Spider-Man: Brand New Day takes the crown as Marvel’s biggest ever domestically

I know you lot are already sick of headlines about Spider-Man: Brand New Day smashing records, but here we are again. Less than a month since it landed in cinemas, Tom Holland's latest runabout as Peter Parker has bulldozed its way to a jaw-dropping $2.22 billion global box office. If you’re keeping score at home, that makes it the fifth-biggest film of all time—yes, even ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), though it still sits behind the unshiftable iceberg that is Titanic (1997).

Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed the $2.2 billion global mark just weeks into its theatrical run.

Gunning for Endgame’s Crown

Right, here’s where it gets spicy for Marvel fans. Domestically in the US, Avengers: Endgame has, since 2019, been the top-earning MCU film with an almighty $858 million haul. Brand New Day is sitting at $855 million—and the film’s still packing out auditoriums, having nabbed the number one box office spot worldwide for the fourth straight weekend. Unless the world collectively forgets who Spider-Man is, it’s all but inevitable this week that Holland’s wall-crawler will edge out Endgame's domestic bragging rights.

Now, if you’re wondering whether Brand New Day has a shot at unseating Endgame on the overall worldwide podium, it’s still half a billion dollars short. Endgame’s record stands at $2.79 billion, making the finish line a fair trek away. Some box office types are speculating whether this Spider-Man could go properly stratospheric and be the first film ever to cross $1 billion in the domestic US market. If you’re Sony or Marvel, you’re probably already barricading Tom Holland’s agent in a boardroom to lock him down for Spider-Man 5, just in case.

Everyone Else at the Cinema

Whilst Brand New Day is hoovering up the world’s popcorn money, the horror sequel Insidious: Out of the Further turned in a solid second-place performance this weekend. It managed $60 million worldwide off an $18 million budget, meaning it’s already turned a tidy profit. Still, homegrown US numbers were lower than for the last Insidious flick (The Red Door back in 2023), which probably has something to do with this one not exactly being a fan favourite.

As for the rest of the box office: no earth-shaking surprises, but a couple of interesting nuggets. Here’s the run-down:

• The Odyssey—Still chugging along in third, despite being a holdover. Its total is now $1.44 billion, making it the highest-grossing R-rated film ever released. Not too shabby.
• The End of Oak Street and PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie—Fourth and fifth, neither making their debut, just steady earners.
• Mutiny—Jason Statham’s new action flick, flopped with $7.5 million in the US on a $40 million budget. Not quite a career highlight.
• Tony—An Anthony Bourdain biopic, picked up $7.2 million from a $5.5 million spend, so debatably in the black now.
• Spa Weekend—Comedy, barely made a splash with $3.05 million domestic on a $20 million budget. Ouch.
• Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma—Outlandish slasher satire, but a tiny hit, up to $4.05 million worldwide.

Big picture: summer 2026 at the movies is running stronger than anything we’ve seen since that grim pandemic stretch in 2020, though all the momentum rests with these blockbuster behemoths. The autumn slate is shaping up interestingly enough—Practical Magic 2, a new Resident Evil, and something called Primetime are all queueing for a go at the box office from September.

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