{
  "id": 59088,
  "title": "‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Heads for $875 Million Opening at Global Box Office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/spider-man-brand-new-day-heads-for-875-million-opening-at-global-box",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-02T16:48:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/business/media/spider-man-box-office-superhero.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spider-Man: Brand New Day had a huge opening weekend at the global box office, with estimated earnings of $927 million. According to IGN, the film brought in $355 million domestically from 4,487 theaters and $572 million internationally. This makes it the second-largest global opening in history, behind Avengers: Endgame, which earned $1.2 billion in 2019.\n\nThe film's domestic opening was also one of the biggest, with Forbes reporting it was only $2 million short of the all-time box office opening weekend record set by Avengers: Endgame. Variety described the film's opening weekend haul as \"mind-blowing\" and \"jaw-dropping\", noting that few films earn that much by the end of their box office runs, let alone after three days.\n\nDeadline reported that Spider-Man: Brand New Day was screened at 90,000 screens worldwide and had the second-best ever global opening for a movie, ahead of Avengers: Infinity War's $640.5 million in 2018. The film also broke records as the best ever for the Spider-Man franchise.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}