Tom Holland inSpider-Man: No Way Home(2021).Photo: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
Spider-Man: No Way Homehas hit a major milestone!
The film has become the first tomake $1 billionat the box office worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to CNN Business. It took 12 days to do so.
Spider-Man: No Way Home— which starsTom Holland,ZendayaandBenedict Cumberbatch— is also the third-fastest movie to reach the billion-dollar milestone: In 2019,Avengers: EndgameandAvengers: Infinity Wardid so in five days and 11 days, respectively.
The last movie to garner $1 billion at the box office wasStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which hit theaters in December 2019. Many countries began shutting down due to COVID-19 in the months immediately following the film’s release.
During its opening weekend,Spider-Man: No Way Homeearned $253 millionat the domestic box office, making it the most successful opening weekend for a movie in 2021.
It also had the third-best movie opening ever behindAvengers: Endgame($357.1 million) andAvengers: Infinity War($257.7 million).
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“This weekend’s historicSpider-Man: No Way Homeresults, from all over the world and in the face of many challenges, reaffirm the unmatched cultural impact that exclusive theatrical films can have when they are made and marketed with vision and resolve,” said Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures chairman and CEO, in a statement following the record-breaking weekend.
“All of us at Sony Pictures are deeply grateful to the fabulous talent, both in front of and behind the camera, that produced such a landmark film,” Rothman added.
The third installment in the franchise,Spider-Man: No Way Homefollows Holland’s Peter Parker navigating the world after his superhero identity is revealed. Parker attempts to change the course of history with help from Dr. Strange (Cumberbatch), but the two hit a major snag when they accidentally open up the multiverse, allowing villains from alternate realities to come after Parker.
“I’veloved every minuteof it,” Holland, 25, said of playing the character in an interview with PEOPLE earlier this month. “I’ve been so grateful to Marvel and Sony for giving us the opportunity and keeping us on and allowing our characters to progress. It’s been amazing.”
Spider-Man: No Way Homeis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
