the initial $36 million debut. With this, it joins Titanic and The Greatest Showman to (and surpasses them at the same time) become the biggest December…
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has become Sony’s highest-grossing film in North America of all time. The film beat Spider-Man at the box office with its earnings of $403.714 million from the initial $36 million debut.
With this, it joins Titanic and The Greatest Showman to (and surpasses them at the same time) become the biggest December releases of all time.
With a $90 million budget, the film is a major highlight for casts including Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black.
The film has also earned over $950 million worldwide making it the second highest grossing film for Sony globally. The first being the 2012 Skyfall with earnings of $1.1 billion.
The film was directed by Jake Kasdan and produced by Matt Tomach and William Teitler.
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