{
  "id": 18060,
  "title": "Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/spider-man-brand-new-day-leak-racks-up-millions-of-views",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-01T17:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/974199/spider-man-brand-new-day-leak-box-office-records"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was posted on X and reached over 5.9 million accounts, accumulating over 143,000 likes, before being pulled. According to The Verge, Disney has since been issuing takedown requests to other accounts that reposted the leaked film.\n\nThe film's box office performance is expected to be strong, with $72 million in previews, a record previously held by Avengers: Endgame which grossed $60 million in 2019.\n\nThere is no additional information in the reports about the film's plot or critical reception beyond its positive early reviews.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Creative Bloq",
        "title": "Spider-Man: Brand New Day proves the hero’s greatest power has always been reinvention",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/spider-man-brand-new-day-proves-the-heros-greatest-power-has-always",
        "published": "2026-07-31T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Spider-Man: Brand New Day Leak on Social Media Reportedly Seen by Millions Before Sony Took It Down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/spider-man-brand-new-day-leak-on-social-media-reportedly-seen-by",
        "published": "2026-08-01T01:05:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "The biggest X-Men clue in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has nothing to do with Sadie Sink",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/the-biggest-x-men-clue-in-spider-man-brand-new-day-has-nothing-to-do",
        "published": "2026-08-02T01:00:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}