As Spider-Man: No Way Home crosses $1B, Jon Watts is the 11th director/directing team to make multiple $1B films, joining James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Michael Bay, Joss Whedon, Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda, Anthony & Joe Russo, James Wan, Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, and J.J. Abrams.
8 years ago tonight, Marvel's The Avengers opened in theaters. Shattering box office records with a $207M opening, it was the first $200M+ DOM opener in history. Finishing with $623M DOM and $1.519B WW, it was then the 3rd highest grossing film ever both DOM and WW, and remains 8th DOM and WW today.
Top Gun made ~68% of the opening of Doctor Strange overall ($126.7M vs $187.4M). Red states are where Top Gun overperformed relative to the rest of North America and made >68% of what Doctor Strange made; blue states are where Top Gun underperformed and made <68% of Doctor Strange (source: Charlie).