Spider-Man: No Way Home set to beat James Bond's No Time To Die at the box office

The latest cinematic team up between Marvel Studios and Sony’s Columbia pictures is set to overtake James Bond at the cinematic box office, as No Way Home enjoyed a gigantic opening weekend.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third film to feature British actor Tom Holland as the masked web-slinger, has reported generated global ticket sales worth over £445m ($587m).

Industry figures suggest the comic book film should comfortably overtake Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007, as the biggest English-language film of the year. Bond achieved ticket sales of $774m globally after opening in September, Spider-Man could surpass this by as early as the Christmas weekend.

Already the top film in North America, Spider-Man raked in over $260m in the US compared to Bond’s $161m.

The Spider-Man premiere appears to show that cinema goers are setting aside fears over Covid-19 with what could be the third-biggest cinema debut in history.

The film has yet to open in China, the world’s biggest cinema market, which means it really could be time to die for Bond’s post-pandemic records.

After all the feverish online speculation and hype, fans braced for disappointment from Tom Holland’s third tour of duty as the web-slinging superhero are going to be disappointed because Spider-Man: No Way Home is a thrillingly wild ride.

A breathless chase between Peter Parker and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr Strange through the spirals of a Mirror Dimension that recalls the folding cityscapes of Christopher Nolan’s Inception is another adrenaline rush, and a showdown at the Statue of Liberty flexes the digital effects team’s abilities to render brutal combat in mid-air and on tumbling scaffolding.

Spider-Man: No Way Home puts the characters – and in turn fans – through the emotional wringer to underline the great responsibility that comes with great power.

If you're a Spider-Man fan, check out your local cinema's website and swing on down for a showing.