Tom Holland’s fourth solo Marvel/Sony adventure, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, entered rare box office territory across its opening weekend.
The web-slinger broke a U.S. domestic box office record by raking in $360 million across its opening weekend.
Worldwide, it’s now the second biggest opening in history, with a massive $932 million.
A spectacular Spider-Man
Further records were claimed by Spider-Man: Brand New Day during its opening.
This included a new benchmark for preview earnings in the U.S. ($72 million) and the single biggest opening day ($169.8 million).
The amazing numbers put up by Holland’s Spidey put it in the rarified air of Avengers: Endgame, which is now second place on the all-time U.S. opening weekend chart with $357 million.
These are the only two movies to gross $300 million during their opening weekends in North American cinemas.
Avengers: Endgame still holds the crown for the biggest global opening with $1.2 billion.
Still, the spectacular opening by Spider-Man: Brand New Day means it is already the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2026, and is well on course to gross over $2 billion, a feat achieved by only seven films prior.
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Tom Holland’s amazing summer
While many have experienced superhero fatigue in recent years, Spider-Man: Brand New Day doesn’t appear to have caused the same effect with cinema audiences.
This will be welcome news to Marvel, with the floundering MCU the root cause of superhero fatigue post-Avengers: Endgame.
There are many reasons behind this.
One, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is performing well with critics.
A 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes suggests sufficient quality to beat superhero fatigue.
Second, Spider-Man, similar to the likes of Superman and Batman, is a cultural colossus that operates strongly outside the comic book sphere and in the mainstream.
This is thanks to decades of TV and cinema adaptations, free of connected franchises.
Even Holland’s films, owing to the joint ownership Marvel holds with Sony, work both in and out of the MCU’s web.
Lastly, Holland’s star power is in rapid ascension.
July’s smash-hit, The Odyssey, featuring Holland, is close to the $1 billion mark, and here he is again with his fourth Spidey film outpacing Christopher Nolan’s film already.
His is a name that audiences have grown up watching in above-the-line credits, and his kinship with cinemagoers grows stronger with every appearance.
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