Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and is the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Watts and written by Chris McKenna and Eric Somers. It stars Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, as well as Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. In the film, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) to use magic to disguise his identity as Spider-Man after the reveal at the end of Far From Home. When the spell is broken due to Parker’s actions, the multiverse opens up, allowing visitors from alternate realities to enter Parker’s universe.
A third MCU Spider-Man film was planned during the production of Homecoming in 2017. Talks between Sony and Marvel Studios to modify their deal—which saw them co-produce a Spider-Man film—ended with Marvel Studios leaving the project in August 2019, but a negative fan reaction prompted a new move within the company a month later. led to the agreement. Watts, McKenna, Somers and Holland were set to return and filming took place from October 2020 to March 2021 in New York City and Atlanta. No Way Home serves as a crossover between the MCU and the Spider-Man films directed by Sam Raimi and Marc Webb, with many actors reprising their roles from those films, including previous Spider-Man actors Maguire and Garfield. The involvement of both actors was the subject of widespread speculation and numerous leaks despite efforts by Sony, Marvel and the cast to conceal their involvement.

Release Date

Spider-Man: No Way Home premiered on December 13, 2021 at the Fox Village Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 17 as part of the MCU’s fourth installment. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $1.9 billion worldwide, surpassing its predecessor as the highest-grossing film released by Sony Pictures. It set several other box office records, including the highest-grossing film of 2021, the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing Spider-Man film, and films released during the Covid-19 pandemic. The film received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 94th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. An extended version of the film, subtitled The More Fun Stuff Version, was released in theaters worldwide in September 2022. A sequel is in the works.

Cast and characters

Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Zendaya as Michelle “MJ” Jones-Watson
Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange
Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro
Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
Alfred Molina as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
Benedict Wong as Wong
Tony Revolori as Eugene “Flash” Thompson
Marissa Tomei as May Parker
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Rhys Ifans reprized his role as Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard, an unearthly scientist from Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) who transforms into a large reptilian monster while trying to regrow his lost arm. Thomas Haden Church reprises his role as Flint Marco/Sandman, a small-time thief from Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 who gains the ability to transform into sand. Both Ifan and Church return to voice the characters, although the footage of them returning to their human form at the end of the film is archival footage from The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3, respectively. Watts acted as a stand-in for Church on-set by providing motion-capture references to an uncredited body double who physically replaced Church in the role. Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock from Marvel Television’s Netflix series, and Tom Hardy portrays Eddie Brock/Venom from Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) in an unexpected cameo appearance in the mid-credits scene.
Reprising their roles from previous MCU Spider-Man films are Angory Rice as Betty Brant, Parker’s classmate and Ned’s ex-girlfriend; Harrington, Parker’s academic decathlon teacher; JB Smoove as Julius Dale, Parker’s teacher; J. K. Simmons, Jay Jonah Jameson, host of The Daily Bugle; and Gary Weeks as Department of Damage Control (DODC) Agent Foster. Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Quentin Beck / Mysterio via archive footage from Far From Home. The film also stars Paula Newsome as an MIT administrator, Arian Moayed as DODC Agent Cleary, Mary Rivera as Ned’s grandmother, and Cristo Fernandez as a bartender playing Brock. Tom Holland’s brother Harry Holland was set to make a cameo as the thief, but his scenes were cut from the original theatrical release. Lexie Rabe, who played Stark’s daughter Morgan in Avengers: Endgame (2019), also made an appearance that was not included in the theatrical release.

Box Office

Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $814.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.108 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.922 billion. It is the highest-grossing film of 2021, the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time, the third-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, the highest-grossing Spider-Man film, and the highest-grossing film released by Sony. No Way Home is the first film since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) to gross over $1 billion, the third-fastest to reach this milestone and the first film during the COVID-19 pandemic. It surpassed Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) to become Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film in North America. Based on a final estimated worldwide gross of $1.75 billion (a figure that has since been surpassed), Deadline Hollywood estimated the film’s final net profit at $610 million, accounting for production budget, marketing, talent participation and other costs versus box office gross and home media. calculated Revenue It returned global revenue at Cineworld, the world’s second-largest cinema operator, to 88% of 2019 levels.
In the United States and Canada, Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $121.85 million on its first day ($50 million from Thursday night previews), making it the second-highest opening for a film behind Avengers: Endgame ($157.4 million). Highest opening film for a December release. In its opening weekend, it grossed $260 million, surpassing Avengers: Infinity War ($257.7 million) to become the second-highest domestic box office opening of all time. As of January 9, 2022, an estimated 54.4 million people have seen Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters in the United States and Canada. The film topped the box office for three additional weekends until it was dethroned by Scream in its fifth weekend. In its sixth weekend of release, Spider-Man: No Way Home reclaimed the top spot at the box office. The film once again occupied the number one spot in its seventh weekend of release. As of March 2022, the film surpassed $800 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the third film to do so after Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Avengers: Endgame. ComScore senior media analyst Paul Dargarbedian called the film “arguably the most important film for the movie theater industry,” as it helped demonstrate the viability of the movie theater industry and the benefits of theatrical release windows as the industry recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. drops to th place. Spider-Man: No Way Home returned to number one at the box office, with The More Fun Stuff version grossing $1.8 million on its first day of release, and moving into third place with $6.5 million over four days. Over Labor Day weekend, top Guns are behind: Maverick and Bullet Train. It was the highest weekend box office gross for a re-released MCU film, surpassing Avengers: Endgame ($5.5 million) and Spider-Man: Far From Home ($4 million).
Spider-Man: No Way Home earned $43.6 million from 15 markets on its opening day, with Sony holding the best opening day record in South Korea, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy and Taiwan. In South Korea, the film grossed $5.28 million on its first day, making it more than 11% ahead of Spider-Man: Far From Home’s opening day and the biggest opening day for any film during the pandemic. In the United Kingdom, the film beat No Time to Die’s opening box office record by £7.6 million ($10.1 million). In India, the film’s opening day box office was ₹320 million (equivalent to ₹360 million or US$4.5 million in 2023) to ₹345 million (equivalent to ₹390 million or US$4.8 million in 2023), Endgame and the Indian film Suryavanshi (2021) in its five In its opening weekend, the film grossed $340.8 million from 60 markets. In Latin America as of January 16, 2022, it became the highest-grossing film of all time in Mexico ($72 million) and the second highest-grossing film of all time in Brazil ($50.4 million), Central America ($12.6 million), and Ecuador. $7.9 million) as of February 27, 2022, the film’s largest markets are the United Kingdom ($127.3 million), Mexico ($76.2 million), Australia ($67.9 million), France ($65.2 million), and South Korea ($63.1 million).

About

Directed by	Jon Watts
Written by	·         Chris McKenna ·         Erik Sommers
Based on	Spider-Man by ·         Stan Lee ·         Steve Ditko
Produced by	·         Kevin Feige ·         Amy Pascal
Starring	·         Tom Holland ·         Zendaya ·         Benedict Cumberbatch ·         Jacob Batalon ·         Jon Favreau ·         Jamie Foxx ·         Willem Dafoe ·         Alfred Molina ·         Benedict Wong ·         Tony Revolori ·         Marisa Tomei ·         Andrew Garfield ·         Tobey Maguire
Cinematography	Mauro Fiore
Edited by	·         Jeffrey Ford ·         Leigh Folsom Boyd
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Production companies	·         Columbia Pictures ·         Marvel Studios ·         Pascal Pictures
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	·         December 13, 2021 (Fox Village Theatre) ·         December 17, 2021 (United States)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million
Box office	$1.922 billion

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