"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" debuts with biggest domestic opening weekend ever

At the box office, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" swung to a massive $360 million in its domestic debut, making it the biggest opening weekend ever. Brooks Barnes, chief Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times, joins to discuss.

cbsnews.com ·11d ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has made a significant impact at the box office with its domestic debut. According to CBS News, it has achieved the biggest opening weekend ever with $360 million in domestic ticket sales. However, other sources report slightly different figures. Euronews and Associated Press both state that it made $355 million in US and Canadian ticket sales.

The film, starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man and Zendaya as MJ, marks Holland's fourth outing as the web-slinging superhero. It depicts Peter Parker fighting crime in a world that has forgotten he is Spider-Man. According to Free Malaysia Today, Tom Rothman, chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group, described the film as "fundamentally a movie about friendship, about the balm of connection in all our lives".

The film's success is notable, with Associated Press reporting that it had the highest domestic gross opening since the COVID-19 pandemic and is the second-highest of all time, behind Avengers: Endgame's $357 million in 2019. Free Malaysia Today also noted that data from Rentrak indicates it had the highest domestic gross opening since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brief written by urgent.news from CBS News, Euronews, Free Malaysia Today, Associated Press — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.