Spider-Man: New Beginning" has just surpassed "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to become the highest-grossing film in North American box office history, with 936.773 million USD after 47 days of screening.
The Spider-Man blockbuster has surpassed the 936.662 million USD mark of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - a record set since 2015. While "Spider-Man: New Beginning" took 47 days to rise to the top position, "The Force Awakens" took 165 days to achieve the equivalent revenue.
Not only making a mark in the North American market, "Spider-Man: New Beginning" also maintains its global appeal. The film currently grosses about 2.45 billion USD, ranking third in the list of highest-grossing films in global box office history, after "Avatar" and "Avengers: Endgame".
On the international market, the film quickly surpassed the 1 billion USD global revenue mark after only 6 days of release and reached the 2 billion USD mark after three weeks. This achievement helped "Spider-Man: New Beginning" become one of the highest-grossing films in history.
In North America, the film also continuously set many milestones. The opening work with 360 million USD, surpassing the first weekend box office record that once belonged to "Avengers: Endgame". After that, the film became the fastest to reach the milestones of 700 million, 800 million and 900 million USD in this market.
Spider-Man: New Beginning" took 13 days to surpass 700 million USD, 19 days to reach 800 million USD and 36 days to reach 900 million USD. This is only the second film in North American box office history to surpass the 900 million USD mark.
Spider-Man: New Beginning" is the fourth film about Spider-Man starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker. The content continues to "Spider-Man: No Way Home", when Peter Parker enters a new life after his identity is erased from everyone's memory. On that journey, he faces loneliness and new threats.
In the film, Zendaya continues to play MJ, who used to have a romantic relationship with Peter Parker. Sadie Sink participates in a new role, while Jon Bernthal returns as Frank Castle/The Punisher. The work is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, released in theaters from July 31 and topped the North American box office for 6 consecutive weeks.
This achievement helps Marvel have another blockbuster in terms of revenue, in the context that the company has gone through an uneven box office period before. Currently, "Spider-Man: New Beginning" is still being shown in many markets, thereby also having the opportunity to increase total revenue in the near future.
