There is a new king of the box office. Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth Tom Holland-led Spidey film from Sony and Marvel Studios, opened to a staggering $360 million in the United States and Canada, edging out Avengers: Endgame‘s $357.1 million from 2019 to claim the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time.
Records fell in every direction
The domestic crown was only the start. According to figures reported by Deadline and Variety, the film also set the all-time record for Thursday previews (more than $72 million) and the biggest single opening day in history (around $169.8 million). Globally, it launched to roughly $932 million, the second-largest worldwide debut ever, trailing only Endgame‘s $1.2 billion. It notched all-time opening records in more than a dozen countries, including France, India, Brazil, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.
Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman summed up the mood by noting that “records are made to be broken” while promising the studio would enjoy this one for as long as it lasted.
Chasing a billion, and then some
Within days the film crossed $1 billion worldwide and, by midweek, stood as the highest-grossing release of 2026, overtaking Pixar’s Toy Story 5. That makes it the fourth billion-dollar movie of the year, joining Toy Story 5, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Notably, Brand New Day and Endgame remain the only two films in history to gross more than $300 million in a single weekend.
The context behind the numbers
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and produced by Marvel Studios and Amy Pascal, the film carried a reported $225 million production budget, a figure it recouped several times over in three days. Holland’s previous solo outing, 2021’s No Way Home, had opened to $260.1 million domestically, a mark that once looked untouchable. Brand New Day did not just beat it; it reset the ceiling entirely.
One record still stands out of reach for now: Endgame‘s $1.2 billion global opening. But with a run this strong, the only real question left is how many more records fall before the credits stop rolling.
