Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day has grossed $1.05 billion at the global box office in its first six days, making it the second-fastest film in history to cross the billion-dollar mark. Only Avengers: Endgame got there quicker, launching with $1.2 billion worldwide over its opening weekend in April 2019 (The Hollywood Reporter).

The latest Spider-Man adventure also claimed the best domestic opening weekend on record — $360 million, a figure that pushes Avengers: Endgame's $357.1 million into second place. Domestic, in industry terms, means the United States and Canada combined. Along the way, the film set records for the biggest Thursday previews and the top Friday opening day domestically, and became Sony Pictures' best-ever launch (The Hollywood Reporter).

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and produced by Marvel Studios and Amy Pascal, the film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Sadie Sink. It carries a $225 million production budget before marketing costs. Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman said the film earned an A CinemaScore — a grade polled from opening-night audiences — and holds a 98 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes (The Hollywood Reporter).

The opening weekend's global total landed at $932 million, according to Sony's figures. Earlier trade reporting had placed the figure at $927 million; Deadline and Variety cited that number on August 2, before Sony's updated totals arrived two days later (Deadline; Variety). Either way, the number falls short of Endgame's record $1.2 billion opening — but the six-day sprint to a billion puts the Spider-Man sequel in rare company.

The film is also reshaping the large-format calendar. Imax will split its North American screens between Brand New Day and The Odyssey, a notable bit of juggling for two major titles running concurrently. Meanwhile, Avengers: Doomsday, releasing in December, will not screen on Imax when it debuts (The Hollywood Reporter).

Brand New Day arrives in a year that has already seen multiple films cross the billion-dollar line. Lionsgate and Universal's Michael, a biopic, passed $1 billion — a first for Lionsgate and a record for the biographical genre. Universal, Illumination and Nintendo's animated sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie reached the milestone in early June (Deadline).

For context, the all-time worldwide gross leaderboard is still topped by Avatar (2009) at $2,923,710,708, followed by Avengers: Endgame at $2,799,439,100 and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) at $2,334,484,620. China's Ne Zha 2 (2025) sits fourth at $2,260,176,370 (Deadline).

Sony Pictures lists Spider-Man: Brand New Day as now playing exclusively in cinemas (Sony Pictures). Whether it climbs further up that leaderboard will depend on how the film holds in the weeks ahead — but six days in, it has already booked its place among the fastest starters the box office has ever seen.