The Sony film head tells The Hollywood Reporter about his studio's record-breaking weekend: "All the geniuses who said that theatrical movies were dead, they're not necessarily right."

Spider-Man Brand New Day stars Tom Holland in his fourth solo outing as the superhero. The film is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. | Hollywood

Tom Holland is back with a vengeance as the Marvel web-slinger in Sony's superhero feature that lands the best Friday sum of all time and is topping the impressive debut for…