(Los Angeles) Spider-Man: No Way Home, latest installment in the adventures of the spider-man, had the third best release in history in North America with revenue of $ 253 million over the weekend, according to provisional estimates by the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations published Sunday.
Highly anticipated by Hollywood and a film industry left bloodless by the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest film in the saga is only exceeded by Avengers: Endgame ($ 357 million) and Avengers: Infinity War (258 million) in the annals of the best releases in the United States and Canada, according to the specialized site Box Office Mojo.
It’s also the best release ever made by Sony studios, according to the Deadline website.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third film in which the hugely popular Spider-Man is played by British actor Tom Holland. The previous episodes, where the red and blue suit was worn by Tobey Maguire then Andrew Garfield, had also broken the house at the box office.
The story picks up where it left off Spider-Man: Far from Home in 2019, with a Spider-Man whose real identity, Peter Parker, is publicly revealed by the villainous Mysterio.
The high school student is desperately trying to return to anonymity with the help of another Marvel character, Doctor Strange, played by the no less popular Benedict Cumberbatch.
The other weekend films fell far behind.
Disney’s animated film, Encanto, the fantastic Madrigal family, climbed from third to second, grossing around $ 6.5 million this weekend, for a total of $ 81.5 million since its release a month ago.
The film, whose music was composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, follows the adventures of an ordinary teenager, Mirabel, born into a family in which each member is endowed with magical powers, in the heart of the mountains of Colombia.
He relegates to third place West Side Story, Steven Spielberg’s remake of the cult 1961 musical, which took to the top of the box office when it was released last week.
This Romeo and Juliet New Yorker raked in $ 3.4 million this weekend by taking over the codes, music and history first performed on Broadway in 1957, bringing his revenue to nearly $ 18 million in two weeks.
In fourth place figure Ghostbusters: The Legacy, the latest installment of the famous franchise, which recorded $ 3.4 million this weekend, and 117 million in five weeks of screening in theaters.
Directed by Jason Reitman, son of director of the first installment Ivan Reitman, the film takes audiences on a ghost adventure that takes place this time in a small town in Oklahoma, and no longer in Manhattan in the 1980s.
Another release of the weekend, the new film by Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare alley, comes in fifth position with only $ 3 million in revenue, despite a dream cast with Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett or Willem Dafoe.