Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed the $900 million mark at the domestic box office on September 5, according to Deadline, achieving the milestone faster than any film in history.
The Sony/Marvel production starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Sadie Sink needed just 36 days to get there — clearing the bar in two weeks less than the only other film to manage it.
That other film is Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which reached $900 million domestically in 50 days back in 2015.
Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s web-slinger sequel still has its sights on a bigger prize: The Force Awakens holds the all-time U.S. record at $936.6 million, and Brand New Day is closing in fast.
How the Numbers Stack Up
Deadline reported that Brand New Day closed out its fifth week with $30.4 million, pushing its running domestic total to $899.7 million at the end of Thursday. It officially crossed $900 million on Friday, September 5, after adding roughly $1.6 million the day before.
Forbes contributor Tim Lammers had flagged the milestone as imminent as of August 31, noting the film had reached $891.8 million in its 31st day of release after a fourth consecutive weekend atop the domestic chart.
The opening weekend alone, $360.1 million from 4,487 North American theaters, broke the record previously held by Avengers: Endgame, which had opened to $357.1 million in 2019.
A Global Juggernaut
The domestic story is only part of it. As Forbes reported, the film crossed the $2 billion mark worldwide just 17 days into its run, making it only the eighth movie in history to reach that threshold.
Its worldwide gross now sits at roughly $2.332 billion, per Forbes, placing it fourth on the all-time global chart just behind Avatar: The Way of Water.
At the same point in its run, Avengers: Endgame was $92 million behind where Brand New Day now stands, despite the two films starting within $3 million of each other after their opening weekends, comicbookmovie.com noted.
Labor Day Weekend and the Record Within Reach
With the Labor Day long weekend underway, Deadline estimates the film will pull in around $18 million over the Friday-to-Monday stretch box office this summer.
A four-day total near $21 million would push the cumulative U.S. gross to approximately $921 million by close of business Monday, leaving just $15-16 million between Brand New Day and The Force Awakens’ 11-year-old all-time domestic record.
Comicbookmovie.com reported that Deadline described the repeat-viewing factor as central to the film’s extraordinary legs, with the trade noting audiences are returning to theaters multiple times.
Brand New Day is not expected to lose the top spot permanently until Resident Evil opens in two weeks.
