The success of Spider-Man: No Way Home is not utterly surprising but continues to have new twists.
Sony got a Christmas present in the form of the latest Spider-Man film, becoming the highest-grossing movie ever for the studio domestically. Variety reported on the holiday that Spider-Man: No Way Home will nab about $478 million in just ten days. The previous record for Sony in the States was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’s $404.5 million.
Keeping at the domestic level, No Way Home dominates the other Spider-Man movies. 2002’s Spider-Man had a record-holding $407 million and more than doubled The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s $202 million. Look for it to now take on the worldwide record held by Spider-Man: Homecoming at an impressive $1.1 billion, having passed the $1 billion mark globally on Christmas Day and becoming the biggest movie of the year ahead of China’s The Battle at Lake Changjin ($904 million). It’s also the first film to pass the billion dollar mark since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
The path of becoming a box office juggernaut wasn’t always set in stone for the film. From an incredible amount of leaks to a new COVID variant popping up like Lokis, No Way Home had an uphill battle. Thankfully it panned out well, and in Sony’s case…really well!
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For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: No Way Home sees Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home) directing Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Zendaya (MJ), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds), Tony Revolori (Flash Thompson), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan), Angourie Rice (Betty Brandt), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Jason Ionello), Benedict Wong (Wong), J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson), Martin Star (Mr. Harrington), J.B. Smoove (Mr. Dell), Hannibal Buress (Coach Wilson), Jamie Foxx (Electro), Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus), Rhys Ifans (Lizard), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman), and Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin).
