Los Angeles: Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest entry in the Tom Holland-led trilogy has become the biggest movie of the year worldwide in terms of earnings.
Directed by Jon Watts, the concluding chapter of the "Homecoming" trilogy starring mainstays Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon has revitalized the theatrical box office in a big way, especially for post-pandemic times. Spider-Man: No Way Home has already broken numerous box office records, including securing the second-biggest opening weekend of all time, besting the previous record-holder, Avengers: Infinity War.
As per a report by variety.com, the film is set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day.
It would also be the first theatrical release of the pandemic to join the billion-dollar club even without China, the largest box-office market in the world.
'No Way Home' made $29.3 million domestically on Thursday, bringing its seven-day gross to $385.8 million, the third-highest seven-day gross of all time, the highest seven-day gross in the 'Spider-Man' franchise, and the second-highest seven-day gross ever for December and for a superhero film.
The Thursday earning is the third-highest Thursday gross of December of all time, and the highest Thursday take for Sony, the 'Spider-Man' franchise and for a superhero film.
Internationally, it brought in $32.2 million on Thursday, bumping its overseas total to $490.2 million and global haul to $876.0 million.
On Monday, 'No Way Home' raked in another $37 million, and early estimates for this weekend predicted the superhero movie would make another $100 million this weekend.