Spider-Man: No Way Home gave the best Christmas present of all, becoming the first film set in the aftermath of a pandemic to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
Sony’s comic-book epic has surpassed the billion-dollar barrier in a near-record 12 days, tying Star Wars: The Force Awakens for third fastest. Only Avengers: Infinity War from 2018 and Avengers: Endgame from 2019 were faster, taking 11 and five days, respectively, to break the record.
Given the rapidly spreading omicron version of Covid-19, it’s impressive that Spider-Man: No Way Home managed to surpass $1 billion in international ticket sales. It makes Tom Holland’s Marvel superhero adventure the first to cross $1 billion globally since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. In the last two years, no other Hollywood film has come close to matching those box office receipts.
Thanks to the fans for supporting #SpiderManNoWayHome, which crossed $1 BILLION at the global box office after just 12 days! pic.twitter.com/HWOnN9xR4y
— Spider-Man: No Way Home says HAPPY HOLIDAYS ❤️ (@SpiderManMovie) December 26, 2021
Prior to Spider-reign, Man’s MGM’s James Bond movie No Time to Die was the highest-earning Hollywood film of 2021, grossing $774 million worldwide (and the pandemic). Spider-Man: No Way Home, the first picture to gross $1 billion worldwide, dethroned another box-office juggernaut, China’s The Battle at Lake Changjin ($902 million), to become the year’s highest-grossing film globally. It’s also worth noting that No Way Home hit that milestone despite not having been released in China, which is currently the world’s largest film market.
Spider-Man: No Way Home enjoyed another strong weekend at the box office in the United States, outperforming the competition in a busy holiday season.
Over the weekend, 4,336 North American cinemas saw the latest Spider-Man adventure, which earned $81 million.
To put that number in context, only a few Covid-era films have been able to achieve that kind of acclaim during the course of their theatrical runs, let alone in its second weekend.
Spider-Man: No Way Home did so at a time when several new films — The Matrix Resurrections, Sing 2, and The King’s Man, to name a few — were releasing across the country to mixed reviews.
The film’s ten-day total in the United States now stands at a staggering $467 million. The next highest-grossing film, Disney and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, earned a whopping $224 million domestically.
Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $121.4 million over the weekend at the international box office, boosting its total to $587 million, bringing its worldwide total to $1.05 billion.
The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, and Bono and is directed by Garth Jennings, has received good reviews from reviewers and moviegoers alike, earning it a “A+” CinemaScore. Unless the epidemic has anything to say about it, Sing 2 should have a long run on the big screen, especially because it doesn’t have much competition among family pictures.
The original Sing was released around Christmas and stayed in theatres well into the new year, grossing $270 million in the United States and $634 million worldwide. At this pace, the sequel will struggle to reach those numbers, but it should remain the go-to choice for kids throughout the holiday season.
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