‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Officially Defeats Zack Snyder’s Biggest Superhero Movie
Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day has posted the second-biggest global box office opening in film history, taking around $930 million worldwide in its debut. This far exceeded early forecasts, which had predicted a worldwide opening below $600 million, and the film has already overtaken the entire lifetime gross of Tom Holland's first solo outing, Spider-Man: Homecoming. Its success also puts it ahead of major rival releases, including DC titles, at the weekend box office.
The film's opening trails only Avengers: Endgame, which launched with $1.2 billion globally in 2019. Domestically, Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $355 million, just short of Endgame's $357 million opening-weekend record. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink, the film is being positioned as the launch of a new trilogy following Holland and Jon Watts' original series, which concluded with 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned ~$930 million globally on opening
- Second-biggest global debut ever, behind Avengers: Endgame
- Already beat Spider-Man: Homecoming's entire lifetime box office
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Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a new film in the long-running Spider-Man franchise, part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It marks a fresh start for the character on screen, moving on from the trilogy that starred Tom Holland and concluded with 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, with a new director, Destin Daniel Cretton, and a cast that includes Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink.
Box office opening weekend figures are widely used in the film industry as an early measure of a movie's commercial success, both in North America ("domestic") and worldwide ("global"). Comparisons are often made against past record-holders, such as 2019's Avengers: Endgame, and against other major franchises, including Warner Bros' DC superhero films associated with director Zack Snyder, since these figures shape perceptions of which studios and characters are performing best.
This story matters because a film's opening weekend performance can influence decisions about future sequels, spin-offs and the broader direction of a franchise, as well as being seen within the industry as a signal of audience appetite for superhero films generally.