Spider-Man: No Way Home tops North American box office chart

After spending a weekend in second place, Spider-Man: No Way Home proved it still had some fight left. Sony's SONY, a superhero juggernaut swung back to first place in its sixth weekend in theaters and became the sixth highest-grossing film of all time, globally.

The film topped the North American charts with $14.1 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It has now grossed nearly $1.7 billion, passing the total earnings of both The Lion King and Jurassic World. Its $721 million makes it the fourth-biggest release in North America.

Peter Parker stole the first place back from Scream, which fell about 59% — a typical drop for a horror — in its second weekend, with an estimated $12.4 million in ticket sales. The film from ViacomCBS'VIAC, Paramount, has so far grossed $51.3 million. Sing 2, from Comcast's CMCSA, Universal and Illumination, came in third place in its fifth weekend, with $5.7 million. The animated title has earned $241.2 million worldwide. There was little competition for the holdovers to contend with this weekend. The only two new offerings nationwide in theaters were comparatively less-profile releases - The King's Daughter, a fairy tale with Pierce Brosnan that was filmed in 2014 and held until now with $750,000 from over 2,000 locations and Redeeming Love, a faith-based historical romance with Nina Dobrev that cracked the top five with $3.7 million. This is a very slow weekend, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. January is usually not a big month for box office. The floodgates may open once we have another big breakout hit, but it may be a while before we have another big breakout hit. There are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. The final domestic figures will be released on Monday.