Someone just popped a champagne bottle at Sony, becauseSpider-Man: No Way Homejust tookAvatar’s place as the third-biggest domestic box office in history. The result is even more impressive when we consider that movie theaters are still suffering from the effects of the pandemic and thatNo Way Home’s box office is three times bigger than the second highest-grossing movie of the pandemic era,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
James Cameron’sAvatarheld the top spot of the domestic box office with $760.5 million from 2009 till 2015, when Disney’sStar Wars: The Force Awakensgot $936 million and pushed it to second place.Avatarwould drop another position in 2019, when Disney’sAvengers: Endgameamassed $858 million.No Way Homeis technically a Sony production, but since it’s part of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, that’s another win to the House of the Mouse.
No Way Homehauled the final $1 million it needed to grab the third position this Monday, taking its domestic box office to $760.5 million. When we look at the global box office,No Way Homeis the sixth-highest grossing movie of all time with $1.8 billion. While it’s unlikely the movie will grab another $100 million to surpassEndgame’s domestic record,No Way Home’s impressive box office will undoubtedly ensure both the MCU and Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters to aggressively expand in the near future. The superhero hype train is still on track, and even with the pandemics, it does not seem to be slowing down.
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InSpider-Man:No Way Home, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is enlisted to erase Spider-Man’s real identity from public memory. Unfortunately, the spell doesn’t work as planned, and instead brings visitors from other realities into the MCU.Spider-Man: No Way Homefeatures appearances fromAlfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus,Jamie Foxx’s Electro,Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin,Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman, andRhys Ifans' Lizard. All these villains come from previous iterations of the Web Crawler, exactly one bad guy for each pre-MCU film — three starringTobey Maguireas the titular hero, and the other two led byAndrew Garfield.
No Way Homealso sees the return ofZendayaas MJ,Jacob Batalonas Ned Leeds,Marisa Tomeias May Parker,Jon Favreauas Happy Hogan,Benedict Wongas Wong,Tony Revolorias Flash Thompson, andAngourie Riceas Betty Brant.Jon Wattsreturns to direct the third Spidey installment, with a script written byChris McKennaandErik Sommers, who both penned the previous two MCUSpider-Manfilms.
Spider-Man:No Way Homeis breaking box office records in theaters right now.
