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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Just $50 Million Shy of Making Box Office History
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is closing in on box office history after topping the domestic charts for a fifth consecutive weekend, adding $21 million and pushing its total tantalisingly close to the all-time record. The film, Tom Holland's fourth solo outing as the Marvel superhero, has already overtaken Avengers: Endgame to become the second-highest-grossing film in domestic history, with only one title left ahead of it. Its sustained success, driven by strong reviews and word of mouth, underlines the continued commercial pull of the Spider-Man franchise a month after release.
Produced on a reported budget of $225 million, the film has now grossed more than $890 million domestically and over $2.3 billion globally, placing it among the five highest-grossing films ever made. It sits less than $50 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the current domestic record-holder with $936 million, and could overtake it within weeks. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film holds a "Certified Fresh" 89% critics' score and a "Verified Hot" 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and introduced Sadie Sink as Jean Grey to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In short
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day nears $890 million domestically, five weekends running.
- Now second-highest-grossing US film ever, trailing The Force Awakens by under $50 million.
- Global haul tops $2.3 billion; earns 89% critics, 98% audience Rotten Tomatoes scores.
Explained simply
Spider-Man is a Marvel superhero whose stories have appeared in comics, films and other media for decades. Tom Holland plays him in a series of films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a shared world featuring characters such as the Avengers.
Film box-office records compare ticket sales, usually separating the United States and Canada as the domestic market from worldwide takings. The Force Awakens, part of the Star Wars series, holds the domestic record; Avengers: Endgame is another major Marvel film that has ranked near the top.
A film’s box-office total is often compared with its production budget, though that budget does not include all marketing and distribution costs. Records can also depend on whether figures are adjusted for inflation, so rankings based on ticket revenue do not necessarily show which films sold the most tickets.
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