On December 24, Beijing time, according to reports from foreign entertainment, the superhero blockbuster "Spider-Man: No Way Home" jointly produced by Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios has a global box office of more than $800 million, and the film has launched a strong impact on the annual box office champion of "Chosin Lake".
Although there are also superhero blockbusters such as "Black Widow", "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and "Eternals" released this year, "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Return" with the feeling of "three worms in the same frame" obviously has a stronger box office appeal.
In its first weekend of release, the film grossed $260 million in North America and more than $600 million in its first weekend worldwide.
Entering the week, Spider-Man: Homeless has not diminished in momentum, surpassing the $774 million box office of "007: No Time to Die" starring Daniel Craig on Wednesday.
As of Thursday, local time in the United States, that is, 10 days after its release, the global box office of "Spider-Man: Homeless" has exceeded $813.9 million.
According to the US "Variety" website, the two movies currently ranked in front of "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Return" are from China - "Changjin Lake" starring Wu Jing ranked first in the annual box office list with $902 million, and Jia Ling's self-directed "Hello, Li Huanying" ranked second in the annual box office list with a score of 882 million US dollars.
Next, Europe and the United States and other countries will usher in the Christmas weekend, people's movie boom will be even higher, "Spider-Man: Heroes No Return" is entirely likely to achieve the next three days, "Hello, Lee Huan Ying" and "Chosin Lake" these two movies to achieve a rebound, jump to the first place in the annual box office list.
More likely, Spider-Man: Homeless has a chance to become the first blockbuster to gross more than $1 billion worldwide this year.
The last time a movie grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, it was in 2019, before the pandemic, when the annual box office champion was Avengers 4: Endgame, Marvel's superhero blockbuster grossed $2.7975 billion worldwide.
In addition to "Avengers 4", "The Lion King", "Frozen 2", "Spider-Man: Heroes Expedition", "Captain Marvel", "Joker", "Star Wars Episode 9: Rise of Skywalker", "Toy Story 4" and "Aladdin" released in the same year also grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
It is worth noting that these films were released in Chinese mainland at the time, and Chinese audiences contributed a lot of box office, while this year's "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Return" has not yet been finalized in the Chinese mainland.
In other words, without the help of Chinese film fans, this three-worm and framed "Spider-Man" movie can achieve this kind of achievement, which is obviously more respectable.