‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend

After promoting his two films “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and “tick, tick…boom!” it seemed as if all the extra questions about potentially appearing in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” were weighing heavy on Andrew Garfield. Unlike Tobey Maguire, who just stayed out of the public eye, and Tom Holland, who was busy talking about other aspects of the film, Garfield was getting hammered for months about whether or not he was showing up.

The glamorous spies of “The 355” were no competition for the movie theater’s reigning webslinger.Spider-Man’s box office dominance continued in its fourth weekend in theaters, adding another $33 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. With $668.8 million in North American ticket sales to date, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is now the sixth highest grossing release of all time domestically.

2022 is upon us, but here’s some news that will bring you back to the glory days of 2020 and 2021—Sony has delayed the theatrical release of the ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff film, “Morbius.” Yep, that’s right, just a matter of days before the release of the Jared Leto-starring “Morbius,” the studio has decided to delay the film until the spring.

So, after months of speculation and leaks, it’s true— “Spider-Man: No Way Home” saw the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as different Peter Parkers to help Tom Holland’s new Peter Parker fight bad guys. And the film is exceeding even Sony’s wildest expectations, smashing box office records and earning rave reviews from critics and fans alike.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: The first weekend of 2022 for all movies is looking at $100.6M, an amount that’s 700% ahead of New Year’s weekend 2021 when most theaters where closed due to Covid, but behind 29% two years ago in 2020 when Covid didn’t seem to be a threat stateside.

FRIDAY AM UPDATE:Thursday box office figures Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home now ranks No. 11 on the list of highest grossing movies at the domestic box office with $557.19M collected during its first two weeks in release. The MCU title outpegs Jon Favreau’s 2019 version of The Lion King with $543.6M. The 14-day gross for No Way Home is the third highest of all-time behind Avengers: Endgame ($660.4M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($652M).

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ are incoming…** **You’ve been warned.** Say what you will about “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the film definitely doesn’t underdeliver on the number of twists, turns, and surprising cameos. But believe it or not, if the studio went with the early drafts of the script, there could have been a lot more familiar faces showing up in the record-breaking sequel.

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ incoming…** **Seriously, if you haven’t seen the film, don’t let us spoil it for you…** **You’ve been warned…** Sony and Marvel Studios did about as well as they could to ensure fans were surprised when they witnessed the third act of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the re-introduction of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield into the franchise.

Welcome back from your slumber and food coma. As you start to raise from your holiday fog (hope you had a merry one), you’ll start to receive bits of information that penetrate your haze.

It’s official— “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has done what no other pandemic-era film has done so far, earning more than $1 billion worldwide. And the film did it in only 12 days.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Spider-Man: No Way Home” unwrapped the best Christmas gift of all, becoming the first pandemic-era movie to cross $1 billion at the global box office.Sony’s comic-book epic has eclipsed that milestone in a near-record 12 days, tying with 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as the third-fastest film to reach the billion-dollar benchmark.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is unwrapping another big box office bounty on Christmas.The grand finale in Sony’s Tom Holland-led superhero trilogy added another $19.6 million from 4,336 domestic theaters on Friday, putting the film on pace to earn $92 million to $100 million over the traditional weekend.

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.

If Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are still your OTP, you may want to know why Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst broke up after the first Spider-Man movie and how Maguire was almost replaced as Spider-Man by Dunst’s next boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal.

the cast of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spent an amazing day on set with a fellow hero — little Bridger Walker, who put his life on the line to save his little sister from a dog attack in 2020 at age 6.The devout Marvel fan’s unparalleled bravery has turned the boy from Cheyenne, Wyo., into an international sensation.

Spider-Man: No Way Home” press tour.But producer Amy Pascal recently revealed that she attempted to steer Holland and Zendaya away from any future dating shortly after they were cast.“I took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture,” Pascal in an interview with the New York Times published Friday. “Don’t go there — just don’t.

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.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Spider-Man: No Way Home” shrugged off new health restrictions in South Korea to earn the biggest box office opening weekend since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.The film earned $15.0 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.

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