{
  "id": 2885206,
  "title": "‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Powers August Box Office to $1.1 Billion Domestic, Shattering All-Time Record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/spider-man-brand-new-day-powers-august-box-office-to-1-1-billion",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T22:35:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/spider-man-brand-new-day-powers-august-box-office-to-1-1-billion-domestic-shattering-all-time-record/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "August saw an unprecedented surge in movie theater attendance, with \"Spider-Man: Brand New Day\" driving the domestic box office to an all-time record of $1.1 billion. Excluding its opening day record of $169.8 million, the Sony/Marvel Studios film contributed $685 million to overall domestic grosses, making up around 62% of all U.S. and Canadian grosses for the month. This surpasses the previous August record of $1.019 billion set in 2016. The top-grossing films this August have been dominated by superhero blockbusters, with \"Spider-Man\" and \"The Odyssey\" accounting for 78% of all August business. The post features this historic achievement and discusses how shifting release strategies and audience habits have contributed to the strong summer season, despite fewer mid-budget films hitting theaters.",
  "summary": "With a week still to go, Marvel's record-breaking hit has made up 62% of all domestic grosses this month The post ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Powers August Box Office to $1.1 Billion Domestic, Shattering All-Time Record appeared first on TheWrap .",
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  "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."
}