Spider-Man: Brand New Day Passes $2.3 Billion, Becomes Fourth-Biggest Movie Ever

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has passed Titanic to become the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, a milestone it crossed while adding $22.2 million domestically in its fifth straight weekend at No. 1. Its worldwide total now sits at $2.33 billion. These are Sunday estimates; studios report final figures Monday.

A Fifth-Weekend Hold, After a One-Night Scare

The film’s grip on No. 1 briefly looked shaky last weekend, when Insidious: Out of the Further out-grossed it on opening night before Spider-Man still won the full weekend. That horror sequel has since fallen to No. 4 in its second weekend with $10.1 million, while Spider-Man has now led the box office for five consecutive weekends without interruption.

From a $927 Million Opening to a Marathon Run

The pace of this weekend’s gross is a reminder of how far the film has decelerated from its start. Brand New Day opened to a worldwide $927 million — the second-biggest global debut ever — and crossed $2 billion in just three weeks, faster than all but one film in Sony’s history. Five weekends later, it’s adding tens of millions rather than hundreds, the normal shape of a long theatrical run rather than a sign of decline.

The rest of the top five belonged mostly to holdovers. The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s own awards-bound release for Universal, added $14.3 million domestically in its seventh weekend, pushing its global total to $1.55 billion. The weekend’s one real newcomer was Coyote vs. Acme, which opened at No. 2 with $15.5 million and an A CinemaScore.

Passing Titanic for Fourth All-Time

The $2.33 billion figure is enough to move Brand New Day past Titanic on the all-time worldwide chart, landing it in fourth place behind only Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Avatar: The Way of Water — none of them Sony films, which makes this the highest any Spider-Man movie, or any Sony release, has ever ranked.

Titanic held that fourth spot for nearly three decades after its 1997 release, which is part of why passing it has become one of the more talked-about box office milestones of the last several years. The three films still ahead of it are a tighter cluster: Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) are both James Cameron films, and Avengers: Endgame (2019) remains the high-water mark for Marvel at Disney rather than Sony.

Whether it can close the gap on third place before its run ends is still an open question, and Monday’s final numbers could nudge Sunday’s estimate slightly in either direction.

Source: Associated Press, ComicBookMovie