A powerful one-two punch from “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” have fueled the biggest collective weekend in box office history, with roughly $430 million across all movies in the marketplace.
Prior to this, the top three weekends were led by “Avengers: Endgame” ($402 million collectively), 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” ($314 million collectively) and 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($313 million collectively). It’s a particularly exciting benchmark for the recently married Tom Holland and Zendaya, who star in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey.”
“We have conquered a box-office milestone seemed forever out of reach,” says Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends. “This is now only the second $400 million-plus weekend in box office history.”
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the fourth comic-book adventure starring Holland as the web-slinging hero, exploded with $355 million in its domestic debut, ranking as the second-biggest opening of all time as well as the second movie in history to cross $300 million in a single weekend. “Brand New Day” nearly matched the opening weekend record held by 2019’s behemoth “Avengers: Endgame,” which ignited to an astounding $357 million. (And some analysts believe “Brand New Day” could end up eclipsing “Endgame’s” record when final numbers are tallied on Monday.) “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” already scored the largest preview haul with $72 million, as well as the biggest opening day with $168 million.
