Spider-Man: No Way Home on Sunday became the first pandemic-era film to jump $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 of the Omicron and COVID-19 spike in North America and Europe, and still hasn’t released in China, the world’s biggest cinema market. Diversity.
It is also the highest-grossing film of the year, surpassing China’s “The Battle at Lake Changjin” (USD 902 million) and the 25th James Bond film (and Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007), “No Time”. To Die” left behind. grossed USD 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 at a time when many new films (such as ‘The Matrix Resurrection’, ‘Sing 2’ and ‘The King’s Man’) are rolling out nationwide. Notable tickets are opening for sale.”
Other new global releases struggled to turn ticket buyers away from Spider-Man: No Way Home. The Matrix Resurrection, the science-fiction sequel to Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, landed a blast in third place. The Cerebral film came in well behind expectations, earning US$12 million from 3,552 theaters in the US over the weekend and US$22.5 million from Wednesday. Internationally, the film has grossed US$47 million so far, reaching US$69.8 million globally.
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