"Spider-Verse: Breaking Barriers and Redefining Superhero Films"

Phil Lord and Chris Miller's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" has arrived, and it might be their masterpiece. The sequel to "Into the Spider-Verse" is an eyeball-delighting, electrically animated whirligig of color and sound that upends big-studio animation and the more-of-the-same expectations of sequel-making. The movie debuted with $120.5 million, way above tracking estimates and more than triple what "Into the Spider-Verse" launched with.