Tom Holland's solo Spider-Man trilogy set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, No Way Home premiered in U.S. theaters on December 17 and managed to exceed all of the lofty expectations that had been set for it. Released amidst the surging Omicron COVID-19 variant, Spider-Man: No Way Home was projected to gross $130 million in its opening weekend, though it ended up doubling that with a $260 million domestic debut, the second highest of all time behind Avengers: Endgame.
No Way Home's incredible box office success continued long past its opening weekend. In less than a week, the MCU movie overtook No Time to Die as the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year worldwide. In just 12 days, No Way Home crossed the $1 billion threshold, the only movie of the pandemic era to do so. After about a month of playing in theaters, the Spider-Man movie began suring titles like Titanic on the all-time domestic charts. While many thought No Way Home was poised to stay at #4, a surprising development indicates it has leapfrogged yet another James Cameron movie.
According to Erik Davis, Spider-Man: No Way Home has ed Avatar on the all-time U.S. box office charts. With an estimated $760.9 million gross, that is just enough for No Way Home to beat out Cameron's blockbuster to become the third highest-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office. Check out Davis' post announcing the news below:
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It's important to note that it took Avatar a total of nine months time and two special re-releases in 2010 and 2021 to gross $760.5 million domestically. On the other hand, it took No Way Home just two months to overtake it. Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar remains the highest-grossing film worldwide, while No Way Home currently sits at #6 on those charts. The Spider-Man movie is now firmly behind two fellow MCU titles on both the global and domestic charts, so it is seemingly done breaking major box office records for now, though it has had quite an incredible run.
No Way Home's success can largely be attributed to its multiverse concept, which allowed both past villains and Spider-Men from Sam Raimi and Marc Webb's Spider-Man movies to return. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is shaping up to be a similar event, packed with returning characters and Marvel cameos. As one of these surprise cameos was recently revealed to be Patrick Stewart as Professor X, hype for the MCU movie is at an all-time high. The Doctor Strange sequel will no doubt be hoping to one up Spider-Man: No Way Home at the box office when it releases this spring, but it certainly has big shoes to fill.
Source: Erik Davis/Twitter
