Spider-Man: Brand New Day achieved the second-best opening in North American box office history with $355 million in its first weekend, narrowly missing the record held since 2019 by Avengers: Endgame.
A first day already making history
The film first set an absolute record for the best opening day in the United States with $168 million in revenue, surpassing the $157 million earned by Avengers: Endgame in 2019. Over the entire weekend, Brand New Day grossed $355 million across 4,487 North American theaters, just $2 million short of the absolute record of $357 million held by Endgame, pushing Spider-Man: No Way Home, released in 2021 with $260 million, to third place in the ranking.
Internationally, the film earned a total of $928 million during its global opening weekend, notably driven by a Chinese debut of $121 million, far ahead of the United Kingdom at $49 million and France at $26.6 million.
A rebound driven by the return of Peter Parker solo
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton with an estimated production budget of $225 million excluding marketing, the film relies on enthusiasm boosted by the release of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a few weeks earlier, which already brought together Tom Holland and Zendaya, as well as the mystery surrounding Sadie Sink’s role in the Marvel universe.
This opening confirms Spider-Man’s position as the most popular superhero character currently, in a year marked by a clear resurgence of young audiences’ interest in movie theaters, also driven by films like The Drama, where Zendaya already held one of the leading roles.
