Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $2.33 billion worldwide after five straight weekends atop the box office, pushing past Avatar: The Way of Water into third place all-time behind only Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame’s $2.799 billion global haul still sits within range, but analysts note that closing that gap without a re-release will be a steep climb.

Five weekends. That’s all it took for Tom Holland’s web slinger to swing past James Cameron’s blue giants on the all-time chart. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has now crossed $2.33 billion worldwide, dethroning Avatar: The Way of Water and settling into third place in box office history, trailing only Endgame and the original Avatar. The Sony and Marvel Studios release keeps rewriting its own records weekend after weekend, and the number attached to this one finally gives the summer’s runaway hit a fixed place in the ranking. Now the real question kicks in: can it close the gap on Endgame’s $2.799 billion, or does that ceiling hold without a re-release push?

Spider-Man swings past James Cameron

A quick five-weekend climb was all it took for Spider-Man: Brand New Day to rewrite the all-time box office chart. The film crossed $2.33 billion worldwide over the August 28-30 weekend, overtaking Avatar: The Way of Water and claiming third place in history. Only 2 titles now sit above it: Avatar at $2.923 billion and Avengers: Endgame at $2.799 billion.

A record-breaking run from day one

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the sequel opened in US theaters on July 31, 2026, and immediately made history. Its $360 million domestic debut beat Endgame’s long-standing record of $357.1 million, while the global opening weekend hit $932 million, the biggest in box office history. The second frame added $145 million domestically, the third-largest sophomore weekend ever recorded.

The pace never slowed. Brand New Day became the second-fastest film to reach $2 billion, hitting the benchmark after only 3 weekends and joining a club of just 8 movies. Through August 30, it held the No. 1 spot domestically for a fifth consecutive weekend, pulling in an estimated $22.2 million with projections around $23.5 million for the full frame.

Can it catch Endgame?

The gap to second place stands at roughly $470 million, and analysts remain skeptical. According to current projections, the film is unlikely to topple Endgame’s $2.799 billion, let alone Avatar’s $2.923 billion, without the boost of a future re-release. Endgame itself only claimed the crown after a re-issue in 2019, so the playbook exists if Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios decide to chase history later on. For now, the studios have not announced any such plan.

The team behind the numbers

Tom Holland returns as Peter Parker, alongside Zendaya as Michelle “MJ” Jones-Watson, with Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Mark Ruffalo rounding out the cast. The film also delivered a symbolic changing of the guard: 7 years after its release, Endgame lost its domestic opening record to the same web-slinger it once shared screens with.

The next checkpoint is measurable. Brand New Day needs about $470 million more to threaten Endgame’s total, and its weekend grosses now sit in the low $20 million range. Every frame between now and the end of its theatrical run will decide whether third place is a ceiling or a stepping stone.