Given that several of the franchise's movies have hit the magic number already, it's perhaps not such a surprise that MCU-connected entry Spider-Man: Far From Home is being handed the keys to the Billion Dollar club. Still, it's the first film – without adjusting for inflation – in the Spider film series to hit that mark.
Far From Home has been a huge success for Sony, which has only had one other film make it past the billion-dollar mark in 2012's Skyfall. It's also another hit for Marvel, which recently celebrated Avengers: Endgame becoming the number one film of all time at the box office, displacing Avatar.
The latest Spidey outing outpaced Homecoming (which topped out around $880 million worldwide) and is only the third entry of the year so far to make it past a billion, joining Endgame and Captain Marvel.
Despite it not being one of its direct films, Disney will no doubt be happy with the spider-performance, even as it watches one of its own non-Marvel recent releases, Aladdin fly towards a similar mark.
It's a no-brainer to think that this means a third Tom Holland-starring Spider-film is already at the planning stage, though whether it'll squeeze into Marvel's packed Phase 4 or will wait a little longer remains to be seen. You can read our review of Far From Homehere and check out our Spoiler Special Podcast on the film right here.