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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” has done what few thought was possible during the pandemic era — top $1 billion at the global box office.
The co-production between Sony and Disney is now the first film to surpass this benchmark during the pandemic and has also claimed the title of highest-grossing movie of 2021. The last release to exceed $1 billion was 2019′s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” according to data from Comscore.
The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film reached $1.05 billion at the global box office over the Christmas weekend, beating out “The Battle of Lake Changjin,” a Chinese film released in November that has garnered $904.9 million worldwide.
″‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’s’ sprint to $1 billion within the context of this still pandemically-challenged marketplace is nothing short of astonishing,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “It demonstrates the power of a great movie to draw fans around the world to enjoy the shared and communal experience that only the movie theater can provide.”
Audiences flocked to theaters last weekend to catch “No Way Home” before potential spoilers could be leaked online. Now, they are returning for repeat viewings, a common occurrence for MCU movies.
Domestically, “No Way Home” is expected to tally around $81.5 million during its second weekend, a projected 69% drop from its debut. Most MCU films drop between 50% and 70% between their first and second weekend.
“The partnership between these two Hollywood entities is clearly one of great benefit to both,” BoxOffice.com chief analyst Shawn Robbins said of Sony and Disney.
The two companies brokered a deal that would allow the Sony-owned Spider-Man to appear in Marvel’s cinematic universe. The agreement not only meant that Marvel would be involved in Spider-Man’s solo projects, which were financed by Sony, but that the character could appear in other Marvel films.
Tom Holland, who portrays the newest iteration of Peter Parker, has now appeared in six Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including three solo features. Disney and Sony renegotiated this deal in 2019 to split production costs and box office receipts.
2017′s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” generated the second-highest box office run of any Spider-Man film released in theaters with its $880.4 million worldwide haul, according to Comscore data. Then 2019′s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” became the highest-grossing Spidey film and first to top $1 billion, with $1.132 billion in global ticket sales.
“The symbiotic circle they form could reap rewards for a long time to come, and with characters beyond just Spider-Man, if it continues to flourish creatively,” Robbins said. “The results of the past few years have shown it to be in the best interest of everyone for such a partnership to endure, and perhaps even inspire other tag-teams throughout the industry.”
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Article excerpted from CNBC.

Your car may be more valuable than what’s in your portfolio.
Used auto prices are rising faster than bitcoin and other assets, according to market researcher Jim Bianco.
“If you want to know what the best investment you probably had in 2021, it’s that car sitting in your driveway or in that garage,” the Bianco Research President told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “It is appreciating faster than the stock market and lately faster than some cryptocurrencies.”
He’s building his analysis based on the Manheim index of used car prices, which is designed to track pricing trends in the market.
“In the last four months, they’ve gone up in price more than 20%. Not only is that more than the S&P, but over the last four months that’s more than bitcoin itself,” he said. “As of December 15, the latest set of data we’ve got, they’re just accelerating higher and higher right now. There’s no peak at least as of now.”
Bitcoin is up about 5% over the past four months based on Thursday’s stock market close. The S&P 500 is up 26% so far this year.
Bianco cites two bullish drivers in the used car market. The first is those getting priced out of new cars due to the semiconductor shortage.
Kelley Blue Book reports auto prices are at record highs. In November, the average price for a new car cost $46,320 and used ones hit $27,569, a 27% increase than the same time last year.
The second: Speculators who want to flip vehicles.
“What we’re seeing in used cars is a rush for people to buy them, and a rush for people to speculate on them,” he noted. “Buy it now because it’s only going to get more expensive.”
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Article excerpted from CNBC.