It should be no surprise that Spider-Man: No Way Home won the weekend box office. The film delivered a massive opening, raking in the third highest weekend gross ever.

The film has grossed an estimated $260.1 million domestically, delivering a massive opening during not just the pandemic but at any time. This is while fears of a surge are becoming greater and businesses are beginning to close up again. Internationally, the film grossed an estimated $334.2 million for a worldwide weekend total of $587.2 million.

That has the film already in first place when it comes to domestic box office grosses in 2021. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is now in second place with $224.5 million earned during its entire rune. Worldwide, the film already ranks #6 for the year with about $99 million between it and cracking the top five.

In second place was Encanto which held on to that spot from the previous week. The film grossed $6.5 million to bring its domestic total to $81.5 million. Over the week, the film grossed about $13.5 million to bring that total to $94 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $175.5 million.

West Side Story tripped from last weekend’s first place to come in third. It tumbled losing 67.7% and grossing a little over $3.4 million. The film has earned just under $18 million at the domestic box office. The film grossed about $4.7 million over the week internationally to bring that total to $9.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $27.1 million after two weeks.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife slipped one spot to come in fourth. It earned $3.4 million over the weekend to lift its domestic total to $117.2 million. It earned $3.7 million over the week at the international box office to bring that total to $56.4 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $173.6 million.

Rounding out the top five was another debut, Nightmare Alley. The film grossed A little under $3 million domestically and no international numbers have been returned. Its gross so far is $2.958 million worldwide.

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Eternals is out of the top five having come in at #8 for the weekend. The film added $1.2 million to its domestic total to bring that to $163.6 million. It also added about $2 million over the week at the international box office to lift that to $236.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $399.7 million.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage earned an estimated $220,000 domestically over the weekend. The film has grossed $212.4 million domestically. Over the week the film has grossed $4.4 million at the international box office to bring its total to $285.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $498.1 million worldwide.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission didn’t chart and its domestic total has remained just under $9.8 million. Internationally, the film looks like it gained a little with $31.2 million and its worldwide gross just over $41 million.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ domestic gross remained around $224.5 million. The film also looks like it gained about $300,000 at the international box office where it stands at $207.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just over $432.2 million.

Black Widow has ended its domestic run. Domestically, the film has grossed a little under $183.7 million. The international total stands at $196 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $379.6 million.

Old looks like its run has completely ended. Domestically, the film has grossed $48.2 million. Internationally, the film stood at $41.9 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed a little over $90.1 million.

The Suicide Squad has ended its run at the box office. Domestically, the film has grossed $55.8 million. The film has also earned $111.6 million internationally. Worldwide, the film has grossed $167.4 million.

Initial numbers have 38 films earning $282,928,044 from 25,261 theaters. That’s a massive increase from last weekend’s 40 films which earned $43,869,872 from 32,450 theaters. The average earning was $11,200.19 this past weekend, an increase from the previous weekend’s $1,351.92.