‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Becomes First Spidey Film to Gross $1 Billion at Box Office

Five days after “Avengers: Endgame” became the highest grossing film of all time, Sony announced that the Marvel crossover’s follow-up, “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” became the first “Spider-Man” film ever to gross $1 billion worldwide. In a year dominated by Disney, Sony has now yielded the one 2019 blockbuster hit to come from a different distributor. And ironically, that was made possible by the deal the studio made with Disney and Marvel Studios to bring Peter Parker into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While Sony does have “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” in theaters starting this weekend, the $329 million...