Spider-Man: Brand New Day opening weekend surpasses Avengers: Endgame box-office record
The latest Spider-Man film, 'Brand New Day', has set a new domestic opening weekend box-office record, surpassing 'Avengers: Endgame'. The film's success, alongside 'The Odyssey', has contributed to a significant year-over-year increase in total ticket sales.
Why it matters
This record-breaking performance signals a strong recovery and continued dominance for major theatrical releases in the post-pandemic film industry.
Sony on Sunday projected that Spider-Man would net an estimated $355 million US in its first weekend playing in 4,487 theaters, just barely missing the 2019 Avengers: Endgame record of $357 million US. But the fourth Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland had a stronger than expected Sunday and ultimately came in ahead.
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Tom Rothman, the chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, said in a statement, "records are made to be broken, but we will take great pride in this one, for as long as we hold it."
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