“Spider-Man: No Way Home” on Sunday became the first pandemic-era film to jump over $1 billion at the global box office since 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
The third film in the Tom Holland-led trilogy achieved this feat despite the long shadow. omicron And the Covid-19 spike in North America and Europe, and still hasn’t been released in China, the world’s biggest cinema market, according to Variety.
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It was China’s “The Battle at Lake Changjin” ($902 million) and the 25th James Bond film (and Daniel Craig’s last outing 007), surpassing “No Time to Die” as the highest-grossing film of the year. Is. $774 million globally.
Sony’s comic-book epic has reached the milestone in about 12 days, according to Variety, with 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” the third-fastest film to reach the billion-dollar benchmark .
Only 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” were faster, breaking the coveted tally at 11 and five days respectively.
Reporting these figures, ‘Variety’ commented: “These are big box office hits when several new films (such as ‘The Matrix Resurrection’, ‘Sing 2’ and ‘The King’s Man’) are notable nationwide. Tickets are open for sale.”
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