The superlatives just keep stacking up Spider-Man: No way home. The box office giant has now become The most successful film from Sony of all time in the United States, with no end in sight. Despite a 69 percent drop in sales, Tom Holland and Zendaya took in over $ 81 million over a holiday weekend, according to independent auditors The payment, bringing the total for the film to $ 467.3 million.
Just nine days after this story was published, No way home currently has the 19 top-selling domestic box office any times. But don’t expect it to stay wedged between the 1999s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and 1977s Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope for long. phantom threat, that exceeded box office expectations, took months to earn something No way home earned in days. It is certainly possible No way home will join the top 10 highest-grossing films in the US by 2022, surpassing 2018 The Incredibles 2 from the history books.
Here are the current top 10:
- Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2015) ($ 936,662,225)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) ($ 858,373,000)
- User picture (2009) ($ 760,507,625)
- Black Panther (2018) ($ 700,059,566)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) ($ 678,815,482)
- Titanic (1997) ($ 659,363,944)
- Jurassic World (2015) ($ 652,306,625)
- The Avengers (2012) ($ 623,357,910)
- Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) ($ 620,181,382)
- The Incredibles 2 (2018) ($ 608,581,744)
No way home The top 10 redesign is the kind of story that has become commonplace for Disney over the past few years. So in addition to documenting No way homeof the meteoric rise it is worth asking: What did the domestic top 10 look like before the current rule of the mouse house? Before the MCU?
Going back to 2001 and 1991, 20 and 30 years ago, the list looked a little different – though perhaps not as drastically different as some might think. Based on data from The payment, Here are the top grossing domestic box offices as of 1991.
- Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) ($ 460,998,007)
- ET the alien (1982) ($ 435,110,554)
- Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) ($ 309,205,079)
- Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ($ 291,738,960)
- Home alone (1990) ($ 285,761,243)
- jaw (1975) ($ 260,000,000)
- Batman (1989) ($ 251,188,924)
- Ghost hunters (1984) ($ 242,604,185)
- Beverly Hills police officer (1984) ($ 234,760,478)
- The exorcist (1973) ($ 230,347,346)
The first thing that strikes you are the obvious similarities between the 1991 list and the 2021 list: Star Wars. The original franchise dominated the top of the box office for decades and would stay at the top well into the ’90s. There’s also a superhero on the list, one who isn’t even in the top 10 today!
But just as things have stayed the same, a lot has changed too. Home alone would become a franchise after a gigantic booty, as well as Beverly Hills police officer and Ghost hunters. But these films are all live-action comedies, and very different ones, too. Ghost hunters was supernatural Beverly Hills police officer played on Eddie Murphy’s charm, and Home alone relied on the script by John Hughes, Macaulay Culkin’s charm for all children, and the endless joy of seeing Joe Pesci beat up with a can of paint.
Most of the films on this list were expected hits, such as jaw. But others like The exorcistShe surprised the studios. Nobody expected Black audience showing up for a movie about a white Catholic priest, but they did it in droves, so William Friedken’s horror film helped end the trend Blaxploitation Films. So there were big franchises and superheroes, but also comedies and horror.
Fast forward a decade to 2001. The top 10 look like this:
- Titanic (1997) ($ 659,363,944)
- Star Wars: Phantom Menace (1999) ($ 474,544,677)
- Star War: A New Hope (1977) ($ 460,998,007)
- ET the alien (1982) ($ 435,110,554)
- The Lion King (1994) ($ 421,785,283)
- Jurassic Park (1993) ($ 402,523,348)
- Forrest Gump (1994) ($ 330,151,138)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1977) ($ 309,205,079)
- independence Day (1996) ($ 306,169,255)
- The sixth Sense (1999) ($ 293,506,292)
There is a clear continuity between 2001 and 1991. Both contain three Star Wars films, although one of them is new. And people really loved that crazy ET with his Reese’s Pieces, didn’t they?
But 2001 crowned a new number one, a phenomenon that all aging millennials will likely remember. Leo and Kate and Billy Zane on top of the world sweeping Oscars and generally inevitable. When publishing phantom threat, that Press wondered if George Lucas would take “sweet revenge” Titanic Director James Cameron by bringing Star Wars back to the top of the charts. Lucas always denied such motivation, and at the end of the day he didn’t get it.
Like the 1991 list, a lone psychological thriller speaks for non-sci-fi genre films. There is an animated film here, another modern rarity. And there is Forrest Gump, a historical fantasy that spans the 50s through the early 80s and is aimed directly at baby boomers. A film that was a warm and mostly apolitical look back at times of serious turmoil, its nostalgia turned into a winning mix.
At this point all but Titanic were pushed out of the top ten, where it remains in sixth place. Cameron’s historical epic was complemented by his science fiction adventure film. User picture, and when the sequel finally comes out, if it’s still on the list, Titanic will be the only movie in the top 10 that is not affiliated with any franchise or movie universe.
People have long loved stories that go beyond a single film. But it’s clear that franchises have been in full swing for the past decade.
