Tom Holland’s Stills from Spider-Man No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home registered a blockbuster opening at the Indian box office as Tom Holland’s flagship Hollywood film earned Rs 32.67 crore on its opening day. Spider-Man’s first day box office collection was the highest among all Hindi and English films released in 2021. The film is expected to gain momentum over the weekend at the ticket windows. Fans of superheroes can be seen thronging the theaters to watch the film.
However, Spider-Man: No Way Home will also see stiff competition down south with the release of Allu Arjun’s Telugu film, Pushpa. According to Box Office India, the Telugu film took a huge opening in Andhra which will probably take the highest opening day in India after the pandemic of over 45 crore nett across all languages. Directed by Sukumar Allu Arjun co-starring Rashmika Mandanna in the lead role. Initial reactions to her performance in ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ have been positive, though the slow pace of the second half of the film has not gone down well with critics.
Meanwhile, the superhero film registered the second highest opening in the history of Hollywood releases in India, Sony Pictures Entertainment India said in a statement.
The Spider-Man: No Way Homes Day One collection was 3.5x more than its predecessor “Spider-Man: Far From Home”, which was released in 2019.
Directed by Jon Watts, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” marks Holland’s return as the titular web-slinger after also playing the character in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. marks. As in three Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films.
In the new film, now with the identity of Spider-Man, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous enemies from other worlds emerge, prompting Peter to discover what it really means to be Spider-Man.
The film also stars Zendaya as MJ, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds and Marisa Tomei as Aunt May.
— With PTI inputs
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