‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ set to debut at $ 240million after record-breaking opening day

New Delhi: Tom Holland-starrer ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ grossed $ 121.5million on Friday from 4,336 locations, setting course for a planned 242million opening weekend of dollars.

It’s a performance that hasn’t been seen since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” which hit $ 156.7 million on opening day, months before the world even heard of it. Covid, reports varie.com.

Not only is ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ the first pandemic-era film to surpass the $ 100 million mark in its first-weekend release, but its success measures the parameters of a box office of the era of the pandemic in general.

The film marked the second-highest opening day in domestic box office history. The $ 121.5 million single-day total also marks the highest-ever and franchise-best December opening for Sony’s “Spider-Man” series, surpassing 2017’s three-day totals. “Homecoming” and “Far From Home” in one outing.

Due to high anticipation and a phobic culture of spoilers among fans, the Marvel films tend to be skewed on their first weekends, with many viewers making the effort to see a new release as soon as possible. possible.

However, when opening weekends get this big, the numbers can start to snowball instead of going down.

“Endgame” extended its opening day from $ 156.7 million to a $ 357.1 million weekend, while 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” went from an opening day of $ 106 million to a weekend of $ 257.6 million.

The trends of “No Way Home” are similar to those of this monster performance, its final weekend total could exceed the $ 242 million forecast.

Directed by Jon Watts, “No Way Home” picks up after Peter Parker’s superhero identity is revealed to everyone, sending his world and those of his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya), Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) ) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) in a spin.

In an attempt to get back to normalcy, Parker confides in Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and asks the Sorcerer Supreme to cast a spell that makes the world forget he’s Spider-Man.

The incantation goes awry, unleashing a multiverse of villains from the universes of other Spider-Men, including Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx’s Electro, and Alfred Molina’s Doctor Otto Octavius.

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