Spider-Man: No Way Home Trivia | 75 facts about the film

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the 27th in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third film starring Tom Holland’s Spider-Man.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is an upcoming American superhero film.
It is based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
The movie is co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
It is intended to be the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
The film is directed by Jon Watts, written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Thomas Hayden Church, Rhys Ifans and JK Simmons
In the film, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) to help make his identity as Spider-Man a secret following its public revelation at the end of Far From Home
A third MCU Spider-Man film was intended as early as 2017, during production on Homecoming
By August 2019, negotiations between Sony and Marvel Studios to alter their deal—in which they produce the Spider-Man films together—ended with Marvel Studios leaving the project
However, a negative fan reaction led to a new deal between the two companies a month later.
Watts, McKenna, Sommers, and Holland were set to return at that time
Filming began in October 2020 in New York City, before moving to Atlanta later that month. During filming, Foxx and Molina were revealed to be appearing in the film, reprising characters from past Spider-Man films
The title was revealed in February 2021, before filming wrapped at the end of March
Spider-Man: No Way Home is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 17, 2021, as part of Phase Four of the MCU
A fourth Spider-Man film is in development
In April 2020, Sony rescheduled the film to November 5, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
In June, Marisa Tomei confirmed she would return as May Parker along with Watts as director. She was hopeful that May’s work as a community organizer would be featured in the film
The next month, Holland said production was planned to take place from late 2020 to February 2021
Sony shifted the film’s release to December 17, 2021
Tony Revolori was also confirmed to be reprising his role as Flash Thompson
In early October, Jacob Batalon and Benedict Cumberbatch were set to reprise their MCU roles of Ned Leeds and Dr. Stephen Strange, while Jamie Foxx was set to return as Max Dillon / Electro from Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), with filming beginning later in the month
Graeme McMillan from The Hollywood Reporter felt that Strange’s inclusion was not a coincidence considering the character’s connection to the multiverse and the casting of past Spider-Man film actors like Foxx
This movie marks the end of Tom Holland’s contract with both Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, but he’s said he’s willing to extend it due to the fact that he wants to keep being Spider-Man.
This film marks the first MCU trilogy to be directed by the same director, Jon Watts. All previous film franchises like Iron Man & Captain America had only two consistent directors throughout their trilogies
Tom Holland helped to save this movie from cancellation by forcing renegotiations between Sony and Disney. Under the terms of the new deal, not only does Spider-Man: No Way Home still take place within the Marvel Cinemetic Universe (MCU), but the MCU Spider-Man character can also appear in future MCU movies, as well as cross universes into Sony’s own Spider-Man franchise
On February 23rd, 2021, Tom Holland, Jacob Batalon, and Zendaya all posted images from the film along with three different titles on Instagram. Tom Holland’s post titled it “Spider-Man: Phone Home”. Jacob Batalon’s post titled it “Spider-Man: Home-Wrecker”. Zendaya’s post titled it “Spider-Man: Home Slice”. All the titles kept the use of the word “home” from the previous movies
The next day, a video with the three actors was released, showing Tom Holland walking out of Director Jon Watts’ office, thinking he gave them another fake title. As they walk out, the official title was revealed on a whiteboard to be “Spider-Man: No Way Home” along with various titles that they were thinking of
The teaser trailer released for Spider-Man: No Way Home beat the record for the world’s most-watched trailer in its first 24 hours online. Globally it got 355.5M views. The previous record was held by Avengers: Endgame, which had 289M views in its first 24 hours
It’s the 27th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, originally meant to be the 28th in the series
This will mark Jon Favreau’s 10th involvement in the MCU after the Iron Man trilogy (2008-2013), The Avengers quadrilogy (2012-2019), and the Spider-Man films (2017-2021)
This is the second time that Alfred Molina has been cast in the role of Dr. Octopus. He first played the super-villain 17 years ago in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
This will be the second Spider-Man film, after Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) that co-creator Stan Lee won’t have a cameo in, since he passed away on November 12th, 2018; Avengers: Endgame (2019) was Stan Lee’s final cameo
The first trailer has become the most watched trailer received 355.5M global views in its first 24 hours, surpassing the previous record-holder Avengers: Endgame, which drove 289M views
On 22nd August 2021 the trailer for the movie — or some version of it was reportedly leaked online primarily on TikTok. Massive tweets and memes surfaced online in the wake of the leak. Various copies of the trailer have been removed by Sony Pictures on copyright grounds. Tom Holland himself appeared to address the leak with a simple but to-the-point message on his Instagram Story. “You ain’t ready”
On August 22nd, the trailer of the movie was leaked on the internet. However, the special effects of the footage were not finished and the quality was low. The real trailer dropped just a few hours later
When Peter Parker is suiting up on top of the car, there is a taxi cab behind him. The taxi’s numbers read 1228. This is a reference to Stan Lee’s birthday which is December 28, 1922
He made an Instagram post displaying the trailer in the same ‘phone inception style’ shown in the leaked version. He captioned this post “The way the director intended”, joking at the fact that it was leaked the day before
Tom Holland’s 6th MCU Film following Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) & Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Jon Favreau’s 7th MCU film as Happy Hogan following Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019) & Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
After the trailer’s release, a rumor arose that Charlie Cox was returning as Daredevil in the film, reprising his role from the now-defunct Marvel Television-produced Netflix show. However, these rumors were first debunked by Cox himself, and later by the IMAX trailer of the film.
Coincidentally, the film will be released in the tenth-year anniversary of the canceled Spider-Man
After the box-office disappointment of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Sony Pictures scrapped any plans of a sequel and instead rebooted the franchise with The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Spider-Man 4 was scheduled for a 2011 release
Spider-Man: No Way Home premiered at the Fox Village Theatre in Los Angeles on December 13, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 17, as part of Phase Four of the MCU
The film received positive reviews for the cast’s performances and chemistry, screenplay, emotional weight, direction, action sequences, cinematography, and score
It set several pandemic box office records
It has grossed over $587 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2021
A sequel is in development
As of December 19, 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home has grossed $253 million in the United States and Canada
It has also grossed $334.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $587.2 million
In the United States and Canada, the film earned $121.5 million (which included $50 million from its Thursday night previews) on its opening day, becoming the second highest opening after Avengers: Endgame ($157.4 million) and the highest opening for a December release
In South Korea, the film grossed $5.28 million, thereby beating Spider-Man: Far From Home’s opening day in the country by over 11% and the biggest day one figure for any film during the pandemic
In India, the film’s box office on its first day was ₹32 crore (US$4.2 million) to ₹34.50 crore (US$4.6 million), beating Endgame and the Indian film Sooryavanshi (2021)
The film beat No Time to Die’s opening box office record in the United Kingdom and grossed £7.6 million ($10.1 million)
The film grossed $43.6 million in international territories on its opening day
Its $587.2 million debut is the third biggest worldwide debut in history behind Avengers: Infinity War ($640 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($1.2 billion)
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 94%
With an average score of 7.9/10
Based on 278 reviews
The site’s critical consensus reads: “A bigger, bolder Spider-Man sequel, No Way Home expands the franchise’s scope and stakes without losing sight of its humor and heart”
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100
Based on 56 reviews
Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare “A+” grade on an A+ to F scale
This makes the film the first live-action Spider-Man film and the fourth MCU film overall to earn the score after The Avengers (2012), Black Panther (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019)
PostTrak reported 95% of audience members gave it a positive score
With 89% saying they would definitely recommend it
By August 2019, a fourth film in the franchise was in development alongside No Way Home
In February 2021, Holland said that while No Way Home was the final film under his contract with Marvel and Sony, he hoped to continue playing Spider-Man in the future if asked
That July, Zendaya said she was unaware if another Spider-Man film would be made
In October, Holland said that No Way Home was treated as “the end of a franchise” that began with Spider-Man: Homecoming, and that any additional solo films featuring the MCU Spider-Man characters would be different from this trilogy of films, building “something different” with a tonal change, in part due to Parker being stripped of his real-world identity at the end of No Way Home
The following month, Holland said that he was unsure if he should continue making Spider-Man films
He is hoping for a film to be focused on Miles Morales instead of Parker, and that continuing to play the character in his thirties may have been a sign that he had “done something wrong”
Despite this, Pascal stated that she hopes to continue working with Holland on future Spider-Man films and later clarified that Sony and Marvel Studios were intending to make at least three more Spider-Man films starring Holland
With Marvel and Sony getting ready to begin on the first of these films by the end of November 2021
However, The Hollywood Reporter noted that there were no official plans for a new trilogy, despite the strong working relationship between the studios
The following month, Feige said that he, Pascal, Disney, and Sony were “actively beginning to develop” the next Spider-Man story
Assuring that there would not be any “separation trauma” that occurred between Far From Home and No Way Home