WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Spider-Man: Far From Home swings high above the chart with 185MM, a record 6-day Independence Day launch and Sony's best opening oversix days, which started with a record Tuesday opening record of 39.2MM. The three-day weekend total was 93.6MM.  It crushed Homecoming's 117MM debut, though that film opened after the Fourth in 2017. It also grossed another 395MM in international markets, almost 50 percent higher ythan Homecoming. And with no wannabe blockbusters coming Friday, odds look good for a big follow-up frame. Toy Story 4 placed with 34.3MMon a 43 percent drop and broke the 300MM mark domestic. Yesterday shows with 10.8MM on a fairly leggy 37 percent dro; it's probably close to breaking even worldwide. Annabelle Comes Home takes the fourth slot with 9.8MM on a 52 percent drop; that's not uncommon for a horror flick, but it tends to confirm this will be the first in The Conjuring Universe to disappoint expectations. The Aladdin reboot rounds out the Top Five with another 7.6MM on a 25 percent drop as it crosses the 900MM mark worldwide.

THE ROLLING STONES covered "Mercy Mercy" for the first time since their legendary 1969 concert in Hyde Park.

THE WHO: Townshend and Daltrey debuted “Hero Ground Zero” at Wembley. And Eddie Vedder joined them for “The Punk And The Godfather."

THE BIRD & THE BEE bring BECK on for a jazzy take on Van Halen’s "Hot for Teacher."

JOHNNY MARR invited a fan onstage to play guitar on The Smiths' "This Charming Man"... and he nailed it.

STEVIE WONDER is battling a serious but manageable health issue as he continues to perform and make music.

JOAO GILBERTO, one of the principal architects of bossa nova, has died at 88.

MULAN: Another Disney live-action remake drops a teaser trailer.

KEVIN SPACEY: The former Massachusetts busboy who accused the actor of sexual assault has abruptly dropped his lawsuit, his lawyer said Friday.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN, billionaire pedophile, was arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New Yorktoday, according to the Daily Beast.

RUSSELL CROWE came close to playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy — but he was put off by one phone call with director Peter Jackson.

THE TOP 12 SEINFELD EPISODES, according to Uproxx.

CAMERON BOYCE, known for his roles in the Disney Channel franchise "Descendants" and the TV show "Jessie," has died. He was just 20 years old.

A TIGER charged bikers in India.

FLORIDA GATORS were caught eating their second corpse in a week.

NEW YORK: It's the largest seizure of illegal reptiles in state history, including six gila monsters.

A COW and a DOG: The latter seems a little uncomfortable, tbh.

...More tomorrow, barring the unforeseen.