Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed $927 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the second-biggest global debut in box office history, according to The Guardian. Only Avengers: Endgame, which opened to $1.22 billion in 2019, sits ahead of it.

Domestically — the United States and Canada combined — the film took $355 million, falling just $2 million short of Endgame's $357 million record. It set a new opening-day benchmark of $168 million from 4,487 theatres, per AP News. International markets contributed $572 million, with China leading at $121 million in ticket sales. Australia posted its biggest opening weekend of 2026 at $30.4 million.

The film also shared the weekend with The Odyssey, and together the two drove what Rentrak's Paul Dergarabedian called the "all-time biggest domestic weekend" in cinema history. The 2026 domestic box office is up 10 per cent year-on-year but still 16 per cent below 2019 levels, according to the same firm.

Tom Holland stars in his fourth outing as Spider-Man, with Zendaya returning as MJ. Destin Daniel Cretton, who previously directed Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is at the helm. The film opened on 31 July 2026, the date announced by Holland at CinemaCon and confirmed on Marvel's official page.

Marvel Studios now holds the four largest global openings of all time: Avengers: Endgame ($1.22 billion), Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($927 million), Avengers: Infinity War ($640 million) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($600 million).

Reaction from both audiences and critics has been strong. The film carries a 90 per cent critics' rating and 98 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige called the opening "a truly phenomenal opening." Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group, described the film as fundamentally a movie about friendship and "the balm of connection."

What gives this opening its particular texture is who turned out. Greg Durkin, founder and CEO of entertainment research firm Enact Insight, told Reuters that the film's themes of loneliness, isolation and triumphing over drama resonated especially with gen Z audiences. That demographic pull matters for an industry still working to rebuild theatre-going habits after years of disruption.

Reuters, reporting by Dawn Chmielewski, confirmed the $927 million global figure on 2 August; CNBC placed the domestic estimate at $355 million the same day. Sunday grosses remain studio estimates until Monday actuals are tallied.