Updated August 2, 2026 with Sony’s weekend estimate as Saturday and Sunday numbers rolled in.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s opening weekend is now largely in the books, and it’s landed just shy of the biggest domestic launch of all time. Per Sony’s own reporting, the film totaled an estimated $355 million domestically across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, only about $2 million behind Avengers: Endgame’s all-time opening-weekend record of roughly $357 million. The number is still an estimate pending Sony’s official Monday actuals, which have a real chance of pushing Brand New Day past Endgame entirely, the same way Endgame’s own Sunday estimate rose from $350 million to $357 million once final numbers landed in 2019.
Confirmed: Friday’s Record Opening Day, Revised to $169.3M
Brand New Day’s Friday total has since been revised slightly upward to a confirmed $169.3 million domestic, inclusive of Thursday’s record $72 million in previews, per Deadline and Variety. That’s still the single biggest day in North American box office history, ahead of Avengers: Endgame’s $157 million opening-day mark from 2019. Saturday added a confirmed $101.5 million, and Sony is projecting roughly $84 million for Sunday, bringing the three-day estimate to $355 million.
Estimated: A $355M Weekend, Right at the All-Time Record
With Friday and Saturday both confirmed, Brand New Day’s $355 million weekend estimate puts it within $2 million of Avengers: Endgame’s roughly $357 million all-time domestic opening record, and comfortably past Spider-Man: No Way Home’s $260.1 million opening from 2021. It’s also enough, combined with a $51 million third weekend from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, to push the entire U.S. box office to an all-time record $434 million weekend, topping the previous industry-wide high of $402 million set during Endgame’s 2019 release. The official three-day total, and whether it actually overtakes Endgame, won’t be confirmed until Sony reports Monday actuals.
Worldwide: A $927M Global Opening, Still Tracking Toward $2 Billion
Brand New Day isn’t just a domestic story. Combined with a strong China debut on Wednesday, July 29, where it posted the country’s biggest superhero opening day in roughly seven years, the film’s global opening weekend is now estimated at $927 million. Industry trackers still have it on pace to become just the eighth film in history to cross $2 billion worldwide, joining Endgame and No Way Home in that club. As with the domestic figure, the worldwide total will firm up as more international markets finish reporting through the week.
Critical and Audience Reception
Brand New Day carried an “A” CinemaScore and strong marks from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes into its opening weekend: a 90% Tomatometer score from critics alongside a 98% audience score, among the best audience ratings of any live-action Spider-Man film in the character’s history. That combination of a rare A-grade CinemaScore and a top-tier audience score suggests the record previews and Friday numbers reflect genuine excitement rather than just marketing reach, which trackers say bodes well for word-of-mouth holding up through the following weeks.
Presales, Theater Count, and Preview Timing
North American presales for Brand New Day had already reached around $80 million ahead of release, essentially matching the roughly $78 million Spider-Man: No Way Home logged before its own 2021 opening. The film opened in 4,487 North American theaters, with previews starting at noon on Thursday. Friday’s confirmed $169.3 million already makes Brand New Day the biggest domestic opening day of 2026 by a wide margin, ahead of Toy Story 5’s $159.6 million total debut earlier this summer.
Why the IMAX Absence Makes This Even More Notable
Unlike most tentpole releases, Brand New Day is putting up these numbers without any domestic IMAX screens at all. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, shot entirely on IMAX cameras, has held an exclusive booking on domestic IMAX screens since its July 17 release, a commitment that runs through August 14 and locks Brand New Day out of the format entirely in North America during its opening weekend. The film isn’t shut out of IMAX everywhere, though: Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still playing on IMAX screens internationally, including in China, Japan, and South Korea, giving it access to the premium format in several of its biggest overseas markets even while it sits out domestically.
How This Stacks Up Against All-Time Openings
With its $355 million weekend estimate, Brand New Day is sitting right behind Avengers: Endgame’s roughly $357 million all-time domestic opening record, with a real shot at overtaking it once Monday’s official actuals land. Endgame’s own $157 million opening-day mark and $60 million preview record have both already fallen to Brand New Day outright. Spider-Man: No Way Home’s $260.1 million domestic opening in 2021 is now comfortably overtaken. For context, Avengers: Infinity War opened to roughly $257 million domestically and Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened to about $248 million, both marks Brand New Day has already cleared.
The Cast Behind the Numbers
Tom Holland returns as Peter Parker for his fourth solo film in the role, alongside Zendaya reprising MJ. Sadie Sink joins the franchise in a previously mystery-shrouded role that’s since drawn some of the film’s strongest early reviews, while Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Mando all return from earlier entries. Destin Daniel Cretton, known for directing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, takes over directing duties for this installment, bringing a filmmaker with prior MCU experience into the franchise’s next chapter.
The Plot Driving Ticket Sales
Brand New Day follows Peter Parker fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that no longer remembers his real identity, the direct consequence of No Way Home’s memory-erasing ending. Watching old friends move on without him puts real pressure on Peter, sparking a change in the character that the marketing has suggested he may not fully be able to control, all while a powerful, largely unseen villain threatens the people he loves. That premise gives the film a more emotionally isolated starting point than earlier entries in Holland’s run, which industry trackers say has helped fuel some of the strongest pre-release interest of the franchise.
The Avengers: Doomsday Connection
Brand New Day’s box office run also arrives just months ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, and the two films are being watched closely together as bellwethers for Marvel’s slate heading into the back half of the decade. Doomsday’s own presale numbers, which reportedly hit $16.5 million in ticket sales within its first day of availability, underscore just how much anticipation is building across the wider MCU right now, with Brand New Day positioned as the franchise’s biggest test before Doomsday’s own release.
What to Watch For When Monday’s Official Total Lands
With the weekend estimate sitting just $2 million behind Avengers: Endgame’s all-time domestic opening record, Monday’s official actuals are the number to watch. Studio estimates on huge openings have moved higher before, Endgame’s own Sunday estimate climbed from $350 million to $357 million once final numbers came in, so there’s a real path for Brand New Day to claim the all-time record outright rather than settle for second place. Strong critical reception, an “A” CinemaScore, and a 98% audience score all point toward legs beyond just a hot opening, which is typically the bigger driver of a film’s total box office run than the preview and opening weekend numbers alone.
FAQ: Spider-Man Brand New Day Box Office
How much did Spider-Man: Brand New Day make on opening day?
Per Deadline and Variety, Brand New Day’s confirmed Friday total was revised to $169.3 million domestic, including a record $72 million in Thursday previews. That’s the all-time biggest single day in domestic box office history, beating Avengers: Endgame’s previous $157 million opening-day mark.
How much did Spider-Man: Brand New Day make opening weekend?
Sony’s estimate has the three-day domestic weekend at $355 million, just $2 million behind Avengers: Endgame’s all-time record of roughly $357 million. The official total is expected when Sony reports Monday actuals, which could still push it past Endgame.
What is Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s worldwide box office looking like?
The film posted an estimated $927 million global opening weekend, putting it on pace to become just the eighth film ever to cross $2 billion worldwide.
What are Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Rotten Tomatoes scores?
The film holds a 90% Tomatometer score from critics and a 98% audience score, among the best audience scores of any live-action Spider-Man film to date. It also received an “A” CinemaScore.
Did Spider-Man: Brand New Day beat Avengers: Endgame’s box office records?
It beat Endgame’s all-time opening-day record ($169.3 million versus $157 million) and preview record ($72 million versus $60 million) outright. Endgame’s roughly $357 million domestic opening weekend is still narrowly ahead of Brand New Day’s $355 million estimate, with Monday’s official actuals set to decide whether that changes.
Who stars in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?
Tom Holland and Zendaya lead the cast, joined by Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Mando, with Destin Daniel Cretton directing.
For more on the film’s rollout, see our coverage of its early critic reviews and the final trailer breakdown. For the year’s full box office picture, check our 2026 Hollywood box office tracker.
More box office reporting on the film is available via Deadline, Variety, TheWrap, and Screen Daily.
Curious what that ending sets up? ShowPulp breaks down the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credit scene and ending, including its possible link to Avengers: Doomsday.
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