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‘Spider-Man’ $260 Million Debut Smashes Pandemic-Era Record
- Total marks second-biggest opening ever, behind ‘Endgame’
- International theaters bring in additional $340.8 million
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Spider-Man fans jammed theaters across North America, shattering the opening-weekend record for a movie released during the pandemic, even as Covid cases surged in many places.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” generated $260.1 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales in its debut, Comscore Inc. said Monday in a statement. The film, made by Sony Group with Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel division, had the second-highest domestic opening weekend of all time, beating Boxoffice Pro’s forecast of $224 million, as well as Sony’s own projections.