Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day debuted to an estimated $355m at the North American box office in the best result for the franchise and Sony Pictures that ranks second in the all-time opening weekend roster by a whisker.
Marvel Studios’ stablemate Avengers: Endgame still holds that record with $357.1m back in April 2019, which amounts to $466.7m in real terms factoring in inflation. Brand New Day’s impressive bow also produced the biggest opening day of all time with Friday’s confirmed $169.3m haul including previews, blowing away Endgame’s $157.4m, which still rules the roost with $205m in real terms.
Saturday delivered $101.5m for the second-highest Saturday gross ever, while Sunday is projected to bring in $84m from 4,487 locations. Brand New Day becomes only the second film to cross $300 million mark in its domestic opening weekend. The film also recorded the biggest Thursday preview gross.
In terms of admissions, EntTelligence said on Sunday morning that the new arrival drew 24.1m admissions, marking only the second time since the reporting service launched during Covid that a film has crossed 20m attendees in opening weekend. The other film was Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which arrived in December 2019 on $260.1m and went on to earn $804.8m in North America and $1.9bn worldwide.
Brand New Day has raced to a staggering $927m at the worldwide box office in its first weekend and Screen will report full international numbers on Monday.
EntTelligence reported a 79%-21% standard-premium format breakdown and a 54%-46% male-female split for the A CinemaScore release, which also earned a 90% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 98% audience score.
Sony Pictures motion picture group chairman and CEO Tom Rothman noted, “In troubled times, Sony is very proud to have united the world in celebrating a film about hope.” Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Mark Ruffalo star, and Destin Daniel Cretton directed.
Rentrak reported that overall three-day box office amounted to $429m, up 246% on the same weekend in 2025. Year-to-date stands at $6.2bn, up 15.2% on last year by the same stage.
Combined with the ongoing heroics of The Odyssey, reporting services said the weekend will combine for more than $435m to become the biggest of all time, overtaking the April 2019 session dominated by Avengers: Endgame that delivered $402m, which equates to $525m in real terms.
In its third session, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey ranked second through Universal on $51m from 3,861 sites as the running total climbed to $395.5m. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 came in third on $6.3m for $461.7m after seven weekends. Universal’s Monsters & Minions and Disney’s Moana rounded out the top five and stand at $168.4m after five sessions and $114.8m after four, respectively.
Magnolia Pictures opened Gregg Araki’s sex comedy and Sundance entry I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman in eighth place on $600,000 from 700 screens. Wilde’s third directorial outing The Invite, another Sundance film that A24 snapped up, stands at $22.8m from 792 after six weekends.
Angel Studios’ adventure Young Washington ranks ninth and stands at $46.4m after five. Focus Feature’s 2025 TIFF pick-up and summer smash Obsession has reached $262.8m after 12.
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