In the battle for superhero supremacy, Spider-Man is back on top—for 2017 at least. Sony Pictures teamed up with Marvel Studios to reboot its sole comic book property in the form ofSpider-Man: Homecoming, and the film was an unqualified success. Maybe most impressively, the redo scored some seriously positive notices from critics, which then boosted its box office legs as the film continued to perform weeks after release.
And now, two and a half months after release,Spider-Man: Homecominghas crossed the $874 million mark at the worldwide box office to become the highest grossing superhero movie of 2017. That’s an incredibly impressive high mark, and one that definitely wasn’t guaranteed. Indeed,back in Augustas the film was winding down its domestic run, it was trailing behind every other entry in theSpider-Manfranchise at the worldwide box office. But now, the pic is second only toSpider-Man 3, which grossed $890.8 million in its run.
So what changed? Well,Homecominghas been performing incredibly well overseas. It has grossed $69.2 million since opening in China, $7.1 million in Japan, and a whopping $25.4 million in South Korea. Those are strong numbers, and it’s no wonder Sony and Marvel are already hard at work on gettingSpider-Man: Homecoming 2ready for release in 2019.
Domestically,Homecomingis at $331.8 million and still lags behindGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2($389M) andWonder Woman($411M). It’s gonna be a stretch to surpass either of those, but it does have considerable bragging rights on the worldwide stage and is great news for Sony, whichreallyneeded this film to reinvigorate the franchise.
In the league ofSpider-Manmovies,Homecomingis still behindSam Raimi’s original trilogy, but itmaybe able to squeak pastSpider-Man 3. Regardless, that worldwide number is what’s important to Sony, and they’re very, very happy.
Check out both charts for theSpider-Manfranchise below.
Domestic Gross
Spider-Man
$403,706,275
Spider-Man 2
$373,585,825
Spider-Man 3
$336,530,303
Spider-Man: Homecoming
$331,857,374
The Amazing Spider-Man
$262,030,663
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
$202,853,933
Worldwide Gross
$890,871,626
$874,357,374
$821,708,551
$783,766,341
$757,930,663
$708,982,323
