Spider-Man No Way Home the latest movie in the Marvel series, has grossed an amazing $181.4M at the international box office through yesterday, Deadline reports.
According to the report, Spider-Man No Way Home recorded $121.5m on Friday in the US, the second biggest opening day of all time there, the global total is already across the three-century mark at $302.9M. And that signals a $500M+ worldwide debut for Peter Parker & Co.
How high No Way Home swings past the half-billion mark will be clearer on Sunday. Either way, topping $500M for a worldwide open would make NWH only the sixth movie in history to hit such heights; and the second film ever to do it without China.
According to the report by CNN, if Spider-Man No Way Home” swings to those box office heights, it would come in right behind 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which opened with a $247 million weekend. That would make “No Way Home,” which stars Tom Holland and Zendaya as Peter Parker and MJ as they battle villains from across the Marvel multiverse, the fourth biggest opening weekend of all time.
Some industry analysts believe the film could go even higher as the weekend progresses.
The projected totals for “No Way Home” so far are remarkable considering that the film is opening in a nearly two-year-long pandemic. The film is racking up pre-pandemic box office numbers at a time when the Omicron variant is spreading. In 2020, the movie industry experienced one of the worst years ever in box office history.
The Top 10 offshore markets through Friday are the UK ($24.9M), Mexico ($20M), Korea ($12.2M), Australia ($10.4M), Brazil ($9.6M), France ($9.2M), Russia ($9.1M), India ($8.9M), Italy ($7M) and Germany ($5.7M).
In Korea, Saturday jumped 56% from Friday despite the introduction of a 10PM curfew. The estimated total there through Saturday is now $17.8M.