MCS - 'Jackass Forever' easily unseats 'Spider-Man' atop box office

Jackass Forever (VIAC, VIACA) was the easy winner when it came to which film would displace Spider-Man: No Way Home (NYSE:SONY) from box-office leadership. The new film, the fifth in a franchise based off a bruising, irreverent 20-year-old MTV stunt series, grossed $23.2 million over the weekend, easily outpacing rival debut Moonfall (LGF.A, LGF.B) with $9.9 million. And Moonfall barely edged Spider-Man, a record-setter that drew $9.5 million in its eighth week of release, and Scream (VIAC, VIACA), which pulled $4.75 million in its fourth week. Back to Jackass: Paramount had figured it for an opening in the mid-teens, and the upside surprise will no doubt be welcome for an inexpensive film (about $10 million to produce) that was set to profit almost upon opening. Spider-Man dropped to single-digit millions of dollars as expected, but now pulls within $12 million of the No. 3 all-time domestic grosses spot held by

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'Jackass Forever' easily unseats 'Spider-Man' atop box office