SPIDER-MAN SMASHES BOX OFFICE RECORDS, SURPASSES $ 1 B GLOBALLY.

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: Peter Parker's good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021. Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies, and rising concerns over the Omicron variant, Spider-Man: No Way Home stayed in the No. 1 spot and netted a few more milestones too, including crossing the $1 billion US mark globally.

     With $587.1 million from 61 overseas markets, in just 12 days of release, Spider-Man has grossed $1.05 billion globally. It's the first film of the pandemic to cross $1 billion and is tied with Star Wars: The Force Awakens for being the third-fastest film ever to do so — and this without the benefit of its release in China.