Don’t underestimate Peter Parker.
That’s the takeaway this weekend after Sony’s comic book adventure “Spider-Man: No Way Home” crushed box office expectations, generating a mammoth $253 million from 4,336 theaters in North America.
It was easily the best domestic opening weekend turnout of any movie in pandemic times. Prior to this weekend, no other COVID-era film had been able to cross even $100 million in a single weekend. The biggest domestic debut had belonged to another Sony’s comic book sequel, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which generated $90 million to start.
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CURRENTLY # 1 ON OTHER CHARTS (Updated 12/20/2021):
- # 1 Broadcast TV – “NBC Sunday Night Football” (NBC)
- # 1 Streaming TV – “Narcos: Mexico” (Netflix)
- # 1 Steaming Movie – “Red Notice” (Netflix)
- # 1 Acquired TV – “Cocomelon” (Netflix)
- # 1 Cable – “NFL Regular Season” (New England/Buffalo) (ESPN)
- # 1 Syndication – “ESPN NFL Regular Season” (ESPN)
- # 1 Video Game – “Halo: Infinite”
- # 1 Movie – “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
- # 1 Single (Billboard) – “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey
- # 1 Album (Billboard) – “30” by Adele
- # 1 AP College Football – Alabama

MOTEVENTURE’S CHRISTMAS SONG (SORT OF) ADVENT CALENDAR
With the Christmas season upon us, we continue to revisit last year’s “Uncommon” Christmas Song list featuring tunes we don’t hear 100 times a day. To see today’s artist, just slide the slider on the image below…and then click the link below the images.


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