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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Directors Congratulate ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ for Breaking Their Opening Weekend Record: ‘The Gauntlet Has Been Passed’
The directors of "Avengers: Endgame," Joe and Anthony Russo, have publicly congratulated "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" for surpassing their film's domestic opening weekend box office record. The Marvel filmmakers took to Instagram to praise director Destin Daniel Cretton and stars Tom Holland and Zendaya, following a long-standing tradition of directors passing the torch when box office milestones are broken, echoing James Cameron's gracious acknowledgement of "Endgame" in 2019 when it overtook his "Titanic."
"Brand New Day" opened to $360 million domestically, edging past "Endgame's" previous record of $357 million from 2019, making them the only two films to exceed $300 million in an opening weekend. "Endgame" still holds the record for the biggest global opening at $1.2 billion, compared with "Brand New Day's" $927 million worldwide debut, and remains the second highest-grossing film ever with $2.7 billion. The Russo brothers will get a swift chance to reclaim the record when their "Endgame" sequel, "Avengers: Doomsday," opens on 18 December.
In short
- "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" beats "Endgame's" opening weekend record with $360m
- Russo brothers publicly congratulate the film's cast and director
- "Avengers: Doomsday" opens 18 December, aiming to reclaim the record
Explained simply
Marvel is a film franchise built around characters such as the Avengers and Spider-Man, whose stories sometimes meet on screen. Avengers: Endgame, directed by brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, brought a major chapter of the Avengers story to a close in 2019. Spider-Man: Brand New Day stars Tom Holland as Spider-Man and is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
Opening weekend figures measure a film’s ticket sales over its first few days in cinemas, and are often used to compare how strongly films launch. A record can refer to domestic sales, meaning a particular country’s market, or worldwide sales; those are separate measures. Endgame’s opening was a landmark for the franchise, while its total earnings over time are a different box-office measure.
The directors’ public congratulations reflect a tradition of filmmakers acknowledging a new record-holder. The comparison matters to film studios and audiences as a measure of the scale of interest in these releases, though opening figures alone do not show how a film will perform over its full cinema run.
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