Box office analysts were already optimistic that the latest Spider-Man film could top $100 million during its December debut, but this high demand for tickets is even more encouraging for the film's opening.
The previous solo films for Tom Holland's Spider-Man opened at $117 million in 2017 and $92 million in 2019, according to data from Comscore.
"It would be entirely fitting that a Spider-Man movie could potentially be the first pandemic-era release to break the $100 million opening weekend mark," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, noting that Sam Raimi's 2002 "Spider-Man" was the first film in the history of cinema to open to more than $100 million at the box office.
"It should come as no surprise that pre-release online ticket sales for 'No Way Home' are, in essence, breaking the internet as excited fans clamor to be the first in the virtual line to grab their tickets for the film."
Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal and CNBC. NBCUniversal owns Fandango.
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