'Spider-Man: No Way Home' was the second-biggest box office opening ever

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Spider-Man made even more money than originally projected.

“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest movie in the Marvel series, notched a record-breaking opening weekend at the domestic box office by bringing in $260 million, Sony said Monday.

That’s up from Sunday’s projections of $253 million, and it’s remarkable in a pandemic. “No Way Home” has swung past “Avengers: Infinity War” — which opened to $257 million in 2018, according to Comscore (SCOR) — to become the second highest opening weekend in box office history.

Only 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, opened to larger numbers.

In terms of recent box office returns, it took only one day for the film to become the highest-grossing opening of any movie during the pandemic. And it took only one weekend for…