Spider-Man: Brand New Day is $45 million from the biggest domestic run in history

Another weekend, another eyebrow-raising couple of stories at the US box office. And yes, Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to hoover up cash at record-breaking speed. There are a few wildcards this week too, including a genuinely miraculous comeback from a film nearly binned by its own studio, and proof that not every gamble pays off—even if you’re Ridley Scott. Let’s get into it.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has now made $891 million in the US alone.

Spider-Man edges towards unthinkable record

So, Spider-Man: Brand New Day just raked in another $22.2 million domestically this weekend—more than most studios would dare dream, and slightly higher than forecasts earlier in the week. That bumps its US box office total to a whopping $891 million. For reference, Star Wars: The Force Awakens still stands as domestic champ at $936 million, but Spidey’s now within $45 million of dethroning it. With that gap and the momentum, it’s not out of the question this could become the first film ever to crack the billion mark in the US—something no film’s managed yet. Overseas, it added another $44 million for a gigantic $2.3 billion worldwide haul.

An unlikely hero: Coyote vs. Acme

In the shock of the week, Coyote vs. Acme came in at second, pulling in a better-than-decent $15.4 million. Not bad for a film that Warner Bros. once intended to chuck in the skip and write off for tax purposes. Instead, Ketchup Entertainment picked it up and went all grassroots with marketing. They didn’t have the budget for a glitzy campaign, but the film’s been rewarded with a solid debut and an “A” CinemaScore from audiences. Next to that, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey had to settle for third on $14.3 million, but that barely dents its impressive $563 million US total. It’s held exceptionally well—just a 27% drop, even after it lost nearly 500 cinemas. Internationally, it’s now hit $1.55 billion overall.

Insidious holds, The Dog Stars tanks

There’s no gentle way to put it: Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars is a rare stinker for him. Opening to just $8 million domestically, the writing was clearly on the wall after Disney unceremoniously dumped it in late summer—a slot reserved for titles nobody believes in. With a poor C+ CinemaScore, audiences weren’t having this bleak post-apocalyptic affair. Given whispers of a $110 million budget, there’s going to be a sizeable write-down on the books for Disney. It hasn’t fared much better abroad, crawling to $11.3 million, so just $19.3 million worldwide—not even a rounding error on the Marvel slate.

Insidious: Out of the Further also soured a bit, tumbling 60% in week two for $10.1 million. But to be fair, horror films often sink sharply after the initial rush. With $43.6 million in the States and overseas bringing it up to $110 million total, it’s hardly a flop for the genre.

Sleepers, flops and streaming chaos

• Buddy, the idiosyncratic horror outing from Roadside Attractions, actually overperformed, taking $5.3 million from just 1,258 screens—a solid sleeper hit.
• The End of Oak Street (WB) is crashing out with $4.9 million for a weak $46 million total in the US, and barely scraping $105 million globally.
• PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie added $4.8 million for a $43 million domestic run, but international fans are the real story—pushing the worldwide sum to $124 million.
• Mutiny (Jason Statham’s latest) cratered 64% this weekend, earning just $2.7 million for $13.2 million total. Though, in mitigation, Amazon Prime accidentally leaked the film online before its release, which didn’t help things.
• The A24 Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony rounded out the top ten, bringing in $2.2 million this weekend and taking its US total to $11 million.