One of the most anticipated and talked about movies in 2021 hit the theaters, “Spider-man: No Way Home” on December 17, 2021.

With the hype surrounding the film before its release, it was speculated to have a very successful box office run. However, no one expected the numbers the movie hit within only 3 weeks of being in theaters. 

On its opening day, it clocked in a record $39.4 million, shattering the previous record held by “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001 at $32.3 million.

Currently, the film has been skyrocketing on the highest-grossing films list sitting at the number 6 spot with $1,738,889,808 and going up rapidly.

The success of the film is because of a few key factors. 

“Spider-Man has grown so much in popularity over the past couple of years because of the Tom Holland movies, the animated movie, and video game,” said senior and Marvel fanatic Rain Mason.

With the long wait for the movie, surrounded by an overwhelming amount of rumors the film had when it hit the theaters, it was no surprise the masses were brimming to see it. 

“There was so much hype and speculation surrounding it,” said Mason. “The old villains coming back played a huge role.” 

These old villains include characters such as Green Goblin, Dr. Otto Octavius, Sandman, Dr. Curtis Connors (The Lizard), Electro, and even the previous Spider-Man actors, Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield. 

 Out of the 24 people I asked, 58% said they would see Spider-Man again, leaving no question as to how the movie has accumulated so much revenue due to repeat watchers. 

The future of Spider-Man on the highest grossing films list still remains unknown, and whether or not it has the potential to climb to number one we have yet to see.

 I’m sure we’ll all be tuning in to see its progression over the next few months. In the words of Spider-Man himself: “nothing can stop me now.”