Since Spider-Man: No Way Home tickets first went on sale, there were very strong indicators that the film's opening weekend numbers were going to be quite impressive. Now it looks as if the film's early numbers could be the best MCU opening weekend since Avengers: Endgame, which means it would also be the biggest opening weekend for a movie post-COVID-19 pandemic.

Spider-Man: Now Way Home is also the first of the MCU movies that seems to move the plot along since Avengers: Endgame. While Black Widow was technically the first film tied to the Avengers to launch after the end of Phase 3, it was a kind of prequel and also hit theaters in the middle of the pandemic, greatly depressing audience turnout. Tom Holland's latest superhero flick is expected to dwarf Scarlett Johansson's standalone film.

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Box Office Pro recently released its latest projections for several different movies that are opening in December and the site made it clear that Spider-Man: No Way Home is going to be the undisputed king of the box office with numbers that could hit $200 million. While the site did say that would be the top number if it managed to get that much in its opening weekend, it does believe there's almost no chance it won't at least top $100 million, making it the best opening weekend since the pandemic started. The analysts for the site also believe that a strong opening is going to be followed up by a healthy dose of viewership throughout its domestic box office run. Spider-Man: No Way Home could make as much as $690 million in domestic dollars, though there is a bit of a caveat there.

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The analysts do caution that this film is going to be the first big test for in-theater-only films in the current climate. Because of that, there's a chance it could significantly underperform projections. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the test case for something other than whether or not people are ready to go back to the theaters. The film is the first live-action movie to really dive into the MCU's version of the multi-verse, and it won't be the last.

At the very least, this Spider-Man film is laying the groundwork for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the idea that numerous versions of the same character could appear on screen at the same time. The critical and audience reaction to what Spider-Man: No Way Home offers in its story could help steer where the MCU goes in the next few years.

Spider-Man: No Way Home premieres in theaters on December 17, 2021.

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Source: Box Office Pro