Spider-Man: No Way Home Is The 12th Highest-Grossing Film Ever

Spider-Man: No Way Home is now the 12th highest-grossing film of all time. The third entry in Marvel’s Homecoming trilogy of Spider-Man films, No Way Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Willem Dafoe, Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Jon Favreau, and Jacob Batalon in what has become a massive success. Jon Watts directs the film, which is the 8th solo live-action Spider-Man film to date and the 6th appearance of Holland portraying the character.

No Way Home started making waves upon initial release, becoming the 3rd highest box office opening ever, earning $587M globally in its first three days of release. The film beat out Avengers: Infinity War as the 2nd-highest weekend opening of all time (with Avengers: Endgame still in the lead) with $260M. The most sizeable achievement for No Way Home is crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office, doing so in just 12 days of release. The runaway smash is now chasing domestic box office milestones, having just passed Rise of Skywalker and now putting two more in its rearview.

Per Deadline, Spider-Man: No Way Home has just surpassed Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and Disney’s Rogue One to become the 12th highest-grossing domestic release of all time. It’s poised to beat out the live-action version of The Lion King, as well as Pixar’s Incredibles 2, as it continues to show no signs of slowing down. With kids in the U.S. still out of school until after the new year and an open weekend ahead, Spider-Man: No Way Home is sure to continue its ascent to the top, and it’s now only a matter of how far it will go.

The success of No Way Home has got Marvel and Sony paying serious attention to the web-head’s market appeal, as the film has reshaped the box office after two years of pandemic woes, closing theaters, and shrinking receipts, even for brands like Marvel and DC. Both studios have already teased more Spider-Man films with Holland, although popular guest appearances in the film could lead to even more, especially with the multiverse now cracked wide open. 2022 will see the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, the first of a two-part animated sequel featuring the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man, as well as the introductory Spider-Man themed film, Morbius, starring Jared Leto, which will surely benefit from No Way Home‘s momentum when it releases in January.

Successes like Spider-Man: No Way Home are infrequent, especially in the post-pandemic era, which makes tracking their success all the more interesting. With No Way Home averaging daily in the low $30 million range for the weekdays, it’s likely that it will crush expectations again in the final weekend of 2021 as audiences rush out to catch it again or see what the hype is all about before 2022 kicks in. With numbers like these, it’s also a wonder of how long Sony/Marvel will keep it in theaters, especially if the money spigot continues to flow so freely. Either way, at this speedy rate, Spider-Man: No Way Home will absolutely be reaching more milestones well into the next year.