‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is the biggest film of the year worldwide
Tom Holland-starrer ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ has become the biggest film of the year worldwide. According to the report of Variety.com, it is set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day. At 11 days, it will be the second fastest to hit that milestone (after 2019’s Avengers: Endgame in five days and tied with 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War). It will also be the first theatrical release of the pandemic without China, the world’s biggest box-office market, joining the billion-dollar club.
“No Way Home” earned $29.3 million domestically on Thursday, bringing its seven-day gross to $385.8 million, the third-highest seven-day gross of all time, the highest in the “Spider-Man” franchise. Seven days’ earnings, and the second highest seven-day gross ever for December and for a superhero film.
Thursday’s earnings are the third highest Thursday’s of December so far, and the highest Thursday’s for Sony, the “Spider-Man” franchise and a superhero film.
Internationally, it brought in $32.2 million on Thursday, bringing its overseas total to $490.2 million and globally to $876.0 million.
Meanwhile, “The Matrix Resurrection” earned $6.4 million on Wednesday and $4.1 million from 3,552 locations in North America on Thursday, for a two-day total of $10.5 million. 20 years after 2003’s “The Matrix Revolution,” the sci-fi adventure is expected to end the holiday weekend with $40 million to $50 million. If it reaches the high end of estimates, “Resurrection” will beat “Dune” ($41 million) to become Warner Bros. Top opening of the year.
Another sequel, “Sing 2,” grossed $8.1 million on Wednesday and $7.5 million on Thursday for a total of $15.6 million across 3,892 North American locations. It has grossed $17.2 million to date, including ticket sales from the Thanksgiving weekend advanced screening. The family-friendly musical is on track to gross at least $40 million as of Sunday.
A total of seven new movies opened this weekend, including “The King’s Man,” “The Tender Bar,” “A Journal for Jordan,” “American Underdog” and “Licorice Pizza.”
But neither of them will top “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which earned a record-breaking $260 million last weekend.
On Monday, “No Way Home” took home another $37 million, and early estimates this weekend predicted the superhero film would hit $100 million this weekend.
‘Sing 2’ and ‘The Matrix Reactions’, which opened on Wednesday, are vying for number 2.
Directed by Garth Jennings, the “Sing” sequel features animated animals such as Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Pharrell Williams, Taron Egerton, and Bono, who are seen in Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” and Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick”. Hit movies like ‘. Street’.
The fourth “Matrix” film directed by Lana Wachowski sees the return of Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity — though neither of them remember the past.
‘The Matrix Resurrections’ to debut together on HBO Max also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Priyanka Chopra, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris and Jada Pinkett Smith.
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