Superhero rivalry aside, Spider-Man nearly beats Endgame’s opening record
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day narrowly missed becoming the biggest opening weekend at the US box office, falling just short of the all-time record set by Avengers: Endgame in 2019. Its strong performance came at a time when superhero films have generally struggled to win over critics and audiences, underlining the enduring drawing power of the Spider-Man character even as the wider genre has cooled, and it also set a new record for the biggest single opening day for any film.
The film earned an estimated $355 million domestically over the weekend, according to Deadline figures, just short of Endgame's $357 million record; the final confirmed tally, though ultimately still below the record, kept the comparison close. Notably, every MCU-era Spider-Man film has out-earned its predecessor's opening weekend, a rare trend for a long-running franchise, and the film received praise in reviews as a well-crafted, emotionally grounded addition to the series. It comfortably topped the wider box office chart, well ahead of The Odyssey ($51 million) and Toy Story 5 ($6.2 million), with attention now turning to whether Avengers: Doomsday can sustain the momentum when it opens in December.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day narrowly missed Endgame's all-time opening weekend record
- Earned an estimated $355 million domestically, just under Endgame's $357 million
- Set a new record for the biggest single opening day ever
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Superhero films used to be reliable box office champions, but the genre has cooled in recent years, with several big-budget entries underperforming or getting a lukewarm critical reception. Spider-Man has remained something of an exception, with each film in the character's current Marvel Cinematic Universe run consistently outperforming the last at the opening weekend box office, a pattern that is unusual for a franchise this far into its run.
The comparison point for these figures is Avengers: Endgame, released in 2019, which brought together characters from more than a decade of interconnected Marvel films and set the record for the biggest opening weekend at the US box office. That film's scale and years of build-up made it something of a one-off, so any new release coming close to its numbers is treated as a notable event within the industry.
Box office weekends are tracked closely by studios and media outlets as an early signal of a film's commercial success, with figures typically reported as estimates before being finalised in the following days. Domestic US takings, in particular, are used as a benchmark for comparing films across different years and franchises.
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Originally published by Polygon as “Spider-Man: Brand New Day just missed Avengers: Endgame’s all-time box office record”.