In theaters for nearly two months and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse continues to thrill audiences worldwide as it hits another box office milestone this weekend.Sony animator Nick Kondo revealed through his Twitter account that Into the Spider-Verse has officially overtaken 2015's Hotel Transylvania 2 to become the highest domestic earning film for Sony Pictures Animation.RELATED:Â Into the Spider-Verse Sweeps 7 Categories at Annie Awards
Since sharing the news yesterday, Into the Spider-Verse's domestic box office total has noticeably grown further, currently standing at $175.2 million as it completes its eighth weekend in theaters.
At the worldwide combined box office, Into the Spider-Verse is the animation studio's seventh highest earning film, behind the Hotel Transylvania trilogy, both CGI/live-action adaptations of The Smurfs and last year's Peter Rabbit. Into the Spider-Verse currently has earned $347.2 million worldwide though is on track to overtake 2013's The Smurfs 2, Peter Rabbit and the 2012 original Hotel Transylvania by the end of the following weekend to settle comfortably into the fourth highest earning Sony Pictures Animation film worldwide.
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Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse stars Shameik Moore, Brian Tyree Henry, Jake Johnson, Mahershala Ali, Hailee Steinfeld, Liev Schreiber, Luna Lauren Velez, Lily Tomlin, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney and Kimiko Glenn. The film is in theaters now.