Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is 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 was directed by Jon Watts and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire. In the film, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) to use magic to make his identity as Spider-Man a secret again following its public revelation at the end of Far From Home. When the spell goes wrong, the multiverse is broken open which allows visitors from alternate realities to enter Parker's universe.
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 from critics, who praised the story, direction, action sequences, and the cast's performances and chemistry. No Way Home has grossed over $1.9 billion worldwide, surpassing its predecessor as the highest-grossing film released by Sony Pictures. It became the highest-grossing film of 2021, the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest grossing Spider-Man film, and set several other box office records, including those for films released during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
The film received a nomination for an Academy Award, three Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (winning all of the categories), five Critics' Choice Super Awards (winning three), nine Saturn Awards (winning one), among several others, chiefly for the writing and technical achievement. No Way Home, did not qualify for 75th British Academy Film Awards, as it was not available on BAFTA's streaming service. As a part of "Oscars Fan Favorite" contest for the 94th Academy Awards, the sequence where three Spider-Men teaming up was named one of the five finalists for Oscars Cheer Moment, finishing second, and being listed in the fourth to win the "Fan Favorite" contest, despite being considered as a clear favourite to win the contest. Apart from the technical aspects, both Holland and Garfield received accolades for their performances.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA Awards December 7, 2022 Best Visual Effects or Animation Kelly Port, Julia Neighly, Brendan Seals and Kilou Picard Academy Awards March 27, 2022 Best Visual Effects Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick Artios Awards March 23, 2022 The Zeitgeist Award Sarah Halley Finn, Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein Bennett, and Molly Doyle ASCAP Awards May 2, 2022 Top Box Office Film of the Year Michael Giacchino Top Box Office Films Austin Film Critics Association Best Stunts Spider-Man: No Way Home BET Awards Best Actress Zendaya Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Best Sound Editing Spider-Man: No Way Home Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects Cinema Audio Society March 19, 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action Willie Burton, Kevin O'Connell, Tony Lamberti, Warren Brown, Howard London, Randy K. Singer Costume Designers Guild Awards March 9, 2022 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Sanja M. Hays Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Superhero Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home Best Actor in a Superhero Movie Andrew Garfield Tom Holland Best Actress in a Superhero Movie Zendaya Best Villain in a Movie Willem Dafoe Georgia Film Critics Association Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema Jon Watts, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film Anthony Lamberti (Sound Designer); Steven Ticknor (Supervising Sound Editor) Golden Trailer Awards October 6, 2022 Best Original Score "Choose" (AV Squad) Best Digital: Action "Overdrive" (Big Picture) Best Action/Thriller TrailerByte for a Feature Film "Jolly" (Project X/AV) Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 16, 2022 Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi Film Michael Giacchino Houston Film Critics Society Best Stunt Coordination Spider-Man: No Way Home ICG Publicists Awards March 25, 2022 Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Motion Picture Award Spider-Man: No Way Home International Film Music Critics Association Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film Michael Giacchino Film Music Composition of the Year "Arachnoverture" by Michael Giacchino Irish Film and Television Awards March 12, 2022 Best Visual Effects Ed Bruce and Andrew Barry Japan Academy Film Prize March 10, 2023 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Spider-Man: No Way Home London Film Critics' Circle February 6, 2022 British/Irish Actor of the Year Andrew Garfield Lumiere Awards March 4, 2022 Governor's Cinema Award Spider-Man: No Way Home MTV Millennial Awards July 10, 2022 Movie for the Win MTV Movie & TV Awards June 5, 2022 Best Movie Best Performance in a Movie Tom Holland Best Hero Best Villain Willem Dafoe Best Kiss Tom Holland and Zendaya Best Fight 'Spider-Men end battle' Best Team Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards April 9, 2022 Favorite Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home Favorite Movie Actor Tom Holland Favorite Movie Actress Zendaya Online Film Critics Society January 24, 2022 Best Visual Effects Spider-Man: No Way Home San Diego Film Critics Society Santa Barbara International Film Festival Variety Artisans Award Kelly Port Saturn Awards Best Superhero Film Spider-Man: No Way Home Best Actor in a Film Tom Holland Best Actress in a Film Zendaya Best Supporting Actor in a Film Alfred Molina Best Supporting Actress in a Film Marisa Tomei Best Film Direction Jon Watts Best Film Writing (Screenplay) Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers Best Film Editing Jeffrey Ford and Leigh Folsom Best Film Visual / Special Effects Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick Seattle Film Critics Society Best Visual Effects Villain of the Year Willem Dafoe Set Decorators Society of America February 22, 2022 Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film Rosemary Brandenburg (Set Decoration); Darren Gilford (Production Design) Visual Effects Society Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Kelly Port, Julia Neighly, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, Dan Sudick Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Eric Le Dieu de Ville, Thomas Dotheij, Ryan Olliffe, and Claire Le Teuff for "The Mirror Dimension" Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature Zac Campbell, Frida Nerdal, Louis Corr, and Kelvin Yee for "Liberty Island Battle & Christmas Swing Finale"
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