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      <title>'Spider-Man' surpasses $1bn globally, holds North America box office top spot
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The hit new "Spider-Man" became the first billion-dollar-grossing film of the pandemic era over the Christmas weekend, reaching the milestone while holding firmly to the North American box office top spot, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Spider-Man: No Way Home," British star Tom Holland's third solo outing in the wildly popular role, has grossed $467.3 million in North America and $587 million internationally, raking in more than $1 billion over 12 days and proving analysts' predictions that it could reach the milestone sum.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It rocketed to that benchmark at a speed only matched by 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," according to industry outlet Variety, and comes even as the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant casts a pall over holiday outings worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sony's latest installment to the comic-inspired series took an estimated $81.5 million in North America for the three-day period over the Christmas weekend, holding its top spot after scoring the third-biggest domestic opening of all time with more than $260 million, smashing early estimates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Its debut box office sales trailed only 2019's "Avengers: Endgame" ($357 million) and the previous year's "Avengers: Infinity War" ($258 million), according to the BoxOfficeMojo website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With an estimated $23.8 million, "Sing 2," Universal's star-studded animated jukebox musical follow-up to "Sing," was this weekend's runner-up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It beat out two other new series installments: "The Matrix Resurrections" from Warner Bros, which sees Keanu Reeves reprise his iconic role as Neo, underperformed at $12 million.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In fourth place, also earning less than expected, was 20th Century's spy prequel to the "Kingsman" films, "The King's Man," with $6.4 million.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lionsgate's "American Underdog" -- based on the true story of Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a grocery store to National Football League MVP -- slid in at number five on its opening weekend with an estimated $6.2 million.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rounding out the top 10 were:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"West Side Story" ($2.8 million)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Licorice Pizza" ($2.3 million)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"A Journal for Jordan" ($2.2 million)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Encanto" ($2 million)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"83" ($1.8 million)&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The hit new "Spider-Man" became the first billion-dollar-grossing film of the pandemic era over the Christmas weekend, reaching the milestone while holding firmly to the North American box office top spot, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.</strong></p>

<p>"Spider-Man: No Way Home," British star Tom Holland's third solo outing in the wildly popular role, has grossed $467.3 million in North America and $587 million internationally, raking in more than $1 billion over 12 days and proving analysts' predictions that it could reach the milestone sum.</p>

<p>It rocketed to that benchmark at a speed only matched by 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," according to industry outlet Variety, and comes even as the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant casts a pall over holiday outings worldwide.</p>

<p>Sony's latest installment to the comic-inspired series took an estimated $81.5 million in North America for the three-day period over the Christmas weekend, holding its top spot after scoring the third-biggest domestic opening of all time with more than $260 million, smashing early estimates.</p>

<p>Its debut box office sales trailed only 2019's "Avengers: Endgame" ($357 million) and the previous year's "Avengers: Infinity War" ($258 million), according to the BoxOfficeMojo website.</p>

<p>With an estimated $23.8 million, "Sing 2," Universal's star-studded animated jukebox musical follow-up to "Sing," was this weekend's runner-up.</p>

<p>It beat out two other new series installments: "The Matrix Resurrections" from Warner Bros, which sees Keanu Reeves reprise his iconic role as Neo, underperformed at $12 million.</p>

<p>In fourth place, also earning less than expected, was 20th Century's spy prequel to the "Kingsman" films, "The King's Man," with $6.4 million.</p>

<p>Lionsgate's "American Underdog" -- based on the true story of Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a grocery store to National Football League MVP -- slid in at number five on its opening weekend with an estimated $6.2 million.</p>

<p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p>

<p>"West Side Story" ($2.8 million)</p>

<p>"Licorice Pizza" ($2.3 million)</p>

<p>"A Journal for Jordan" ($2.2 million)</p>

<p>"Encanto" ($2 million)</p>

<p>"83" ($1.8 million)</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:01:43 +0500</pubDate>
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