Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has now pulled in over $1.16 billion at the global box-office, and has reached $516.4 million at the U.S. box-office. The former surpasses the total haul of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” globally, the latter figure surpasses the total North American haul of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”.
The numbers come as Sony is continuing to reportedly push the film for Oscar consideration with the sentiment seemingly being the film deserves some recognition for being both a good film and for saving theaters.
Speaking with THR, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige says he hopes Academy members will “think about the artistry that goes into storytelling that connects with a wide range of people on a very emotional level.” He also compares the film’s achievement to a certain notable trilogy of cinema:
“It’s a good thing when people are in a theater and they stand up and cheer. It’s a good thing when people are wiping tears because they’re thinking back on their last 20 years of moviegoing and what it has meant to them. That, to me, is a very good thing – the sort of thing the Academy was founded, back in the day, to recognize.
In the way ‘The Return of the King’ was sort of a celebration and culmination of all of that amazing work that had been done on that trilogy, this is a celebration both of our ‘Homecoming’ trilogy [the three most recent installments] and of the five other incarnations of ‘Spider-Man’ that had happened before.”
In the same piece, Sony’s chief Tom Rothman said it’s “essential that the Academy does not lose its connection with quality commercial cinema.” Marvel made similar arguments with “Avengers: Endgame” which did not receive awards recognition, though the more standalone “Black Panther” did get a best picture nomination.
