New Spider-Man Movie Breaks Box Office Record, Beats 'Avengers: Endgame'

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' earned $360M+ in its US opening weekend, setting a new all-time record and boosting Sony and Disney.

A new movie has just made history at the box office. Sony and Marvel's latest film, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," earned over $360 million in its opening weekend across the U.S. and Canada. That beats the old record of $357 million held by "Avengers: Endgame" since 2019.

The box office (the total money a movie makes from ticket sales) numbers were huge. Here's how the opening weekend broke down:

Friday: $169.3 million (including advance ticket sales)
Saturday: $101.5 million
Sunday: $88.7 million (higher than the $84 million Sony expected)
Domestic total: over $360 million (a new all-time record)

Globally, the film made $932 million, but that still falls short of "Endgame's" worldwide opening record of $1.2 billion.

Why does this matter for investors? Big movie hits mean big profits for the companies behind them. This is the biggest opening in Sony Pictures history and the best debut ever for the Spider-Man franchise. The film is tied to two publicly traded companies:

Sony (SONY) – the studio that produced the film
Disney (DIS) – owns Marvel, the brand behind Spider-Man

When a company's product performs this well, it can help boost investor confidence and potentially the company's stock price (the value of a share, or small piece, of ownership in a company).

Interestingly, the movie achieved this record even without Imax screens (a premium big-screen format), which were taken by Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey." Instead, other premium formats like Dolby Cinema, ScreenX and 4DX all set their own records.

The bottom line: "Brand New Day" is on track to become the fourth movie in 2026 to earn over $1 billion worldwide. This kind of blockbuster success is good news for entertainment giants Sony and Disney, showing that big-budget films can still draw massive crowds to theaters.

This is an AI-generated summary. Read the original article at: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/spider-man-brand-new-day-debut-360m-highest-domestic-opening-ever.html