MOVIE NEWS – After six weekends at number one in North America, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has slipped into second place. Its total has nevertheless climbed to $935.17 million, leaving just $1.43 million between the Marvel hit and the all-time domestic record held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Practical Magic 2 has finally ended Spider-Man’s run at the top of the North American weekend chart. Susanne Bier’s sequel, reuniting Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, opened to $30 million across 4,146 theaters, with another $16 million arriving from 77 international markets. That was enough to take first place, although the $75 million production fell short of forecasts calling for a domestic debut between $40 million and $50 million. Meanwhile, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in $8.4 million from 3,303 locations on its seventh weekend, a decline of 53.8%. Giving up the lead at this point in such a long run hardly makes its performance a disappointment.
The weekend lifted Spider-Man’s domestic total to $935.17 million. Since 2015, the United States and Canada record has belonged to Star Wars: The Force Awakens at $936.6 million, so the gap is now only $1.43 million. The figures reported by 3DJuegos do not yet put Marvel’s film ahead, but the remaining distance is small enough for weekday business to make the difference. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey took third place for the weekend with $7.4 million, reaching $600.5 million domestically. The report also places it ahead of Jurassic World as Universal’s biggest worldwide release.
The record measures dollars, not tickets sold
Brand New Day began its run with a record of its own: a $360.1 million domestic opening that displaced the benchmark Avengers: Endgame had set in 2019. It then became the eighth film to pass $2 billion worldwide. With its global earnings now around $2.4 billion, it ranks third on the all-time worldwide list behind Avatar and Endgame, against a reported production budget of roughly $225 million. Sony and Marvel have delivered that result during a stronger year for theaters overall. The reported American box office tally stands at $7.5 billion, running 19% ahead of the equivalent point in 2025.
There is an important distinction to retain when discussing the expected fall of The Force Awakens’ record. These totals are not adjusted for inflation, so ticket-price increases since 2015 count toward the new benchmark, as does the contribution of more expensive premium screenings. A revenue record is still a real achievement, but it cannot establish that more people actually went to see the film. None of that makes Spider-Man’s run any less remarkable. It does, however, put the figures in their proper context as the film gives fresh life to the debate about whether audiences have truly exhausted their appetite for superhero cinema.
Source: 3DJuegos
