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Updated · Awards Radar · Aug 10

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hits $145 Million as The Odyssey Tops Nolan at $1.105 Billion

Updated

Updated · Awards Radar · Aug 10

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hits $145 Million as The Odyssey Tops Nolan at $1.105 Billion

Q: Can Spider-Man’s historic momentum completely shatter the all-time second-weekend box office records set by Star Wars and Avengers?

Yes—Spider-Man: Brand New Day has a real chance to break the all-time second-weekend record, though “completely shatter” may be too strong based on current tracking. Forecasts put the film at roughly $145 million to $160 million domestically for Aug. 7-9, with several trade projections clustering around $150 million to $153 million. That places it directly on top of the benchmarks set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). Even the low end of some newer projections would be enough to beat both records. The momentum is unusually strong. Brand New Day opened to a record $360.1 million in North America, then posted the biggest Monday and Tuesday ever and became the fastest film to reach $400 million and then $500 million domestically. It has also crossed $1.1 billion worldwide in under a week. Audience response is a major factor: a 98% Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter score, strong repeat-viewing potential, and no major direct competition this weekend. Another tailwind is premium-format expansion. The movie did not have full domestic IMAX access at launch because of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but it is now adding IMAX and other PLF capacity. That should lift its second frame. Still, the likely outcome is a narrow or moderate record break, not a blowout. If it lands around $150 million, Spider-Man would set a new mark, but only by a few million. A much bigger upset would require the very top end of tracking—or beyond.

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$145 million in its latest weekend kept Spider-Man: Brand New Day atop the box office, while the film also set the all-time domestic opening-weekend record and reached $1 billion at record speed.
The Odyssey added $31.5 million and climbed to $1.105 billion worldwide, overtaking The Dark Knight Rises as Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film and putting a $1.4 billion finish in view.
New releases barely dented the two holdovers: One Night Only opened to $5.7 million and Super Troopers 3 to $4.0 million, far behind the summer leaders.
Five films have already crossed $1 billion worldwide this year, and smaller titles including Obsession, Backrooms and The Invite also outperformed, signaling the strongest theatrical market since 2019.
That rebound is reshaping studio strategy: Netflix, whose CEO called theaters “outmoded” last year, has now given Oscar hopeful La bola negra a 45-day exclusive theatrical window.