'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Expected to Have a Giant Opening Weekend
by EG
Spider-Man: No Way Home is certain to have a big opening weekend, but the question is how big it will be. Recent releases, including last week's West Side Story, have failed to make much of an impression at the box office, but this one is likely to be different. The biggest reason is that No Way Home is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that franchise's releases are the only movies to have truly impressive theatrical openings in 2021. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
For all the mishegaas exhibition has endured during the pandemic including streaming threats, day-and-date window crunching, older demos not showing up, local ordinances and countless release-date changes and eliminations, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home arrives this weekend to save the day.
The hope here is that Sony’s theatrical window-respecting release not only jolts the worldwide cinema attendee population back into seats as we head into 2022, but also makes moviegoing a habit once again for the masses.
No holiday distraction, Los Angeles weekend rainstorm or alarmist news headlines will prevent people from heading out, especially the box office’s most reliable 18-34 crowd. Read on.
When all is said and done, Spider-Man: No Way Home will have been a fight well worth having and settling between Sony and Disney, the latter who co-financed this $200 million sequel at 25% while also having Tom Holland’s webslinger appear in another Disney/Marvel film. The multi-verse tee-up or culmination –either description works– set off rolling audience screams at last night’s world premiere in Westwood as various MCU and Sony Marvel cameos (Spoiler alert: Doctor Strange is one of ’em) hit the screen. The pic is already 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, ranking as the best reviewed Sony live-action Spider-Man movie to date.
Fans are expecting a smart sequel that raises the stakes in a way no other Spider-Man has — and they’re happily going to get what they’ve been asking for. There’s arguably more action in No Way Home than Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and it’s certainly easier to follow and has more heart than the Byzantine-plotted Eternals.
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