So much for the decline of theatre-going audiences, the COVID-19 pandemic, and China refusing to approve any MCU movies since 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spider-Man: No Way Home just beat Avatar for the third spot at the United States box office, with an official running total of $760.988 million.
Tom Holland's third solo MCU outing continues to climb up the box office ranks. Right now, the only films bigger than No Way Home in North America are 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2019's Avengers: Endgame. At this rate, No Way Home will probably settle in nicely at third place with likely only a few weeks of screening left, if any at all. Then again, who knows? 2009's Avatar was in cinemas for nine months (yes, nine months - not weeks) while Endgame and The Force Awakens continued running for 13 weeks and 24 weeks, respectively.
What is perhaps the most interesting part about No Way Home's record is the manner in which the Sony-Marvel venture achieved it. Ever since premiering on December 17, 2021, No Way Home took the top spot at the domestic box office on six of nine weekends. The only times that it didn't come out on top was when Scream, Jackass: Forever, and Death on the Nile made their respective debuts. Even then, No Way Home still did relatively well, suggesting that No Way Home will end up making close to $800M once it's all said and done.
