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Spider-Man: No Way Home just made history — again.
Following a monstrous opening weekend that saw the Marvel blockbuster generate $260 million at domestic box offices (a figure Variety reported was the second-largest domestic debut in history) Spider-Man: No Way Home climbed to #4 on the list of highest-grossing films in just one month.
Besting Black Panther ($700.4 million) and Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million) with $702.7 million in domestic sales, No Way Home trailed only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame and James Cameron's Avatar, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Now, Peter Parker has climbed up one rung on the ladder.
After a Valentine's Day push of $1.615 million, IGN reported that the third installment in the Tom Holland-starring franchise now boasts $760.988 million in domestic sales, surpassing Avatar at $760.5 million.
Internationally, Spider-Man: No Way Home has generated $1.8 billion, good for eighth place all-time. (Avatar remains atop the international list with $2.84 billion in sales, per Deadline.)
In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, Doctor Strange star and Spider-Man guest star Benedict Cumberbatch revealed that, during the lead up to No Way Home, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige predicted the film would transform movie theaters.
Reacting to Feige's bold prediction, Cumberbatch, whose Doctor Strange character plays a pivotal role throughout the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, said he hadn't yet bought into the hype.
"I think when Kevin Feige first said, 'We'll know about the future of cinema, or the cinemagoing experience, after this film,' I was like, 'Okay, everyone's drinking too much of the Kool-Aid around here,'" Cumberbatch told Empire .
In light of the film's massive success, the British actor said his skepticism has since been eradicated.
"My ignorance was showed up," he admitted.
Despite lofty sales numbers, Spider-Man: No Way Home received just one Oscar nomination, for best Visual Effects. Other nominees include Dune, Free Guy, No Time to Die, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — another Marvel Studios production.
During an episode of his FatMan Beyond podcast (via IndieWire), filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith took offense to the box office smash's lack of nominations, and implored the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to consider the film for one of its most prestigious awards.
"I would just like to congratulate the good folks who made Spider-Man: No Way Home for the very deserved Best Picture nomination that I'm sure it got," Smith said, sarcastically.
"F*****g make a populist choice, f**k, man," he lamented. "You got how many slots? Throw in Spider-Man for god's sakes. Let him swing in there. F*****g poor kid's always getting crapped on and sh*t, show Peter Parker some f*****g love. I'm not even being facetious, with as many movies as they have nominated for Best Picture."
Although Spider-Man: No Way Home was not included among Best Picture nominees for the 94th Academy Awards — set to take place March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood — the film is up for the Fan Favorite Oscar, which Marvel fans can vote on until Mar. 3 at OscarsFanFavorite.com and on Twitter using the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite.
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