{"id":843092,"date":"2026-08-04T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843092\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:02:12","slug":"tom-holland-and-zendaya-revel-in-success-of-spider-man-brand-new-day-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843092\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Holland and Zendaya revel in success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Let&#8217;s talk about British actor Tom Holland and his wife American actress Zendaya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Both star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day which has delivered an historic $US927 million ($1.32 billion) worldwide opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">This includes a $US355m opening in the US domestic market, where it is the number two opening of all-time behind 2019&#8217;s Avengers: Endgame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Holland - a white man with curly hair, sunglasses, arm around Zendaya - a mixed Black woman white blazer, tie, short hair\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/657e518fb5748c19ad053ddf745aea08.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Holland and Zendaya are a real-life couple who keep their relationship private. (Supplied: Sony Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In Australia, the film has shattered records, grossing $30.4m over the four-day opening weekend since Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">This makes it the biggest opening weekend of 2026, the second biggest opening weekend of all-time in Australia, and the biggest opening in the 100-year history of Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The cultural juggernaut sees Peter Parker (Holland) fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that no longer remembers him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">That world includes MJ (Zendaya).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zendaya - a mixed Black woman being rescued on the side of a building by a man - Tom Holland - in a red and blue Spider-Man suit\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c91876cbc7bea4ef702bfe4eb3314a6.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Peter Parker has not forgotten the people who no longer remember him. (Supplied: Sony Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Audiences and critics alike are giving it a firm thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It&#8217;s attracted a 90 per cent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 98 per cent audience rating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">But wait, there&#8217;s more, because Holland and Zendaya also star in The Odyssey, which had Universal&#8217;s highest-grossing opening weekend ever for an R-rated film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Domestically, The Odyssey is at $41 million in its third week of release.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Holland - a young man, brown hair with a serious expression on his face in character in a screen grab from movie\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bbaf9bc15f91495e2db201af2f41cb4b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Holland plays son of Odysseus, Telemachus, in The Odyssey. (Supplied: Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is fast approaching the $US1 billion mark worldwide, having grossed $US912 million in three weeks according to Box Office Mojo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In The Odyssey, Odysseus (Matt Damon) faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca after the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Holland stars as Odysseus and Penelope&#8217;s (Anne Hathaway) son Telemachus, while Zendaya plays Goddess Athena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">That&#8217;s two simultaneous box office hits for the power couple.<\/p>\n<p>Working history<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Holland and Zendaya have had back-to-back press tours to promote both movies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Athena (Zendaya) assists Odysseus (Matt Damon) stand on a land flat\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f6e40c54fe9fd9f4663aea5e1d535bb.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Zendaya plays Goddess Athena in The Odyssey, who assists Odysseus (Matt Damon) on his epic journey.\u00a0 (Supplied: Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Their first feature together was 2017&#8217;s Spider-Man: Homecoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Since then, they had a brief crossover in 2018&#8217;s Avengers: Infinity War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple rejoined forces in 2019 for Spider-Man: Far from Home, before 2021&#8217;s Spider-Man: No Way Home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">2026 has seen them collaborate on The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A shocked Zendaya also appeared on stage during Tom Holland&#8217;s 2017 Lip Sync Battle, <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DaszxVQytD9\/\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which the internet is still talking about<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Zendaya is also a singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She began her career as a child model and dancer before her starring role as drug-addicted teenager Rue Bennett in Euphoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She&#8217;s won two Emmys and a Golden Globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Holland has won a BAFTA and two Critics&#8217; Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He began his career as a teen in Billy Elliot the Musical on West End, firstly in a supporting role and then as the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Private life<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In an interview with the Dish Podcast, Holland was asked who from The Odyssey cast he would like to go on holiday to Greece with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He replied: &#8220;I think probably my wife would be pretty good for that one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Holland - a white man with curly hair and brown suit and tie arm around Zendaya - a mixed Black woman white and silver gown\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9d19b2a32e8d816caab6e906dcc69a04.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The couple has appeared together while promoting movies. (Supplied: Sony Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It was a rare acknowledgement that Holland and Zendaya had indeed married, reportedly in a private ceremony earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The married couple keep their private lives under wraps as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In 2023, Holland described their relationship to The Hollywood Reporter as &#8220;our thing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Our relationship is something that we are incredibly protective of and we want to keep as sacred as possible,&#8221; he told THR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple kept their relationship quiet until they were photographed kissing in a car in 2021, but they reportedly met in early 2016 during the casting of Spider-Man: Homecoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They&#8217;re not the only on-screen Peter Parker and MJ duo to develop romantic feelings for each other with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst dating when they played those roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone also played those roles and also dated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Zendaya was spotted with a diamond ring at the Golden Globes in 2025, which led to rumours the two were engaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Holland isn&#8217;t the only co-star Zendaya has dated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She was reportedly in a brief relationship with Euphoria co-star and Academy Award-nominated Australian star Jacob Elordi.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey are in cinemas now.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s talk about British actor Tom Holland and his wife American actress Zendaya. 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