"Spider-Man: No Home Returned" Global Box Office Breaks $1 Billion to Become the World Box Office Champion in 2021

　　China News Service, San Francisco, December 26. Following the premiere weekend that broke multiple North American box office records during the epidemic, the Hollywood superhero movie "Spider-Man: No Way Home" continued to advance this weekend. The box office broke the $1 billion mark and became the global box office champion in 2021.

　　According to data from the North American box office statistics website "boxofficemojo.com", in the second week of its release, "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Home" received US$81.5 million from 4,336 theaters in North America, a 68.7% drop in the box office.

Currently, its total box office in North America is US$467.3 million, and its global box office is US$1.05 billion.

　　According to the "Hollywood Report", "Spider-Man: No Home Returned" is the second Spider-Man series to exceed the $1 billion mark, and it is also the second Sony Pictures film to achieve this result.

In 2019, "Spider-Man: Far from Home" (Spider-Man: Far from Home) reached $1.13 billion at the box office.

　　It is worth mentioning that "Spider-Man: No Return of Heroes" is the first film in the epidemic era, and it is also the 49th film in film history that has a box office of 1 billion U.S. dollars.

The film broke through this barrier in just 12 days, at the same speed as "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

In film history, only two films broke the $1 billion mark at a faster rate.

The 2019 Avengers: Endgame took 5 days, while the 2018 Avengers 3 (Avengers: Infinity War) took 11 days.

　　Recently, under the influence of the Omi Keron mutant strain, the epidemic in the United States has increased again.

"Spider-Man: Heroes Without Home" can get such a high box office, which shows its ability to attract gold.

　　This Christmas long weekend, the new North American theater film "Get Together" will be released, and the second to fifth place in the weekend box office rankings are all new films.

　　Universal Pictures' animated "Sing 2" (Sing 2) was released in 3,892 theaters in North America and won $23.76 million at the box office, ranking second on the weekend box office charts in North America.

The film’s 5-day long weekend box office was $41.005 million.

Currently, the global box office of "Voice of Joy 2" is 65.805 million U.S. dollars.

On the review site "Cinema Score", this animated film dubbed by well-known actors such as Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson and U2 lead singer Bono received a high score of "A+".

As of the evening of the 26th, more than 1,000 viewers have also scored 98% of the film on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes".

However, 83 film critics gave only 67% of ratings.

　　Warner Bros.’s "The Matrix Resurrections" was released in 3,552 theaters in North America this weekend and won $12 million at the box office, ranking third on the list.

The film’s 5-day box office was $22.5 million.

Currently, the global box office of "The Matrix: Matrix Restart" is $69.8 million.

As of the evening of the 26th, the film had 224 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", with 66% ratings, and more than 1,000 viewers gave only 64% ratings.

On the review site "Cinema Score", the film received "B-".

　　Twentieth Century Pictures' "The King's Man" (The King's Man) was shown in 3,180 theaters in North America this week, and ranked fourth on the list with $6.35 million.

Its 5-day box office was $10.25 million.

As of the evening of the 26th, "Ace Agent: Origin" had 120 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", only 43% of the ratings were obtained, and more than 500 viewers gave 77% of the ratings.

On the review site "Cinema Score", the film received "B+".

　　This week, Lionsgate’s inspirational film "American Underdog" ranked fifth on the weekend box office charts in North America for $6.2 million.

Currently, the film has not yet been released in markets outside North America.

Similar to "Sound of Joy 2", critics and audiences have different evaluations of "American Grassroots".

On the review site "Cinema Score", the film received a high score of "A+".

As of the evening of the 26th, more than 500 viewers have given a 98% rating for "American Grassroots" on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", while 47 film critics have given a 77% rating.

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