Spider-Man: Homecoming Set To Earn Over $780 Million Worldwide

Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming is on pace to reach upwards of $780 million worldwide, [...]

Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming is on pace to reach upwards of $780 million worldwide, Forbes reports.

The first Marvel-produced Spider-Man movie currently stands at $706 million worldwide and will bypass the global earnings of 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and it's 2014 sequel, which webbed up $757 million and $708 million, respectively. Homecoming already swung past both installments of the now defunct Amazing Spider-Man reboot in late July, when it brought in more domestically than either of the last two solo Spidey outings.

Homecoming's final box office cume will be on par with Sam Raimi's original Spider-Man trilogy, which ran from 2002 to 2007. Homecoming brought in $7.1 million in its first week of release in Japan, where it's expected to bring in an additional $20—$30+ million.

The film has yet to reach China, where it opens September 8. Its Chinese haul could bring in anywhere from $30 million to $100+ million, with Forbes pointing to the inclusion of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) likely providing a box office boost, adding to the already popular Spider-Man brand.

The last solo Iron Man feature, Iron Man 3, brought in $121 million in China, while Captain America: Civil War — which featured both Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and the Iron Avenger — earned $180 million in China. Spidey himself brought in $4.9 million in China in 2002, $6.1 million in 2004, $18.9 million in 2007, $48.8 million in 2012, and $94.4 million in 2014.

A "worst case scenario," Forbes adds, would give the first solo Spider-Man movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe a finish somewhere in the $775 million range, placing it ahead of both the Amazing Spider-Man movies but behind Spider-Man 3 ($890 million), Spider-Man ($821 million), and Spider-Man 2 ($783 million). On the higher end, Spider-Man: Homecoming has a shot at finishing in the $820+ million range, and could top the 2002 movie that started it all, making it the second highest-grossing Spidey movie behind only Spider-Man 3.

Either way, the film is a big success for Sony, and continues Marvel Studios' track record of producing critical and commercial hits.

Tom Holland will reprise his role as the wall-crawler next in Disney's Avengers: Infinity War, out May 2018, before starring again in his own solo flick in July 2019. Spider-Man: Homecoming is expected to hit 4K UHD and Blu-ray in October.

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