“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” featuring Tom Holland as Spider-Man, becomes the first pandemic-era movie to gross over $1 billion.
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By Max Steele
SPOILER ALERT AHEAD!
Marvel Studios links decades of Spider-Man films and unites generations of fans in its latest cinematic masterpiece, “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
“No Way Home,” Tom Holland’s third solo Spider-Man movie as Peter Parker, delivers an answer to the question that has puzzled moviegoers for years: How are there multiple Spider-Men existing in the Marvel Universe?
The answer: the multiverse.
Marvel’s multiverse concept reveals that there are alternate universes that travel parallel to one another and individuals can travel between them using different means.
More importantly, the multiverse allows “No Way Home” to achieve one of the greatest feats in Marvel’s cinematic history, the highly anticipated return of Tobey Maguire’s original “Spider-Man” (2002) and Andrew Garfield’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012).
Alongside an award-deserving performance from Holland, the return of these two iconic Peter Parkers and their respective villains made for a blockbuster movie packed with web-slinging action, belly-laugh humor, deep nostalgia and a cliff-hanging finish.
The beauty of “No Way Home” is that the three Spider-Men finally find others they can truly relate to, sharing hardships and helping one another from making similar mistakes.
The movie fills multiple character holes that the previous films had left open, an accomplishment that brought many long-time fans satisfying closure.
Although it’s not necessary, if you’re unfamiliar with the previous seven Spider-Man movies released throughout the past two decades, I recommend watching them beforehand for an overall better experience.
Despite the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and not being shown in China, “No Way Home” has seen record-shattering success since its release on Dec. 17, 2021 and has thus become the first pandemic-era movie to gross over $1 billion.
According to Variety, the film has currently grossed $1.53 billion worldwide, making it not only Sony’s highest generating production, but the eight-highest global grossing film of all time.
[5/5 Stars]
