Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey both posted strong results at the box office this weekend, with the Marvel superhero film closing in on $2 billion worldwide and Nolan's epic becoming his highest-grossing film ever. The dual milestones underline a robust period for cinemas, driven by big-budget event films from established franchises and auteur directors alike.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring Tom Holland, earned an estimated $145 million in its second weekend, the third-best domestic second-weekend haul in box office history, bringing its worldwide total to $1.67 billion and putting it on track to surpass Spider-Man: No Way Home. The Odyssey, Nolan's retelling of Homer's epic starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, has taken $1.104 billion globally in just four weekends, overtaking The Dark Knight Rises ($1.084 billion) as his top earner and also becoming Imax's highest-grossing release, having been shot entirely on Imax cameras.