Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the first pandemic-era film to pass $1 billion at the global box office.
On top of this, the movie – which is a co-production between Sony Pictures, Disney and Marvel Studios – has taken the title of highest grossing film of 2021, BBC News reported.
Global box office takings over the weekend for No Way Home reached $1.05 billion. The film is also still to be released in China, which is the biggest cinema market in the world.
Disney, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures agreed to share the film rights to Spider-Man back in 2015. The last movie in the franchise – Spider-Man: Far From Home – notched up $1.132 billion in global ticket sales, according to Comscore.
The last movie to gross over $1bn was Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker back in 2019. Prior to No Way Home, No Time to Die – which made $774 million at the global box office – was the highest grossing film of both 2021 and the pandemic.
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