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Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Flies to Third-Biggest Second Weekend of All Time With $144 Million

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is continuing its unparalleled box office run, scoring another $144.5 million domestically during its second weekend in theaters. Just to put those stratospheric ticket sales in context, only one movie this year — “Toy Story 5” — earned around that much in its opening weekend, with Disney’s Pixar adventure debuting to […]

Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Flies to Third-Biggest Second Weekend of All Time With $144 Million

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has earned $144.5 million domestically during its second weekend in theaters, according to Variety. This makes it one of the top sophomore frames in history. The film's second weekend drop is at least 60%, but it still has a significant total, with an estimated $653 million through Sunday.

The movie is on track to become the first in U.S./Canada box office history to make $1 billion without including overseas grosses, as per TheWrap. Globally, it is estimated to reach approximately $1.6 billion worldwide by Sunday's end and will become the eighth $2 billion blockbuster in history by next weekend.

Other movies are currently in the charts, including Universal/Syncopy's "The Odyssey" with a fourth weekend of $30.5 million, and Warner Bros.' "The End of Oak Street" is set to open next weekend with an estimated $30-35 million.

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