Benedict Cumberbatch Predicts ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Can Match ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Success
variety.comZack Sharf With nearly $800 million in the U.S. and $1.8 billion at the worldwide box office, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the kind of blockbuster phenomenon that’s rare for even non-pandemic times.
According to Benedict Cumberbatch, the upcoming Marvel tentpole “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” could reach similar success at the box office.“It’s a big, big movie,” Cumberbatch recently told Empire magazine. “It’s going to be an absolute riot.
And if it brings off the level of ambition it’s got, we’re going to have a success on the level of Spidey. There you go, I’ll put my flag in the sand.”Part of the reason “Spider-Man: No Way Home” became a box office behemoth is because it united three generations of “Spider-Man” actors on screen with Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stars Cumberbatch opposite fellow Marvel fan favorite Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, but the film is going to need a few more surprises up its sleeves if it intends to match “No Way Home” at the box office.
Set after the events of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the “Doctor Strange” sequel finds the Sorcerer Supreme dealing with the fallout of his decision to open the multiverse.
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