In addition to the villains, he was able to catch the spectators in his web. This week-end, Spider-Man: No Way Home, new adaptation of The Adventures of Spider-Man, has grossed over $ 1 billion at the box office. A record since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to figures from Exhibitor Relations, a firm specializing in the film industry, the film, starring British star Tom Holland, has raised $ 467.3 million in North America and $ 587 million internationally. , or more than a billion dollars over twelve days. With these historic recipes, he brings a breath of fresh air to the film industry, left bloodless by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The blue and red suit is a regular at the box office records. Previously endorsed by Tobey Maguire then Andrew Garfield, in 2002 it had exceeded $ 100 million in revenue for its first weekend of operation. A first in the history of cinema.
With this new record, he thus joins Star Wars: The Force Awakens who achieved this performance in 2015, according to the magazine Variety, and this despite the spread of omicron, the highly contagious variant of Covid-19 which is now disrupting the whole world, especially the cultural industry.
With an estimated amount of $ 23.8 million, Sing 2 (All on stage) was the headliner of the weekend. He was ahead The Matrix: Resurrections and The king’s man which obtained respectively $ 12 million and $ 6.4 million. American Underdog, based on the real-life story of Kurt Warner, who from supermarket worker to National Football League (NFL) top player, sits in fifth place with $ 6.2 million.