Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Flies to Third-Biggest Second Weekend of All Time With $145 Million
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- Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $145 million in its second domestic weekend, securing the third-biggest sophomore frame in box office history behind only ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘The Force Awakens’
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day has now grossed $655 million domestically and $1.67 billion globally, reaching the $1 billion mark in just six days and advancing toward potential records including $1 billion in North America
- The Odyssey crossed $1.1 billion globally, making it Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever and surpassing both ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ in lifetime earnings
- The Odyssey became Imax’s all-time top earner with $289 million from the format, overtaking ‘Avatar’, and remains sold out on Imax screens through mid-September despite not yet opening in China
- One Night Only, Universal’s new romantic comedy, debuted to $5.7 million from 3,012 theaters—below projections but earning a ‘B+’ CinemaScore that suggests potential for legs similar to 2023’s sleeper hit ‘Anyone But You’
- Super Troopers 3 opened to $4 million from 2,760 locations, marking the weakest debut in the franchise’s history and receiving mixed audience and critical reactions with a 48% Rotten Tomatoes score and ‘B–’ CinemaScore
Why it matters: Two event films — one superhero sequel and one cerebral epic — are defying assumptions about theatrical demand, proving that adult audiences will return to cinemas for ambitious storytelling. With ‘The Odyssey’ still awaiting its China release and ‘Spider-Man’ nearing $2 billion, their sustained success reshapes studio bets on post-summer viability and global scalability of non-franchise or longer-form adult-skewing projects.
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