Russo Brothers Pass Box Office Gauntlet to Spider-Man
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- The Russo Brothers congratulated the Spider-Man: Brand New Day team on Instagram after it set a new domestic opening weekend record of $360 million, surpassing their own Avengers: Endgame's $357M launch from 2019
- Brand New Day and Endgame are the only two films in history to debut above $300 million domestically
- Avengers: Endgame still holds the records for second-highest global gross ever ($2.7 billion worldwide), fastest to $1 billion globally (three days), and biggest global opening at $1.2 billion
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day hit $1 billion globally in six days (second-fastest ever) and launched to $927 million worldwide
- When Endgame passed Titanic in 2019, James Cameron congratulated the Russo Brothers on X: 'An iceberg sank the real Titanic. It took the Avengers to sink my Titanic'
- The Russo Brothers' next Marvel film, Avengers: Doomsday, arrives in theaters Dec. 18 as a sequel to Endgame
Why it matters: The $360 million domestic debut is the first opening-weekend record change since Endgame's 2019 run, and Brand New Day's six-day $1 billion global pace puts it in position to challenge Endgame's $2.7 billion all-time gross. With Doomsday arriving Dec. 18 from the same directors, Marvel now has back-to-back mega-launches shaping its 2025-2026 box office.
