Spider-Man Sets India's Biggest Non-Indian Opening
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- Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed INR 72.44 crore ($7.6 million) on its opening day in India, dethroning "Avengers: Endgame" to claim the biggest opening frame for a non-Indian film in the country's box office history, with nearly 1 million moviegoers on opening Thursday alone.
- The four-day extended opening weekend produced a gross collection of INR 328.5 crore ($34.4 million) across 17,250 screens nationwide, making the film the fourth highest-grossing Hollywood release of all time in India after just four days.
- PVR Inox, India's largest cinema chain, grossed over INR 135 crore GBOC ($14.1 million) during the opening weekend, welcoming nearly 3 million moviegoers at an average occupancy of 60%, with strong demand from metros as well as Tier II and Tier III cities.
- The film is now targeting all-time lifetime gross records currently held by "Avatar: The Way of Water" (INR 484.36 crore / $50.8 million) and "Avengers: Endgame" (INR 442.3 crore / $46.4 million).
- The Hindi-language dubbed edition generated an extraordinary 95% occupancy across some 7,000 shows, while the original English-language version led theatrical collections with 55% occupancy across nearly 8,000 shows.
- Bengaluru led all cities by contributing 23% of tracked top-city grosses, followed by Hyderabad at 17%, Mumbai at 15%, and Delhi at 14%, with strong family turnout and repeat viewership across premium large formats.
Why it matters: Sony and India's top exhibitor PVR Inox are seeing Spider-Man deliver record numbers across both English and Hindi-language circuits, with the Hindi dub hitting 95% occupancy — demonstrating that mass-market Hindi dubbing, not just English-language shows, is driving Hollywood's biggest India launches and is key to challenging the all-time lifetime gross benchmarks held by Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.
