‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ remained the No. 1 movie in theaters over the weekend, becoming just the second film this decade to top the box office for six straight weeks. Since the end of July, the Sony superhero movie has ruled over cinemas with rare dominance. The last release to enjoy such a long stretch leading the box office was 2022’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ hits USD 2.4 billion
As per the latest box office news reports, ‘Brand New Day’, the fourth standalone Spider-Man film starring Tom Holland, collected USD 18 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. This puts the current gross total of the film at an estimated USD 2.4 billion worldwide.Meanwhile, Sony is forecasting USD 23.3 million for the four-day holiday weekend.The film is now the third highest grossing film of all time, behind only ‘Avatar’ which has a total earning of USD 2.9 billion and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ which earned an estiamted lifetime total of USD 2.79 billion. Although ‘Spider-Man’ is now less than USD 400 million away from surpassing ‘Avengers: Endgame’ as the second-highest eraning film of all time at the worldwide box office, the chances of the film achieving that record remain slim.
‘The Odyssey’ crosses USD 1.63 billion worldwide
Universal Pictures’ ‘The Odyssey’, as it has for much of the ‘Spider-Man’ run, remained in second place. Christopher Nolan‘s epic added USD 13 million domestically over the weekend, bringing its global haul to USD 1.63 billion. More than USD 1 billion of that has come from overseas sales, making ‘The Odyssey’ the first to achieve that international milestone since 2009’s ‘Avatar’.
‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’ help Hollywood record best summer
Both blockbusters – ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘The Odyssey’ – helped lead Hollywood to its best summer since before the pandemic. Through Aug. 31, the domestic box office totaled USD 4.6 billion for the season, according to Rentrak, an increase of 26.1% from 2025 and just shy of 2013’s record summer.On Sunday, Rentrak forecast that, including the Labor Day weekend, the summer will end up with USD 4.759 billion, a whisker above the USD 4.758 billion of summer 2013. That time frame, though, spans 130 days this year, compared with 123 days in 2013.Accounting for inflation and higher ticket prices, Hollywood’s summer wasn’t quite so historically sensational. Admissions are still well below pre-pandemic marks. But it’s nevertheless a remarkable rebound for a film industry that has struggled to string together such a hit-filled summer through the pandemic, labor strife and the expansion of streaming.
All eyes on Labor Day weekend
Labor Day weekend is typically a sleepy time in theaters. And neither new release – Paramount’s ‘By Any Means’ and A24’s ‘Onslaught’ – made much of a mark. One of the weekend’s best performers was ‘Coyote vs. Acme’, the hybrid live-action-animated Looney Tunes movie. It dipped a modest 29% to gross USD 11.3 million in its second weekend.‘Coyote vs. Acme’ is turning out to be a good investment for Ketchup Entertainment. The indie distributor acquired the film for approximately USD 50 million after Warner Bros., which produced the USD 70 million film, opted to can it. In two weeks, the film has ridden strong reviews and good word-of-mouth to USD 33.8 million domestically.‘By Any Means’, a 1960s-set civil rights action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, opened with USD 7.4 million. Paramount is projecting USD 9.2 million for the four-day holiday weekend. Audiences gave it a “B+” CinemaScore.‘Onslaught’, however, flopped with USD 1.9 million on 1,918 screens for the three-day weekend and a projection of USD 2.3 million for the four-day weekend. The A24 release, directed by Adam Wingard, stars Adria Arjona as a former Army sniper who defends her trailer park home from three escaped, experimental super soldiers. The film cost a modest USD 15 million to make. But reviews (57% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and audience scores (a “C” CinemaScore) weren’t good.Meanwhile, ‘Buddy’, a low-budget dark comedy, has turned into a surprise success. Made for just USD 3 million, the film, directed by Casper Kelly and from the producers of ‘Weapons’, is about a group of children trapped inside a surreal 1990s children’s television series. After overperforming in its opening weekend, the film actually increased its ticket sales over its second weekend. The film grossed USD 5.7 million, up 5%, to bring its two-week total to $14.3 million.
Top 10 movies at domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:1. ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ – USD 18 million.2. ‘The Odyssey’ – USD 13 million.3. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ – USD 11.3 million.4. ‘By Any Means’ – USD 7.4 million.5. ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ – USD 6.5 million.6. ‘Cars’ (20th anniversary) – USD 6.1 million.7. ‘Buddy’ – USD 5.7 million.8. ‘PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie’ – USD 3.3 million.9. ‘The End of Oak Street’ – USD 2.9 million.10. ‘The Dog Stars’ – USD 2.7 million.
