Spider-Man 4 easily beats The Odyssey, despite its IMAX advantage

Here we are again with another fresh-off-the-press box office shuffle, and frankly, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has just run roughshod over what was looking like an unbeatable run for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Both films have been hoovering up cash so fast it barely seems real, but there's always a bigger fish, isn't there?

Brand New Day landed a global opening of $927 million, the second-best in motion picture history.

Spider-Man Swings In, Record Books Tremble

If you thought The Odyssey was untouchable after picking up $911 million globally in just three weekends, you might want to double-check those receipts. Spider-Man: Brand New Day blew through with a $927 million worldwide opening—yes, in its first weekend—making it the only film apart from Avengers: Endgame to smash through that particular ceiling. For the record, Endgame did $1.22 billion, because of course it did.

Just to add salt to Nolan's wounds, Brand New Day broke every conceivable opening record in places like France, India, Brazil, and Spain. It's also the top debut for literally everyone involved—from Zendaya to director Daniel Destin Cretton and on up to Sony itself.

The Odyssey's Imax Reign Falters

Nolan managed to hang onto all the IMAX screens in most markets, clinging on for one more victory lap. But in China, Japan and Korea, Brand New Day muscled its way onto the IMAX format because, honestly, The Odyssey hasn't even released over there yet. Just those three countries handed Spider-Man $23 million from IMAX screens alone during opening weekend.

Meanwhile, The Odyssey still isn't struggling. Last weekend it made $136.2 million globally, with IMAX accounting for an absurd $68 million of that—IMAX's second-best weekend ever. Over the last three weeks, the film's made $221 million just through IMAX screens worldwide, which apparently positions it as the third-biggest IMAX release of all time.

Universal Hits a Milestone

It's not all Spider-Man's world, though. Universal has already raked in $4 billion at the worldwide box office for 2026—an industry first this year, even beating Disney to the punch. Of that figure, $1.53 billion came from domestic takings, and $2.48 billion arrived from international markets. The Odyssey itself saw a domestic third-weekend high for Nolan, pulling $51 million at home and $85.2 million more overseas, all in the same frame.

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day: $927 million global opening (second only to Avengers: Endgame)
• The Odyssey: $911 million global after three weekends; $136.2 million last weekend
• IMAX last weekend: $68 million overall for The Odyssey; $23 million for Brand New Day (Asia only)
• Universal studio 2026 box office: $4 billion (first to cross this mark)
• Biggest debut in the Spider-Man franchise, for Zendaya, Cretton, Sony