Spider-Man just swallowed the weekend
Spider-Man: Brand New Day rolled into theaters and basically took over the box office. In the U.S. it came up just shy of the record set by Avengers: Endgame’s massive opening—only a couple million dollars short—so yes, people are still showing up in droves.
How big is it, really?
Worldwide, the film hauled in roughly $927 million in its first five days, with about $15 million of that coming from Spain. That puts it firmly in second place for one-week openings, right behind Endgame — which had the advantage of zero competition and a big IMAX push.
Will it beat its predecessor?
At this pace Brand New Day looks poised to out-earn Spider-Man: No Way Home and might even join the exclusive club of films that cross the $2 billion mark globally. In short: this thing is not slowing down any time soon.
What this means for the rest of the movies
When one giant franchise drops a bomb like this, everything else gets squished. A few mid-tier or indie releases are limping along with tiny totals, and some titles are already wrapping up their runs quietly.
Other box office headlines (aka the stuff Spider-Man is hogging)
Toy Story 5 is creeping toward the footprint of its predecessors — it’s only a few million shy of matching the third and fourth films’ tallies.
Smaller films like His Own Hell and Motor City are finishing their U.S. runs with very modest returns — think under a million for one, and under a few million for the other.
The latest Evil Dead entry is heading to digital very quickly — less than a month after hitting theaters — and has finished its theatrical window with roughly $66 million worldwide, about half of what a previous reboot managed.
Meanwhile, overseas wins keep rolling in: Hope has sold more than four million tickets in South Korea, and Kung Fu Soccer is already past the 300-million mark in China.
Bottom line
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the story of the weekend — and probably the month. With little competition on the August calendar, the web-swinger looks set to dominate summer box office chatter for a while.
Quick takes on the rest
Spider-Man: No Way Home — the high-school reunion that kept us all talking.
The Odyssey — think: vacation at sea, but with worse Wi‑Fi.
Toy Story 5 — another bittersweet chapter in a saga about growing up (and toys that refuse to retire).
Motor City — gritty, grimy, and not exactly lighting up ticket sales.
The Evil Dead: On Fire — a family road trip from hell (and the digital release schedule confirms it).
The Evil Dead: The Awakening — the origin story that did better on paper than in theaters.