Mediagazer: Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home crosses $1B at the global box office, the first pandemic-era movie to do so; only Infinity War and Endgame reached $1B faster (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)

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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:

Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home crosses $1B at the global box office, the first pandemic-era movie to do so; only Infinity War and Endgame reached $1B faster — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” unwrapped the best Christmas gift of all, becoming the first pandemic-era movie to cross $1 billion at the global box office.

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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

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