‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Sets New December Record With $253 Million Opening

Spider-Man: No Way Home is breaking box office records, even with COVID-19 holding back some audiences from going to the movies.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the grand finale in Marvel’s web-slinging trilogy, has crossed another major box office milestone, surpassing $800 million globally.After 10 days on the big screen, the latest Spidey adventure has become the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year with $813.9 million worldwide. It passed MGM’s James Bond sequel “No Time to Die,” which grossed $774 million globally.

Three big event movies –Illumination/Universal’s Sing 2, Warner Bros’ Matrix Resurrections, and 20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man– were no match for Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home which continued to dominate Wednesday with an amazing $27.8M. The Jon Watts-directed MCU title has a running U.S/Canadian total of $356.5M over six days, which is the third best for that range after Avengers: Endgame ($452.3M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($363.4M).

Clayton Davis It’s time to have a serious conversation about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and what it can achieve at the Oscars this year.Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned (at 94% and 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively) about the film.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Spider-Man: No Way Home” has generated even more money at the box office than initially reported.The epic finale in the Tom Holland-led comic book trilogy collected $260 million in North American theaters over the weekend, above Sunday’s estimates of $253 million. It means “No Way Home” has surpassed “Avengers: Infinity War” ($257 million) to land the second-biggest debut in Hollywood history behind only “Avengers: Endgame” ($357 million).

Coming into the weekend, everyone knew “Spider-Man: No Way Home” would break pandemic-era box office records. Previously, the biggest debut was with “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which earned $90 million over its first three days back in October.

At a time when COVID-19 has plagued the box office and left only a precious few blockbusters yielding theatrical profit on the level seen before 2020, Sony and the “Spider-Man” franchise will have both scored their first ever $200 million-plus opener, not to mention only the eighth in box office history and likely among the Top 5 of all time.

Leave it your friendly neighbourhood webslinger to rescue Hollywood from nearly two years of pandemic-related doldrums at the box office.

That means that Spidey has webbed up the record for the biggest December opening in box office history and now sits third on the all-time opening list. If the film continues to beat industry estimates on Sunday, it will pass the $257 million opening of “Avengers: Infinity War” for the No.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDon’t underestimate Peter Parker.That’s the takeaway this weekend after Sony’s comic book adventure “Spider-Man: No Way Home” crushed box office expectations, generating a mammoth $253 million from 4,336 theaters in North America.It was easily the best domestic opening weekend turnout of any movie in pandemic times. Prior to this weekend, no other COVID-era film had been able to cross even $100 million in a single weekend.

Kevin Feige is looking ahead to the future.

Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland would swing into their theater on opening night had no such luck this go-round.The actor and another special surprise guest (for the sake of spoilers, we’re not naming them) planned to pop in and surprise movie-goers at early evening screenings on Friday in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre and AMC at The Grove mall.However the road show was nixed just hours before due to COVID-19 concerns as well as possible crowd control issues, according to

Spider-Man: No Way Home is already a massive success and is on track to become the top-grossing movie of 2021 in just three days of release.

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At a time when COVID-19 has plagued the box office and left only a precious few blockbusters yielding theatrical profit on the level seen before 2020, Sony and the “Spider-Man” franchise will have both scored their first ever $200 million-plus opener, not to mention only the eighth in box office history and likely among the top 5 of all time.

NEW YORK -- For the first time since the pandemic began, the box office is booming. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” grossed $50 million in Thursday previews alone, a stunning start for a movie set to break pandemic records.Sony Pictures' “No Way Home" scored the third-largest preview total ever, trailing only those for “Avengers: Endgame” ($60 million) and “The Force Awakens" ($57 million).