No Way Home was a huge success, earning almost $1.9 billion worldwide. However, Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman has a reason why the movie was not released in China. Yes, it wasn’t.
In an interview with Matt Belloni on The Town, Rothman stated, “It pisses me off that I have to say this, but [No Way Home] did 1.9 billion. You said 1.9 billion? What’s the matter with two? Well, it didn’t get into China. So, otherwise — in my mind, it’s over two [billion], because I know what we would have done in China. [It was a] small thing. They said, ‘No problem, just cut out the Statue of Liberty.’ Which is where the climax of the movie — that was the request…I really didn’t look forward to sitting there in front of Congress telling them why I cut the Statue of Liberty out at the request of the Chinese Communist Party.”
According to Rothman, there are no sequences of the Statue of Liberty in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, sometimes referred to as Spider-Man 4.
On July 31, 2026, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be released. Alongside Holland, Zendaya, and Batalon, the film also features Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion, and Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man: No Way Home is available for viewing on Disney+.
