Article: Spider-Man: No Way Home Enters Top 10 All-Time

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Enters Top 10 All-Time
by Erik Childress
January 2, 2022

The final day of the past year and the first two of the new one have come and gone, and the box office is being hit with both record highs and frustrating lows. The week between Christmas and New Year’s featured a countdown of its own, as everyone waited to see when a certain Marvel film was going to hit its next milestone. On Monday, Spider-Man: No Way Home was in 16th place. Come Tuesday, it was up to 14th. By Wednesday, another two notches to 12th, and on Thursday, up to 11th. By the end of this weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home will have passed Titanic’s original domestic gross and become of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time.

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[Stash]

Spider-Man: No Way Home Enters Top 10 All-Time
by Erik Childress
January 2, 2022

The final day of the past year and the first two of the new one have come and gone, and the box office is being hit with both record highs and frustrating lows. The week between Christmas and New Year’s featured a countdown of its own, as everyone waited to see when a certain Marvel film was going to hit its next milestone. On Monday, Spider-Man: No Way Home was in 16th place. Come Tuesday, it was up to 14th. By Wednesday, another two notches to 12th, and on Thursday, up to 11th. By the end of this weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home will have passed Titanic’s original domestic gross and become of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time.

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‘On the flip side, people are certainly not making the trek to theaters for The Matrix Resurrections, which fell behind even The King’s Man this weekend. The fourth film in the series dropped 64% to just $3.8 million and has made a paltry $30.9 million to date. That is less than Mortal Kombathad made in its first 12 days, and it will not even reach what Tom & Jerry grossed back in late winter and early Spring. Fox’s The King’s Man is nothing to write home about either, grossing $3.9 million this weekend and coming in just shy of $20 million. There appears to be room only for a certain pair of IP titles this holiday season.’

I’m glad that the box office numbers reaffirm what the majority of us thought. Matrix Resurrections was an unnecessary, unwarranted, uninspired mess of a film that has effectively killed the franchise. It makes me feel even more strongly that Warner Bros needs a management overhaul in the worst way. Few companies have done less with more quality intellectual properties than they have.

 

[Stash]

Spider-Man: No Way Home Enters Top 10 All-Time
by Erik Childress
January 2, 2022

The final day of the past year and the first two of the new one have come and gone, and the box office is being hit with both record highs and frustrating lows. The week between Christmas and New Year’s featured a countdown of its own, as everyone waited to see when a certain Marvel film was going to hit its next milestone. On Monday, Spider-Man: No Way Home was in 16th place. Come Tuesday, it was up to 14th. By Wednesday, another two notches to 12th, and on Thursday, up to 11th. By the end of this weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home will have passed Titanic’s original domestic gross and become of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time.

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It’s truly an amazing achievement, especially during this ongoing pandemic.

And the franchise looks to be in great shape. Tom Holland is about to be set for life when he signs his new deal for future films.

 

[Runwildboys]

It’s truly an amazing achievement, especially during this ongoing pandemic.

And the franchise looks to be in great shape. Tom Holland is about to be set for life when he signs his new deal for future films.

Tom's not out? I thought I'd read that he was no longer going to be Spider-Man...I hope I'm wrong, because I like him a lot in the role.

 

[Stash]

Tom's not out? I thought I'd read that he was no longer going to be Spider-Man...I hope I'm wrong, because I like him a lot in the role.

From what I’ve read, he’s ‘taking a break’ for a bit, but he’s expected to continue in the role for future films. After this most recent success, I see him getting the ‘Robert Downey Jr deal’ and making upwards of $100 million for another group of films as Spider-Man.

 

[Runwildboys]

From what I’ve read, he’s ‘taking a break’ for a bit, but he’s expected to continue in the role for future films. After this most recent success, I see him getting the ‘Robert Downey Jr deal’ and making upwards of $100 million for another group of films as Spider-Man.

Good. He's got the character down perfectly. I despised Maguire, and tolerated Garfield.

 

[Stash]

Good. He's got the character down perfectly. I despised Maguire, and tolerated Garfield.

I like ‘em all.

 

[John813]

‘On the flip side, people are certainly not making the trek to theaters for The Matrix Resurrections, which fell behind even The King’s Man this weekend. The fourth film in the series dropped 64% to just $3.8 million and has made a paltry $30.9 million to date. That is less than Mortal Kombathad made in its first 12 days, and it will not even reach what Tom & Jerry grossed back in late winter and early Spring. Fox’s The King’s Man is nothing to write home about either, grossing $3.9 million this weekend and coming in just shy of $20 million. There appears to be room only for a certain pair of IP titles this holiday season.’

I’m glad that the box office numbers reaffirm what the majority of us thought. Matrix Resurrections was an unnecessary, unwarranted, uninspired mess of a film that has effectively killed the franchise. It makes me feel even more strongly that Warner Bros needs a management overhaul in the worst way. Few companies have done less with more quality intellectual properties than they have.

It should of stayed dead. The trilogy for whatever peoples opinion of it was a good ending. "Peace" restored between human and machine, and the One was in fact the one that restored that balance.

The Wachowski Sisters deserve credit for the plot/series but as the series went on it had it's highs but some lows.
This had the potential, but the ball was dropped early on. HBO Max probably hurt it too.

 

[Stash]

It should of stayed dead. The trilogy for whatever peoples opinion of it was a good ending. "Peace" restored between human and machine, and the One was in fact the one that restored that balance.

I agree. The story had a definitive conclusion and unless there was a great idea or reason to continue the story, it should have been left alone.

The Wachowski Sisters deserve credit for the plot/series but as the series went on it had it's highs but some lows.
This had the potential, but the ball was dropped early on. HBO Max probably hurt it too.

An incredible original premise and story, with groundbreaking special effects. It not only entertained, but it made you think. But the follow-up stories got progressively weaker. And this final film looks like a blatant money grab attempt to profit off of things from the past. This new film repeated note after note from the prior films, insulting the audience with 'remember when you liked this?' moments throughout. There was no new, original idea to be told, and therefore this new movie has no reason to exist. This was nothing more than Warner Bros attempting to profit off of a formerly great intellectual property. I hope they lost their shirts on this one because they tried to play Matrix fans for fools.

 

[nobody]

Good. He's got the character down perfectly. I despised Maguire, and tolerated Garfield.

Holland was by far the best. I didn't like Maguire. He didn't feel like Peter Parker or Spider-Man at all. He benefitted from better writing that Garfield but Garfield, even being a "cooler" Peter, did better having grown up a huge Spider-Man fan but having way worse writing and directing.

I tolerated Maguire but didn't like his performances nor most of the casting for those films except for Doc Oc, Green Goblin, And JJJ. JJJ was hands down the best casting.

Fortunately, I believe a Sony exec and Holland himself have backpedaled from him being done with the role saying he's going to be in the next trilogy.

 

[Stash]

Holland was by far the best. I didn't like Maguire. He didn't feel like Peter Parker or Spider-Man at all. He benefitted from better writing that Garfield but Garfield, even being a "cooler" Peter, did better having grown up a huge Spider-Man fan but having way worse writing and directing.

I tolerated Maguire but didn't like his performances nor most of the casting for those films except for Doc Oc, Green Goblin, And JJJ. JJJ was hands down the best casting.

Fortunately, I believe a Sony exec and Holland himself have backpedaled from him being done with the role saying he's going to be in the next trilogy.

I'm curious to hear your reaction to what the director was doing in the 'Amazing Spider-Man' film series. I felt that there were undermined by Marc Webb's obsession with the Peter's parents storyline (that I and everyone I've asked couldn't care less about). My own belief is that Sony picked the wrong guy to direct and the choices he made resulted in Garfield's run as Spider-Man being cut short.

 

[terra]

I see where you’re coming from, but as a lifelong movie fan, I want to see the industry as a whole recover. My family and I very much enjoy going to the theater and sharing a special and memorable experience together. And during this pandemic, the theater industry has suffered a lot of losses. I hope the end is in sight and things can start getting back to a semblance of normal and the can rebound.

The industry should never be rewarded for garbage and all too often it has been. So if people now are more careful that is a good thing. More bombs on stupidity will force the industry to do better. Your way of looking at it rewards the dreck.

 

[Runwildboys]

Holland was by far the best. I didn't like Maguire. He didn't feel like Peter Parker or Spider-Man at all. He benefitted from better writing that Garfield but Garfield, even being a "cooler" Peter, did better having grown up a huge Spider-Man fan but having way worse writing and directing.

I tolerated Maguire but didn't like his performances nor most of the casting for those films except for Doc Oc, Green Goblin, And JJJ. JJJ was hands down the best casting.

Fortunately, I believe a Sony exec and Holland himself have backpedaled from him being done with the role saying he's going to be in the next trilogy.

J.K.Simmons was destined to be JJJ. Even back in the 70's cartoons, it was like the character was written and drawn with him in mind...and he doesn't disappoint.

 

[Runwildboys]

I'm curious to hear your reaction to what the director was doing in the 'Amazing Spider-Man' film series. I felt that there were undermined by Marc Webb's obsession with the Peter's parents storyline (that I and everyone I've asked couldn't care less about). My own belief is that Sony picked the wrong guy to direct and the choices he made resulted in Garfield's run as Spider-Man being cut short.

I didn't mind the backstory about his parents, in fact I kind of liked that they added a little more depth to his character, but it could have been a much smaller aspect of the movie.

 

[Runwildboys]

It should of stayed dead. The trilogy for whatever peoples opinion of it was a good ending. "Peace" restored between human and machine, and the One was in fact the one that restored that balance.

The Wachowski Sisters deserve credit for the plot/series but as the series went on it had it's highs but some lows.
This had the potential, but the ball was dropped early on. HBO Max probably hurt it too.

I haven't seen the new movie, and I'm in no rush to, but from what I've heard, it seems if anything, they should have started another chapter, say a century or two later, with different characters and a new awakening with a different series of events... possibly not a happy ending...or even with a new threat that has the humans and machines team up to fight it.

 

[Stash]

The industry should never be rewarded for garbage and all too often it has been. So if people now are more careful that is a good thing. More bombs on stupidity will force the industry to do better. Your way of looking at it rewards the dreck.

I agree to disagree. I’m not for rewarding bad films, but for more people overall going back to the theaters. Theater chains are hurting and if it continues, more and more will go out of business. That’s not good.

 

[Stash]

I didn't mind the backstory about his parents, in fact I kind of liked that they added a little more depth to his character, but it could have been a much smaller aspect of the movie.

I hated it and felt it was a pointless waste of time and resources. I didn’t care where it was going. I also felt the design and ideas and changes made to several classic villains were mistakes. His Norman Osborn being old and infirm, the blue Electro, the awful design and casting for the Rhino. Bad choices, some of which were corrected and pointed out in the latest film.

 

[Runwildboys]

I hated it and felt it was a pointless waste of time and resources. I didn’t care where it was going. I also felt the design and ideas and changes made to several classic villains were mistakes. His Norman Osborn being old and infirm, the blue Electro, the awful design and casting for the Rhino. Bad choices, some of which were corrected and pointed out in the latest film.

The mask for the Green Goblin and the mechanical suit for the Rhino were bad ideas. Have they even referred to Fox's character as Electro? I haven't heard it...but I'm glad they avoided the silly headgear.

 

[Stash]

The mask for the Green Goblin and the mechanical suit for the Rhino were bad ideas.

Spoiler

And it quickly became clear that Marvel didn’t like Dafoe’s original Green Goblin mask either. As soon as he showed up to make clear to the audience who it was, they had him smash the mask in the next scene.

Have they even referred to Fox's character as Electro? I haven't heard it...but I'm glad they avoided the silly headgear.

I’m not sure if he’s specifically called Electro or not? Another reason to see it again!

 

[Runwildboys]

Spoiler

And it quickly became clear that Marvel didn’t like Dafoe’s original Green Goblin mask either. As soon as he showed up to make clear to the audience who it was, they had him smash the mask in the next scene.

I’m not sure if he’s specifically called Electro or not? Another reason to see it again!

Spoiler

Good point. I remember thinking he'd somehow magically appear with it again, just by the way they focused on it as he walked away.[spoiler/]