Spider-Man: No Way Home vs. The Batman (2022)

Spider-Man: No Way Home stands as Marvel's definitive box office champion, grossing over $1.9 billion worldwide—2.5 times The Batman's $772.2 million. This unprecedented nostalgic spectacle wove together three generations of Spider-Men, earning a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score that outperforms The Batman's 85% by 8 points. The $1.13 billion box office gap and 8-point critical consensus advantage solidify No Way Home as the more commercially and critically dominant film, surpassing #6 Suicide Squad's entire gross by $1.15 billion. While The Batman delivered a grounded, noir-detective reimagining praised for its atmospheric tone, No Way Home's multiverse ambition redefined blockbuster scope, making it 12% faster to $1 billion than any other 2021 superhero release.