Summary
A key stat forSpider-Man: No Way Homemakes its box office success even more impressive. Released in 2021,No Way Homewas the culmination of Sony and Marvel Studios' initial trilogy starring the MCU’s Webslinger, featuring Tom Holland’s Peter Parker who gets caught in a multiversal misadventure involving both villains and heroes from different realities. As such, the epic Spider-Man crossover earned quite a big return.
No Way Homesaw Spider-Man joining forces with Doctor Strange to undo the exposure of his secret identity in the previous Spider-Man filmFar From Home. However, Strange’s spell was inadvertently tampered with by Peter, resulting in villains from previousSpider-Manmovies from outside the MCU arriing to wreak havoc in the interconnected universe, as well asTobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield who played previous versions of Spider-Manbefore Holland. As a result,the final box office numbers forNo Way Homeare quite impressive, especially when compared to the other major MCU crossovers.
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No Way Home’s Domestic Box Office Is Higher Than Avengers: Infinity War
About $136 Million More
Following it’s run in theaters, 2021’sSpider-Man: No Way Home’sdomestic box office numbers are notably higher than 2018’sAvengers: Infinity War,the first part of the epic crossover event which preceded 2019’sAvengers: Endgame, the culmination of the MCU’s entire Infinity Saga. According to data fromBox Office Mojo,Spider-Man: No Way Homeearned $814,115,070.This means that the third MCU Spider-Man movie earned about $136 million more thanInfinity Wardid at the domestic box office.
$858,373,000
$814,115,070
$700,426,566
$678,815,482
The Avengers
$623,357,910
In 2018,Avengers:Infinity Warearned $678,815,482 domestically. Ultimately, that’s still an incredibly impressive number, and both MCU movies currently sit among the top 10 highest grossing movies of all time. However, the fact that Spider-Man on his own (or technically, Spider-Men) were able to net a higher return is rather notable compared to such a larger crossover movie featuring a bigger cast of heroes with the battle against Thanos the Mad Titan (one that also included Holland’s Spider-Man himself). That said, 2019’sAvengers: Endgamestill remains the highest-grossing MCU and superhero movie of all time.
Avengers: Infinity War
Cast
Avengers: Infinity War brings together the Avengers and their allies to face a new threat from the cosmos, Thanos, who seeks to collect the Infinity Stones. The film, part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, unites numerous superhero characters in a battle to prevent Thanos' ambition of altering reality itself.
Why No Way Home’s Domestic Box Office Is Above Every MCU Movie But Endgame
Massive Anticipation, Wide Appeal, And Theater Commitment
It’s not hard to understand whyNo Way Homewas so overwhelmingly successful at the box office. Firstly, anticipation for the thirdSpider-Manfilm was incredibly high with the returns of classic villains from previous, non-MCUSpider-Manmovies such as Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx’s Electro, Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, and more. Likewise,Sony and Marvel kept the inclusion of Maguire and Garfield’s a closely guarded secret ahead of the movie’s release, resulting in massive amounts of theories, hopes, and overall hype for the crossover.
Furthermore, Spider-Man is one of the most popular superheroes of all time with a wide global appeal, on par with the likes of DC’s Superman and Batman. He’s certainly one of Marvel’s greatest and most popular characters, dating back long before the dawn of the MCU. Furthermore,another likely reason forNo Way Home’ssuccess was Sony and Marvel’s commitment to keep the movie in theatersas pandemic restrictions began to lift, making the movie one of the first big entertainment draws following mass shutdowns. Additionally,No Way Homeis still the highest grossing post-pandemic movie domestically.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the trials and tribulations of being a superhero. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) asks for help from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) when his identity becomes a problem for the ones he loves. Unfortunately, when the spell goes wrong, Spider-Man will now have to face off with villains such as Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) and Electro (Jamie Foxx) as Peter finally comes to terms that he can’t run from being Spider-Man. Supported by his close friends and help from an unexpected place (or multiverse), Spider-Man will go toe-to-toe with some of the most legendary foes in his storied history.
Will The MCU’s Spider-Man 4 Top No Way Home’s Box Office
It Needs To Feel As Big As No Way Home (But Also Different)
With a fourthSpider-Manmovie starring Tom Holland currently in development, one has to wonder if it will be able to meet or exceedNo Way Home’ssuccess. While it’s certainly possible,the key will be ifSpider-Man 4can provide a significant enough draw for audiences that also doesn’t feel like more of what’s already been seen before. It certainly seems as thoughNo Way Homeand Sony’s animatedSpider-Versemovies have well and truly covered the multiverse, as has other recent MCU film releases.
As such,hopes are high thatSpider-Man 4will be a more grounded story that’s still just as epic. Perhaps the nextSpider-Manmovie will feature characters such as Daredevil and/or Kingpin who will soon be running for New York’s mayor in the MCU. An encounter with the Venom symbiote could also be exciting, giving Holland’s Peter Parker his own Symbiote saga now that he’s on his own and living in New York followingNo Way Home’sending.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the first sequel to the MCU’s Spider-Man trilogy starring Tom Holland as the titular wall-crawler. After wiping his identity from the public’s memory in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker continues his crime-fighting adventures without the aid of Iron Man technology or the support of his former allies.
