{"id":799569,"date":"2026-08-02T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799569\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:17:08","slug":"spider-man-brand-new-day-nets-second-best-north-american-opening-ever-with-355-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799569\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 nets second best North American opening ever with $355 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d<\/a> made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was just a few million shy of \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d<\/a> which debuted to $357 million in 2019. <\/p>\n

The film also made $572 million from over 73,500 screens internationally, with China contributing $121 million alone, adding up to a $927 million worldwide debut that is second only to \u201cEndgame\u201d ($1.2 billion). <\/p>\n

Tom Holland\u2019s run as the comic book webslinger has been a mighty one. \u201cNo Way Home,\u201d<\/a> his third standalone Spider-Man movie, made over $1.9 billion worldwide to become the eighth-highest earning movie of all time, not accounting for inflation. It was also the first movie since the beginning of the pandemic to cross the $1 billion mark.<\/p>\n

But the triumph of \u201cBrand New Day\u201d also comes on the heels of another major movie featuring Holland and Zendaya: Christopher Nolan\u2019s<\/a>\u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d<\/a> which slid to second place in its third weekend in theaters with $51 million. Their combined might helped propel the biggest weekend of all time for North American movie theaters, with an estimated $430 million in total ticket sales, according to Rentrak. <\/p>\n

\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d started strong, with a record $168 million opening day from 4,487 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, besting \u201cAvenger: Endgame\u2019s\u201d $157 million Friday. The studio predicted it would lead to a $325 million opening weekend, which would still have beaten the second-place record. It takes the place of \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d which opened to $260 million in December 2021. In the realm of best opening weekends in North America, they\u2019re followed by \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d ($257 million in 2018) and \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d ($247 million in 2015).<\/p>\n

Expectations were always high for \u201cBrand New Day,\u201d which was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton<\/a> and cost a reported $225 million to produce, not including marketing expenses. But there were worries it wouldn\u2019t attract the same level of mass audience enthusiasm as its predecessor which integrated past Peter Parker actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield into the mix. In reality, interest was higher than ever. \u201cBrand New Day\u201d also received strong reviews from critics and audiences. It currently has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes; Audiences gave it an \u201cA\u201d CinemaScore and a five-star rating on PostTrak. <\/p>\n

Ticket buyers were predominately male (about 61%) and many were on the younger side, with slightly more than half the audience under the age of 25, according to PostTrak exit polls. The biggest group was between the ages of 18 and 24, which made up 36% of the audience; 27% were between the ages of 25 and 34. The box office analytics company EntTelligence estimates that about 24.1 million people attended \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d this weekend. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s also the biggest ever opening for Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n

Tom Rothman, the Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, praised \u201cthe incomparable Tom Holland\u201d in a statement. Rothman famously pushed back the production of the movie to allow Holland to act in \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d as well.<\/p>\n

Cries about the death of the superhero movie have been looming since \u201cEndgame\u201d with more than a few high-profile flops in the years since, including several from the once-impenetrable Marvel Studios. Still, when they work, they really work, most notably with \u201cNo Way Home\u201d and \u201cDeadpool & Wolverine,\u201d which made over $1.3 billion. <\/p>\n

Marvel Studios president and \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 producer Kevin Feige said in a statement, \u201cThis debut reflects the enduring power of Marvel\u2019s characters, and the connection they continue to have with fans around the world \u2014 and, as audiences saw, it sets up exciting things to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Producer Amy Pascal added that it \u201creinforces that moviegoers are hungry for stories that are both spectacular and deeply human.\u201d <\/p>\n

This year has also seen a resurgence of moviegoing from younger audiences, who have made hits out of movies like \u201cObsession,\u201d \u201cBackrooms\u201d and \u201cThe Drama,\u201d which also starred Zendaya. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re also helping blockbusters soar, and in a business that is partly propelled by momentum, \u201cSpider-Man\u201d had the benefit of coming after \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d which fell only 43% in its third weekend. \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d has now earned $395.5 million domestically, bringing its global total to $911.4 million. The film will soon open in South Korea (Aug. 5), China (Aug. 14) and Japan (Sept. 11). <\/p>\n

A slew of animated PG-rated holdovers rounded out the top five: \u201cToy Story 5\u201d was in third place with $6.3 million, followed by \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d in fourth and \u201cMoana,\u201d in fifth. And there were bright spots further down the chart as well. In sixth place with $2 million, \u201cHadestown: The Musical\u201d surpassed \u201cHamilton\u201d to become the highest grossing live theater capture release ever with a running total of $18.2 million.<\/p>\n

Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Rentrak, said the \u201cSpider-Man\u201d effect could help the summer movie season surpass the $4 billion mark for the first time since the Barbenheimer summer of 2023, and the third-ever billion dollar August. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is perhaps the most important summer moviegoing season in the history of the business,\u201d Dergarabedian said. August, he added, “could set up a home stretch of the box office year like no other and one that could push us over that $10 billion mark.”<\/p>\n

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