Spider-Man Just Missed Breaking Avengers: Endgame’s All-Time Box Office Record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day came agonizingly close to dethroning Avengers: Endgame for the highest-grossing domestic opening weekend in cinematic history. Even so, its monumental $355 million haul underscores the web-slinger’s enduring cultural footprint, proving audiences will still flood theaters for a phenomenal blockbuster.
<p>According to box office tracking by <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-spider-man-brand-new-day-1237014268/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Deadline</a>, <em><a href="https://www.polygon.com/spider-man-brand-new-day-jean-dewolff-explained-brutal-marvel-comics-throwback/" target="_blank">Spider-Man: Brand New Day</a></em> dominated domestic theaters over the weekend, pulling in $355 million. That sits just a hair shy of the $357 million benchmark established by <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> back in 2019—an era before the global pandemic when the superhero genre enjoyed an unassailable peak. Should final tallies adjust upward tomorrow, it could very well eclipse the Avengers juggernaut; we will be sure to update this report if that milestone is reached.</p>
<p>Optimism was high after the film notched the <a href="https://www.polygon.com/spider-man-brand-new-daybreaks-box-office-record-opening-day/" target="_blank">largest opening day of all time</a>, and audience momentum simply snowballed from there. Given that superhero fatigue has noticeably cooled both critic enthusiasm and general theatergoing habits lately, defying the odds to challenge <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> seemed an impossible dream.</p>
<p>Ultimately, <em>Brand New Day</em> demonstrates that Spider-Man remains an undisputed titan capable of driving crowds to the big screen against all odds. Remarkably, every single MCU-era Spider-Man installment has out-grossed its predecessor during opening weekend—a rare and phenomenal trajectory in modern franchise history.</p>
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<p>Much of this success stems from the fact that <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em> succeeds entirely on its own merits as a standalone narrative. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/spider-man-brand-new-day-review/" target="_blank">Polygon's official review</a> championed Destin Daniel Cretton's directorial vision, hailing it as a "grounded, emotional, and expertly crafted addition to the Spidey canon." All eyes now turn to December to see if <a href="https://www.polygon.com/avengers-doomsday-trailer-doctor-doom-sdcc-comic-con-marvel-studios/" target="_blank"><em>Avengers: Doomsday</em></a> can sustain this renewed box office momentum.</p>
<p>In a pleasant surprise, <a href="https://www.polygon.com/the-odyssey-box-office-dark-knight-record-beaten/" target="_blank"><em>The Odyssey</em></a> also exhibited remarkable staying power despite sharing the marquee with a heavyweight like <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day.</em> For those interested in how the broader domestic box office shook out over the weekend, check out Deadline's ranking of the top ten highest-earning films below:</p>
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<li><em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em>: $355 million</li>
<li><em>The Odyssey</em>: $51 million</li>
<li><em>Toy Story 5</em>: $6.2 million</li>
<li><em>Minions & Monsters</em>: $5.6 million</li>
<li><em>Moana</em>: $5.3 million</li>
<li><em>Hadestown</em>: $2 million</li>
<li><em>The Invite</em>: $1.1 million</li>
<li><em>I Want Your Sex</em>: $570,000</li>
<li><em>Evil Dead Burn</em>: $527,000</li>
<li><em>Obsession</em>: $450,000</li>
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