“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is continuing its unparalleled box office run, scoring another $144.5 million domestically during its second weekend in theaters.
Just to put those stratospheric ticket sales in context, only one movie this year — “Toy Story 5” — earned around that much in its opening weekend, with Disney’s Pixar adventure debuting to $159 million. “Brand New Day” scored the third-biggest second weekend of all time, trailing just 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with $149 million and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” with $147 million. Only eight movies have ever surpassed $100 million in their sophomore outings.
Sony and Marvel’s web-slinging adventure, starring Tom Holland as the title hero, has generated a mind-boggling $655 million in North America and $1.67 billion globally after 12 days on the big screen. “Brand New Day” flew past the billion-dollar mark in six days, near-record time, and is barreling toward $2 billion. At this pace, box office watchers are wondering whether “Spidey” has the staying power to become the first movie to ever reach $1 billion at the domestic box office and become the sole film to hit $3 billion globally. “The Force Awakens” is currently the highest-grossing release in domestic box office history with $936.6 million, while 2009’s “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame” stand as the biggest movies worldwide with $2.9 billion and $2.7 billion, respectively, after several re-releases.
