# Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Gets Huge Boost 3 Years After Launch Thanks to Box Office Phenomenon Spider-Man: Brand New Day

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/marvels-spider-man-2-gets-huge-boost-3-years-after-launch-thanks-to-box-office-phenomenon-spider-man-brand-new-day/
- Published: 2026-08-10T15:27:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-10T17:48:56+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/marvels-spider-man-2-gets-huge-boost-3-years-after-launch-thanks-to-box-office-phenomenon-spider-man-brand-new-day
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Gaming, Spider-Man: Brand New Day

## Key points

- Spider-Man: Brand New Day's success has boosted Marvel's Spider-Man 2 sales and players
- Game gained 316,000 sales and $11m revenue in under two weeks
- Lifetime sales now 18.2 million copies, worth roughly $1.2 billion

## Summary

Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac's PS5 and PC game from 2023, has seen a major resurgence in players and sales following the box office success of the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Analysts describe it as a striking example of a "transmedia halo effect", where a hit film drives renewed interest in a related video game, and suggest publishers could deliberately time future releases to capture the same boost.

According to data from Alinea Analytics, the game has sold a further 316,000 copies since the film's launch, generating $11 million (£8.6m) in under two weeks and pushing lifetime sales to 18.2 million copies and around $1.2 billion (£940m) in revenue. Daily active users hit 1 million for the first time since launch week, roughly 2.6 times pre-film engagement, a rise likely aided by a recent update adding new suits, including one matching Tom Holland's costume from the film. Sony and Insomniac's next release, Marvel's Wolverine, has no accompanying film to generate a similar effect when it launches in September.

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