Spider-Man: Brand New Day has climbed to the No. 2 spot on the all-time domestic box office chart, with Sony Pictures' Tom Holland-led superhero blockbuster now standing at $858.4 million and surpassing 2019's Avengers: Endgame, which sits at $858.3 million. The only title still ahead of it domestically is 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, which holds the all-time North American record at $936.6 million.
The milestone comes after last week's news that Brand New Day had already become the fastest movie to reach $800 million domestically, doing so in just 19 days. Over the weekend, the film briefly held the No. 3 spot on the all-time domestic chart after passing 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, before its latest climb to No. 2. The film is also now Sony's highest-grossing domestic release, after setting the record the previous weekend for the studio's top global release ever.
Worldwide, Brand New Day has reached $2.22 billion as of Sunday, placing it at No. 6 on the all-time global chart and pushing past The Force Awakens' $2.07 billion. The film is expected to soon overtake Titanic, currently at No. 5 globally with $2.26 billion, while Chinese animated feature Ne Zha 2 remains just ahead at No. 4 with $2.27 billion.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and also starring Zendaya, Sadie Sink and Jon Bernthal, Brand New Day opened in theaters July 31 and is approaching its fifth weekend of release. Its run has included the biggest domestic opening weekend ever at $360 million, surpassing Endgame, along with the highest-grossing first week in domestic box office history and the second-fastest climb to $1 billion globally, trailing only Endgame.
This weekend's new releases include Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars, starring Jacob Elordi, along with the revived Coyote vs. Acme and horror-comedy Buddy.
Brand New Day's success has boosted the broader box office picture for 2026, which crossed $7 billion domestically as of Sunday, according to Rentrak — 20.4 percent above 2025's pace at the same point. This summer's titles have combined for an estimated $4.444 billion domestically, 25.5 percent above last year's tally, though still short of the all-time summer record of $4.75 billion set in 2013.
Asked about the film's success amid what's been described as superhero fatigue affecting other recent releases — including this summer's underperforming Supergirl — Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman told The Hollywood Reporter he wasn't concerned. "The press talks a lot about that, but right now, on anything, the theatrical audience demands greatness," Rothman said. "If it's only OK, they can stay home and see 'only OK' all day long on television. If we're going to ask them make a trip out of it, it's got to be great. The answer is as simple as that."
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