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Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” not only shattered pandemic-era box office records; it became the third-best opening of all time behind “Avengers: Endgame” ($357.1 million) and “Avengers: Infinity War” ($257.7 million). The …

The difficulties surrounding the ownership of Spider-Man are the result of Marvel selling the film rights to the character when it faced bankruptcy in the 1990s. A deal was made prior to the release of ‘Civil War’ to use Spider-Man in the MCU with Sony receiving all of the box …

Avatar’s 10-year reign as the world’s highest-grossing film has ended. On Sunday, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame crossed $2.7902bn (£2.23bn) at the box office, pushing it over the $2.7897bn earned by James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. Marvel chief Kevin Feige hailed the achievement at Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend, although it was …

Dark Phoenix, the latest installment in the X-Men series, has collapsed at the box office. Following reshoots, the Sophie Turner-led film – co-starring Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender – cost a reported $200 million to produce, not including marketing costs. Dark Phoenix opened on Friday (7 …