‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ continued its blistering pace in theaters, collecting USD 144.5 million domestically over its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ set a new high for the director.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ among biggest blockbusters
The Sony-Marvel release has accrued USD 1.67 billion worldwide in just 10 days of release, putting it on a trajectory to be among the biggest blockbusters ever. Domestically, no movie has racked up a higher total faster. In U.S. and Canadian cinemas, ‘Brand New Day’ has grossed USD 655.1 million thus far. Overseas, it’s already surpassed USD 1 billion.It took only seven days for ‘Brand New Day’ to become the highest grossing movie of the year, easily displacing ‘Toy Story 5’ (USD 1.07 billion worldwide). No Sony film has ever cleared USD 100 million in its second weekend before. It came close to toppling the best sophomore frame on record: ‘The Force Awakens’, with USD 149.2 million in 2015.
‘The Odyssey’ crosses USD 1 billion
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ also crossed USD 1 billion. In its fourth weekend, the Universal Pictures release added USD 31.5 million domestically to bring its global total to USD 1.1 billion.Nolan’s Homeric epic is the director’s first movie to reach that threshold since 2012’s ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. It now ranks as Nolan’s biggest box-office hit ever, not accounting for inflation, eclipsing both ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (USD 1.08 billion) and 2009’s ‘The Dark Knight’ (USD1 billion). Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ (USD 975 million) ended just shy of the milestone.A big part of that success, of course, has been on IMAX. With USD 147.3 million domestically on the company’s large-format screens, ‘The Odyssey’ now ranks as IMAX’s highest grossing domestic release of all time.‘The Odyssey’ still has one major market left. It opens in China on Friday.
Hollywood box office to hit USD 4 Billion
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘The Odyssey’ have helped drive Hollywood to its best box-office year since the pandemic. Ticket sales are running 18.5% ahead of last year, according to Rentrak. There have already been five USD1 billion movies – more than any year since 2019. The other two were ‘Michael’ and ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.pRentrak forecasts that the overall summer theatrical revenue will reach USD 4 billion on Monday. That seasonal mark has long been a sign of thriving business for Hollywood. Since the pandemic, the only summer to surpass ISD 4 billion was 2023, when ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ drove ticket sales.According to Rentrak, summer revenue is just USD 14.8 million shy of USD 4 billion through Sunday.A pair of comedies tried to provide some counterprogramming to the blockbusters but made little impact.‘One Night Only’, a Will Gluck-directed romantic comedy where premarital sex is outlawed except for one night a year, opened with USD 5.7 million. The Universal release, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, cost about USD 25 million to make. Reviews weren’t good (46% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) but audience scores (a “B+” CinemaScore) were better.Coming in fourth was Fox Searchlight’s ‘Super Troopers 3’, the third in the long-running comedy series from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. It debuted with USD 4 million.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:1. ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day, ‘ 145 million.2. ‘The Odyssey,’ USD 31.5 million.3. ‘One Night Only’ USD 5.7 million.4. ‘Super Troopers 3’, USD 4 million.5. ‘Toy Story 5’, USD 3.9 million.6. ‘Minions & Monsters’, USD 3.5 million.7. ‘Moana’ USD earns USD 2.8 million.8. ‘Ice Cream Man’ earns USD 2 million.9. ‘The Invite’ confirms only few celebs717,568.10. CatVideoFest 2026, earned USD 568,414.
