The news is a relief for cinemas around the world, which have suffered millions in losses since the beginning of 2020, due to the covid-19 pandemic.
With $ 600 million brought in worldwide during its opening weekend, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” became the third best international premiere in history, only behind “Avengers: End Game” (1,200 million) and “Avengers: Infinity War” (640 million).
In the United States market, the most important for Hollywood, the film became the second highest grossing debut in the history of the country, surpassing the 260 million dollars, according to the audit of accounts that Sony carried out on Monday.
Thus, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is not only the best launch of the entire pandemic, but in the US it has achieved outperform heavyweight debut such as “Avengers: Infinity War” (257 million in 2018) and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (177 million in 2019).
But also, with its 600 million dollars raised worldwide, thanks to a simultaneous premiere in several countries, the latest installment of the arachnid superhero is on its way to becoming the first film to exceed $ 1 billion since the pandemic began almost 2 years ago.
And that forecast omits the second most important market, China, where it has not yet been released.
The news is a respite for cinemas around the world, which drag million-dollar losses since the beginning of 2020.
However, only the Marvel franchise has managed to avoid the obstacles of the coronavirus with powerful premieres such as “Black Widow” and “Shang-Chi” in 2021, while the box office of other films barely manages to cover production costs.
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Historic hit at the US box office
An example is the case of the USA, where a week ago the new adaptation of the musical “West Side Story”, directed by Steven Spielberg, debuted well below expectations, grossing just $ 10.5 million.
This week in the North American country, the good performance of “Spider-Man” contrasts with the decaffeinated debut of “Nightmare Alley”, the new of Guilermo del Toro, which only added 2.9 million dollars and was in fifth position.
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Ahead were “Encanto”, in second position with 6.5 million dollars; “West Side Story”, in third with 3.4 million, and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”, in fourth with 3.4 million. (AND)
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