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Sony and Marvel’s superhero sensation ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ has become Sony’s top-grossing domestic movie ever after earning $19.7 million on Christmas Eve, reports Mail Online.
The blockbuster finished Friday with $405.5 million in domestic sales and is on its way to cross the $1 billion threshold at the global box office, according to an article on Saturday by The Hollywood Reporter. No Way Home completed Friday with more than $900 million at the worldwide box office.
The sequel starring Tom Holland in the title role will reach the $1 billion mark on Sunday making it the first to do so during the pandemic.
No Way Home also features Zendaya as the superhero’s love interest Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones-Watson as well as previous Spider-Man stars Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
The third installment has become one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion at the box office.
Avengers: Endgame holds the record as it reached $1 billion in just five days, followed by Avengers: Infinity War, which took 11 days.
Spider-Man: No Way Home on Christmas Day was in its 11th day of release.
The highly anticipated sequel was co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
No Way Home became Sony’s top grossing film over the 2017 movie Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle that earned $404.5 million domestically.
Sing 2 from Universal and Illumination opened over the holiday weekend and expected to have a five-day haul of $40m. It opened against The Matrix Resurrections and The King’s Man, which are both struggling to find audiences in the theaters.
