It has been 19 years 225 days since the actors first appeared as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in Spider-Man (2002).
Globally, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" expected $1.69 billion total would push it past blockbusters "Jurassic World" ($1.67 billion) and "The Lion King" ($1.66 billion), according to Box Office Mojo.
David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research described the industry's overall picture as "mostly wreckage" -- except for "Spider-Man," whose earnings accounted for 46 percent of the total.
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is now the third-highest grossing Hollywood film in India, next only to films from the Avengers franchise.
Around Rs100 crore more generated over the Christmas weekend, courtesy Ranveer Singh’s '83, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa. This week, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first Hollywood film to earn over $1 billion globally in 2021.
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' beat out two other new series installments: "The Matrix Resurrections" from Warner Bros, which sees Keanu Reeves reprise his iconic role as Neo, underperformed at $12 million.
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and 'Pushpa: The Rise' sent ticket sales soaring across the country. They made over Rs200 crore, to give the industry its best (extended) weekend of 2021.
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui has a fair weekend, all eyes on Spider-Man: No Way Home to take an excellent start at theatres, Pushpa is primarily for South.