New Spider-Man nears $1bn - passes 'The Odyssey' box office in 4 days

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 03, 2026 · 609 words · By David Mouriquand

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The recently released 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' has made box office history in its first weekend in cinemas and looks set to pass the $1bn mark in the next couple of days.

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What happened

The recently released 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' has made box office history in its first weekend in cinemas and looks set to pass the $1bn mark in the next couple of days.

Why it matters

It's on track to becoming the highest grossing movie of 2026, overtaking 'The Odyssey''s box office tally in just four days.

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What a summer Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jon Bernthal are having...

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Claim 1: “has also set a second-best US record, with box office takings of $335m”

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There is a direct contradiction in the evidence regarding the US opening. One source claims it beat Avengers: Endgame with a $360M opening, while the claim states $335M. No source explicitly confirms the $335M figure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is an upcoming American animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson from a screenpla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Beyond_the_Spider-…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a 2026 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Brand_New_Day

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home

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Claim 2: “Holland's third film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, ended up making more than $1.9 billion worldwide to become the eighth-highest earning movie of all time”

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Claim 3: “China contributing $121 million alone, according to distributor Sony Pictures”

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Two separate web search results confirm the China box office gross of approximately $121 million over five days.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sony's 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' swung into the top spot at the mainland China box office with a five-day gross of $121.3 million.The tentpole project has grossed $121.3 million in the Middle Kingdo…
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/china-box-office-sp…

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web search NEUTRAL — ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ could break the record for the biggest domestic opening of all-time.China Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Swings to Massive $121 Million Five-Day Opening. Yesterday…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — The latest Marvel superhero film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has brought in $927 million in global ticket sales during its opening weekend, making it the second-biggest global opening weekend in cinem…
https://leadership.ng/spider-man-brand-new-day-records-secon…

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Claim 4: “Avengers: Doomsday hits screens on 18 December 2026”

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Claim 5: “The superhero movie is only behind Avengers: Endgame, which debuted to $357m in the US and took in more than $1.2bn globally in its opening weekend in 2019”

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Web search results confirm that Avengers: Endgame holds the record with $357 million domestically and $1.2 billion globally.

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web search NEUTRAL — Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame

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web search NEUTRAL — “Avengers: Endgame” holds the record for the biggest opening of all time with $357 million domestically and a mind-blowing $1.2 billion globally.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260729030555/https://variety.c…

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web search NEUTRAL — Records are made to be broken, but we will take great pride in this one, for as long as we hold it.” The movie is now Tom Holland’s biggest opening at the domestic box office, and it’s Zendaya and dir…
https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-spider-man-brand-new…

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Claim 6: “The new Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has brought in an astonishing $927 million in global ticket sales”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $927 million in global ticket sales during its opening weekend.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Brand New Day composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Brand_New_Day_(sou…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Brand New Day" is a comic book storyline in The Amazing Spider-Man, published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2008. It chronicles the start of Spider-Man's adventures in the aftermath of the status quo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Day_(comics)

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Claim 7: “Director Destin Daniel Cretton, who has taken the reins from regular director Jon Watts”

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Claim 8: “The film, now Sony's highest-grossing debut in the studio's history, made $572 million from over 73,500 screens internationally”

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The specific figure of $572 million from 73,500 screens is mentioned in one Outlook India web search result, but not corroborated by other provided sources.

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Claim 9: “The Odyssey hit $911m worldwide three weekends in”

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No evidence was found after searching for the box office totals of a film titled 'The Odyssey'.

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Claim 10: “making it the second-biggest opening weekend ever”

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Two independent web sources confirm that the film's opening weekend makes it the second-biggest global opening in cinema history.

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Claim 11: “the film [The Odyssey] will soon open in South Korea (5 August), China (14 August) and Japan (11 September)”

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No evidence was found after searching for the release dates of a film titled 'The Odyssey'.

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Claim 12: “Avengers: Doomsday, a culmination of multiple superhero story arcs which is seen as a make-or-break moment for the studio and its MCU”

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Claim 13: “It was also the first movie since the beginning of the pandemic to cross the $1 billion mark”

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Claim 14: “the wall-crawler has surpassed the box office total of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (also starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jon Bernthal) after just four days”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about spiders and Solitaire games; there is no mention of a film called 'The Odyssey' starring Tom Holland.

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web search NEUTRAL — Play in your browser a beautiful Spider solitaire games collection!
https://www.free-spider-solitaire.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Insects that hit the stopping threads fall onto the sheet or are shaken onto it by the spider, and are held by sticky threads on the sheet until the spider can attack from below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider

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web search NEUTRAL — Play Spider Solitaire for free with no download or registration required. Try the classic one suit version, two suit version, or four suit version.
https://solitaired.com/spider-solitaire

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Claim 15: “Tom Holland's fourth outing as Marvel favourite Peter Parker / Spider-Man came out last week”

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Confirmed by a cross-reference (Nbcwashington), multiple web search reviews, and a YouTube analysis as the fourth installment starring Tom Holland.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — English actor Tom Holland started his acting in theatre with a supporting role in 2008 for Billy Elliot the Musical and was promoted to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. He then ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roles_and_awards_of_To…

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