Two billion dollars, darling. In three weekends. And how did Sony mark the moment? One thumbs-up emoji. In a company-wide email. Subject line: "FYI."
Yes, Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed the rare $2 billion line this weekend, with $785 million in North America and $1.23 billion overseas. Studios have thrown parades for less. Sony sent the emoji at 4:47 p.m. on a Friday, and then everyone went home.
Insiders whisper the milestone came up at Monday's staff meeting for eleven seconds. The room then moved on to the real crisis, which is that someone keeps parking in the CFO's spot.
"Honestly, it was a pretty normal week," one studio insider tells SnarkWire. "The two billion thing came up between the parking issue and the printer being down again. We tabled it."
Tom Holland, whose face is currently attached to the fastest money machine in movie history, has made no public statement, presumably because nobody looped him in. A source close to the situation, who wished to remain unnamed, confirms everything and nothing.
