If recent estimates are anything to go by, then Spider-Man: Far From Home could gross upwards of $6 million over the course of the holiday weekend, but after the recent Disney/Sony split, it seems that some filmgoers are still holding out hope that the fan backlash will leave a dent on the movie’s latest box office figures.
The newly released extended cut of the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel boasts an additional four minutes of footage, including a New York action scene that was only glimpsed previously in the film’s trailers. In light of last month’s news that Peter Parker has been seemingly pulled from the MCU, however, fans have been calling for a boycott of the Sony re-release. And while it’s becoming increasingly clear that plenty of filmgoers are showing up to the theater regardless, you couldn’t be blamed for thinking otherwise if you were only going by this recent wave of tweets:
If this is any indication of how Sony movies will do now that they have pulled out of the deal with Disney, I think Disney fans won't have to worry about much. A whopping FOUR seats have been sold for the re-release of Far From Home at my theater: pic.twitter.com/IqJSMghlDl
— Titanus Kanejira (@FightOnTwist) August 29, 2019
Lmao pic.twitter.com/YUmQfZ9rAB
— Rez | Punisher enthusiast | (@REZ0311) August 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/sarahIydia/status/1167505741487456261
It's a long weekend so many people have off tomorrow. This is for Friday and Saturday night at one of the most popular theaters in nyc where I live pic.twitter.com/UW7tGEKRWD
— rapgodnavi (@rapgodnavi) August 30, 2019
Lolll pic.twitter.com/hEOypfpP2s
— queue (@QQQueue) August 30, 2019
— Yonko-P_Money (@TheAmaze16Guy) August 30, 2019
This is one of the most popular Movie Theaters in NYC. Only six seats sold….. pic.twitter.com/gBsMyXjslS
— Char 🩵 (@ShayCJG) August 30, 2019
Two of the more popular theaters in my area. (The red is me because I couldn’t see seating any other way if I didn’t pretend I was buying a seat 🙄). pic.twitter.com/FhbG37XMi5
— Heretic ⎊ (@incendonocturne) August 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/NavonWise/status/1167244507408195585
https://twitter.com/NavonWise/status/1167244601880715264
https://twitter.com/1ofThemFanGirls/status/1167264694354288641
https://twitter.com/XpSweat/status/1167226781327331328
Of course, it’s worth bearing in mind that this all little more than anecdotal evidence that doesn’t necessarily reflect any larger pattern. In fact, you may recall that Captain Marvel was subject to a similar wave of empty theater screenshots on social media earlier this year, but that sure didn’t stop Carol Danvers’ MCU debut from becoming one of Marvel’s highest grossing solo movies to date.
On top of that, we have to remember that Spider-Man: Far From Home has been in cinemas for almost two months now, and was long past its commercial peak even before the recent news of the Disney/Sony split. In any case, we’ll find out if the re-release has really performed as badly as some fans are hoping as we move further into the holiday weekend.