Spider-Man: No Way Home is a box office success and Sony’s top-grossing film ever raking in $516.4M domestically and $1.16B worldwide, according to Tuesday’s box office numbers via Deadline.
The third installment of the superhero franchise starring Tom Holland as the titular comic book character overtook the last big pre-pandemic blockbuster, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, which premiered in 2019.
No Way Home’s enormous success in just two weeks of its release in cinemas is a sign of strength for the theater business, many of whom had been deemed in decline by the popularity of streaming media in the wake of the pandemic.
Superhero super hit! Spider-Man: Home is a big box-office hit! According to Deadline, the film was Sony’s biggest-grossing ever movie. The film grossed $516.4 million domestically and $1.16 billion worldwide.
No Way Home also stars Zendaya, 25 as Michelle MJ Jones-Watson (the superhero’s lover interest) as well as Tobey Maguire (46) and Andrew Garfield (88) as Spider-Man’s previous stars.
This third film, starring Tom the webslinger, has been one of the most successful movies to hit $1 billion in box office. It was also the first movie to achieve this feat during the pandemic.
Avengers: Endgame still holds the record, reaching $1 billion in only five days. Avengers: Infinity War took an additional 11 days.
Deadline claims that things will keep moving in the right direction for the movie as it has a better week ahead of the holiday.
Amazing! It’s amazing!
Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios collaborated on the highly anticipated sequel, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
No Way Home was Sony’s highest-grossing movie over Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, which earned $424.5 million in domestic sales.
Sing 2 (Universal and Illumination) opened during the holiday weekend and is forecast to make a $55 million profit over its five-day run. The Matrix Resurrections, and The King’s Man were its main competitors. Both are having trouble finding audiences.
HBO Max also has the fourth installment from Matrix.
Flying high: According to Deadline, things will continue on an upward trajectory for the film as it is set to have an even better third week at the box office following a slight lull over the Christmas holiday
No Way Home currently only has a theatrical release. This is contrary to the practice of pandemic films that have been released simultaneously on both streaming and in theaters.
Starz has rights to Sony’s pay-per view flicks and will make the movie available for streaming via Starz. An exact date however has yet to be announced.
Kim Kardashian leaked a major spoiler for Spider-Man No Way Home. She was criticized by the internet because of her film faux pas.
The reality star of 41 appeared to have watched the movie at home, and she shared two photos from it on Instagram.
The stars: Benedict Wong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Zendaya and Tom Holland posed for a photograph as they attended the Los Angeles premiere
Fans were furious on social media when the naps revealed the secret identity of Tobey Maguire (ex-Spider-Man star) and Andrew Garfield (ex-Spider-Man).
Both Maguire and Garfield, both of whom starred as Spider-Man’s three-part series in the early 2000s, were believed to be appearing in the film for months, if indeed years.
It fully introduces you to the idea of the multiverse. This is a collection of different parallel universes from which Maguire’s Peter Parker as well Garfield’s Peter Parker are derived.
SPOILER! SPOILER!
Maguire and Garfield are reunited in Tom Holland’s new world after a failed spell causes rifts in the multiverse. Together, they seek to save it as it is.
Kardashian shared two images from the ending of the film. The first photo shows Maguire and Garfield wearing their Spider-Man costumes, without masks.
This second image featured Spider-Man giving Tom Holland an emotion-filled hug.
Kim did not add captions to either of the photos. However, Twitter users reacted with fury after scrolling through Kim’s Instagram story and destroying Kim’s movie.
Plot point: After a botched spell creates a rift in the multiverse, Maguire and Garfield find themselves in the new Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) world as they work together to save the world as they know it