Madame Web, the first superhero movie with a female lead in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, is the #1 movie in the Philippines this week, scoring a record-breaking PHP 10,402,829 on its first day. With a Valentine’s Day debut in 326 screens nationwide, the film holds the biggest opening day gross so far for 2024.

“There was an opportunity with this movie to reinvent a Marvel world where, first of all, it’s led by women, and it’s made by women,” says Dakota Johnson, who plays Cassandra Web / Madame Web in the film. “And because of that, the characters are real, and they are messy, and they are complicated, and they are extremely powerful.”