The Reasons Behind Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s Record Breaking Box Office & What It Means For The Future of The Spider-Verse

<p>On the December 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the reason behind Spider-Man: No Way Home’s record-breaking box office.</p> <p>Opening Banter: Lots of people liked Ryan on last week’s episode so he’s back!</p> <p>In The News:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Ryan: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/712502/spider-man-no-way-home-box-office-saves-theaters-smothers-the-competition/'>Spider-Man: No Way Home Box Office Saves Theaters, Smothers The Competition</a><ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Ryan: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/710632/spider-man-no-way-home-swings-in-with-heroic-50-million-thursday-preview-box-office/'>Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings In With Heroic $50 Million Thursday Preview Box Office</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Shockingly breaks box office records</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Why do you think this happened?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(spoiler warning)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Peter’s insane theory</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Covid possibilities?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Good news: movie theaters arent dead</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Nightmare Alley (and Everything Else) Suffers Tragically</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Can only big blockbusters make money in the new Hollywood?<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Ryans point</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Would Spielberg ever direct a Marvel movie?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Does this box office give Rothman more leverage to cut the deal with Disney or does this give Disney more leverage to complete the new Spider-Man trilogy Pascal envisions.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What about continuations (Spin-offs) of the other characters? </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Also mentioned: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/spider-man-no-way-home-cast-who-lied-about-movie.html'>An Exhaust