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Spider-Man: Brand New Day had the second-biggest opening weekend of all time globally, and may beat Avengers: Endgame domestically
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day has recorded the second-biggest global opening weekend in cinema history, trailing only one previous release, in a result that underlines exceptionally strong audience demand for the character and gives Marvel a significant lift after a mixed run of box-office performances. The film's box-office is being compared directly with some of the biggest openings ever achieved by the Marvel and Avengers franchises, cementing its place among the highest-grossing launches on record.
Domestically, the film's opening weekend takings put it in contention with, and by some accounts ahead of, Avengers: Endgame's long-standing North American opening record, one of the most closely watched benchmarks in modern box-office history. Its combined worldwide and US performance confirms the film as one of the standout theatrical releases of the year, reinforcing Spider-Man's status as one of the most commercially reliable properties in the superhero genre.
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In short
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day had cinema's second-biggest global opening weekend
- It rivalled or beat Avengers: Endgame's US opening record
- Result marks a major box-office win for Marvel and Spider-Man
How this story developed
- 3 months ago Spider-Man: Brand New Day has opened to the second-biggest global box office weekend on record, with early figures indicating its US domestic haul could exceed the opening set by Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
Explained simply
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the latest instalment in the long-running Spider-Man film franchise, part of the broader Marvel superhero universe that has dominated cinema for close to two decades. Box office "opening weekend" figures measure how much a film earns in its first three days of release and are widely used as an early indicator of a film's popularity and commercial success.
The comparisons being drawn are to Avengers: Endgame, the 2019 Marvel film that set records for the biggest opening weekends ever recorded, both in North America ("domestic") and worldwide ("global"). These records have stood for years and are treated as key benchmarks in the film industry.
This matters because Marvel and its parent studio have faced a mixed run at the box office in recent years, with some releases underperforming. A record-breaking opening for a new Spider-Man film would be seen as a significant signal about the strength of the franchise and audience appetite for these films going forward.
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Originally published by GamesRadar+ as “Spider-Man: Brand New Day had the second-biggest opening weekend of all time globally, and may beat Avengers: Endgame domestically”.