Spider-Man just beat the Avengers at the box office. The latest movie of the popular franchise garnered more than initially projected to dethrone another superhero saga as the best-grossing make in the opening weekend.
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" broke the "Avengers: Endgame" record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, Sony Pictures said Monday.
Sony on Sunday projected that Spider-Man would net an estimated $355 million in its first weekend playing in 4,487 theaters, just barely missing the 2019 "Avengers: Endgame" record of $357 million.
But the fourth Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland had a stronger-than-expected Sunday and ultimately came in ahead.
Tom Rothman, the chairperson and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, said in a statement: "Records are made to be broken, but we will take great pride in this one, for as long as we hold it."
