Updated On: 25 December, 2021 10:34 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
It would also be the first theatrical release of the pandemic to join the billion-dollar club even without China, the largest box-office market in the world

Spider-Man. Picture Courtesy: Mid-day Archives
Tom Holland-starrer `Spider-Man: No Way Home` has become the biggest movie of the year worldwide. It`s set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day, reports variety.com. At 11 days, it would be the second-fastest to hit that milestone (behind 2019`s `Avengers: Endgame` at five days and tied with 2018`s `Avengers: Infinity War`). It would also be the first theatrical release of the pandemic to join the billion-dollar club even without China, the largest box-office market in the world.
`No Way Home` made $29.3 million domestically on Thursday, bringing its seven-day gross to $385.8 million, the third-highest seven-day gross of all time, the highest seven-day gross in the `Spider-Man` franchise, and the second-highest seven-day gross ever for December and for a superhero film. The Thursday earning is the third-highest Thursday gross of December of all time, and the highest Thursday take for Sony, the `Spider-Man` franchise and for a superhero film. Internationally, it brought in $32.2 million on Thursday, bumping its overseas total to $490.2 million and global haul to $876.0 million.