Box Office

Spider-Man: No Way Home has now reached the $1 billion benchmark internationally. With this feat, the Tom Holland blockbuster joins an elite list of ten movies that reached the $1 billion milestones overseas.

The pandemic is hitting the Italian market hard. In the current epidemiological situation, which sees millions of citizens in quarantine, the box office is suffering.

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley made a big ‘horrifically thrilling’ jump into ninth place of the top ten in Germany. Why is this worth mentioning? Because del Toro’s film is considered arthouse fare.

It’s unusual for a movie to bounce back after six weekends. Spider-Man: No Way Home did just that, leaping past Scream 5 to become the domestic box office champ again.

This week's real hit, literally, comes from the Williams sisters. Released on January 13th in Italy, the film King Richard, directed by Marcus Green and starring Will Smith, immediately placed third on the box office podium, grossing €396,410 in the first three days alone.

It took Ghostface to topple Spidey from his stratospheric box office heights. Scream, also known as Scream 5, scared up $30.

The new year brought a big jump in the box office in both, Germany and Austria, only to drop again on the second weekend of 2022. The hopeful start was short-lived partially due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, and we are not even talking about a pandemic; the weather was perfect in both countries and people flocked to the ski slopes instead of the movie theaters.

An Italian saying states: “Chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera”, which can be translated as: those who start well, are already halfway through. And this year – at least the beginning – seems to have the right conditions for a great comeback of Italian movies.

Spidey keeps his grip on the domestic and international box office and continues to smash records as well. On its fourth weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to crawl up the all-time highest-grossing movie charts.

Someone is getting a Bogey soon. Continue reading to learn what it is, how it relates to the German box office, and why it has something to do with the legendary star of Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and many other Golden Era films whose nickname was ‘Bogey.