Spider-Man: Brand New Day Smashes $360 Million Opening, Toppling Endgame’s 2019 Record
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Updated · The Atlantic · Aug 14
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Smashes $360 Million Opening, Toppling Endgame’s 2019 Record
3 articles · Updated · The Atlantic · Aug 14
Summary
$360 million in domestic opening-weekend sales put Spider-Man: Brand New Day ahead of Avengers: Endgame’s 2019 benchmark, despite expectations that another superhero sequel would struggle.
That breakout came as Marvel and DC had shown clear fatigue signs: The Fantastic Four: First Steps underwhelmed last year, and June’s Supergirl flopped outright.
Brand New Day appears to have benefited from a smaller-scale New York story, Spider-Man’s unusually durable franchise power, and the drawing strength of Tom Holland and Zendaya.
The result could make it the first film to gross $1 billion in the U.S. and Canada alone and gives Marvel momentum heading into December’s Avengers: Doomsday.
For theaters, the haul reinforces a broader 2026 rebound driven by big hits beyond superheroes, even as the genre itself looks increasingly selective rather than dominant.