‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: The Best Live-Action Spidey Ever Or Just A Sony Legacy Cash Grab? [The Playlist Podcast]

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ends the week with $385.8M, the third best first week at the domestic box office of all-time after Avengers: Endgame ($473.9M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($390.8M). Sony reports that the film will become the first $1 billion grossing movie at the global box office of the pandemic tom’w. Nancy will have more soon.

Spider-Man: No Way Home’s” box office prowess has no bounds.The latest entry in the Tom Holland-led trilogy will become the biggest movie of the year worldwide on Friday, Christmas Eve. It’s set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day.

Tom Holland is talking Academy Awards!

Tom Holland is finally speaking out in response to one of the most surprising moments in Spider-Man: No Way Home!

Spider-Man: No Way Home showed it had plenty of staying power this week when it left other new releases in the dust.The latest collaboration between Marvel and Sony earned a stunning $27.8 million just on Wednesday, Deadlinereported Thursday.Although the new films Sing 2 and The Matrix Resurrections both had respectable openings, it's still left to be seen how they'll fare against the Tom Holland and Zendaya–starring superhero juggernaut.

“Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come.” That’s what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story (yes, the 1961 version).

Refresh for latest…: Spidey has done it again, logging yet another milestone as he swings past $800M global. Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home now has a worldwide total of $813.9M through Wednesday. This pushes it past No Time To Die and makes it the No. 3 movie of the year, and the top Hollywood release.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the grand finale in Marvel’s web-slinging trilogy, has crossed another major box office milestone, surpassing $800 million globally.After 10 days on the big screen, the latest Spidey adventure has become the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year with $813.9 million worldwide. It passed MGM’s James Bond sequel “No Time to Die,” which grossed $774 million globally.

Believe it or not, buried in all the talk of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Matrix Resurrections,” there is a new ‘Kingsman’ film in theaters. The prequel, “The King’s Man,” is once again directed by Matthew Vaughn, but this time transports us back a century to see the early days of the Kingsman spy organization.

Three big event movies –Illumination/Universal’s Sing 2, Warner Bros’ Matrix Resurrections, and 20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man– were no match for Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home which continued to dominate Wednesday with an amazing $27.8M. The Jon Watts-directed MCU title has a running U.S/Canadian total of $356.5M over six days, which is the third best for that range after Avengers: Endgame ($452.3M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($363.4M). As of right now, No Way Home is pacing behind Force Awakens by -2%.

Tom Holland is on top of the world right now. Last weekend, his most recent superhero film, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” not only broke seemingly every pandemic-era box office record, but the film went on to have the second biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time, behind only “Avengers: Endgame.” And it would appear that ‘No Way Home’ is going to be the first film to break the $1 billion mark since 2019.

Clayton Davis It’s time to have a serious conversation about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and what it can achieve at the Oscars this year.Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned (at 94% and 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively) about the film.

He may play Spider-Man’s right hand man on screen, but Jacob Batalon didn’t need a web-slinging superhero to help him get in fighting shape!

Spoiler alert: Don’t read if you haven’t yet seen “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.

Spider-Man: No Way Home” shows that movie theaters can still be a major power at a time when streaming services have seemingly taken over the world.The instant box office smash also launches Tom Holland, the 25-year-old British actor whose peppy, quippy and youthful take on the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man gives the comic-book epic its zip and heart, into the top ranks of Hollywood stars. His central performance was a key ingredient in the film’s outsized success, reaping $260 million stateside over the weekend. After five days in theaters, the superhero film is sitting pretty with $328 million domestically and $750 million globally, a stunning result that’s only more impressive given the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Jacob Batalon is delving into how he managed to lose a stunning 112lbs before appearing in the monster hit film.The 25-year-old actor revealed to Men's Healthrecently that he adopted a new exercise regimen and has mostly stuck to plant-based foods to help shed the weight and give him more energy.He admitted to the publication that he had the desire to slim down after feeling 'ridiculous' when he caught a glance of himself without a shirt.

Spider-Man films under his belt, Jacob Batalon is putting in as much work offscreen as he is in front of the camera. In a recent interview with Men’s Health, the 25-year-old opened up about what led him on his journey to lose 112 pounds over the course of the last two years.

Jacob Batalon is known for playing Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s BFF Ned Leeds in the newest Tom Holland films, and now, he’s opening up about his 112 pound weight loss that you may have noticed between the Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

“Spider-Man” star Jacob Batalon is talking about his weight loss transformation.

Refresh for updates: Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way grossed $31.4M on Tuesday, -15% from Monday’s $37.1M. All in, Spider-Man: No Way Home counts $328.7M stateside through five days, the No. 2 five-day gross of all-time after Avengers: Endgame ($427M) and the highest December 5-day gross of all-time beating Star Wars: Force Awakens ($325.4M).

Refresh for latest…: Sony/Marvel’s friendly neighborhood webslinger now leads the No. 4 movie of 2021 worldwide, as Spider-Man: No Way Home overtakes F9 with $751.3M through Tuesday. At the international box office, Peter Parker also leapt to a new milestone, topping the $400M mark with yesterday’s grosses for $422.6M in 68 offshore markets. It’s currently the No. 6 film of the year overseas (No. 3 among Hollywood titles). Domestically, the film also hit a new benchmark.