‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ nets second best North American opening ever with $355M

Nbcwashington · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 02, 2026 · 1018 words · By Lindsey Bahr; The Associated Press

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What to know about Box Office Success

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters.

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What happened

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters.

Why it matters

The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Common ground

It was just a few million shy of “Avengers: Endgame,” which debuted to $357 million in 2019.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 25 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The film will soon open in South Korea (Aug. 5), China (Aug. 14) and Japan (Sept. 11).”

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Claim 2: “Christopher Nolan’s“The Odyssey,” which slid to second place in its third weekend in theaters with $51 million.”

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Multiple sources confirm Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' earned $51 million in its third weekend in the US.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Odyssey is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with his wife Emma Thomas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odyssey_(2026_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — In its third weekend, the film earned an additional $136.2 million worldwide ($51 million in the US and $85.2 million in international markets), bringing its total gross to $911 million.
https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/08/02/426218-na-puti-k-milli…

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web search NEUTRAL — Its worldwide opening climbed to $927 million, placing it among the biggest global launches ever recorded. At the same time, The Odyssey continued its strong run, adding $51 million in its third weeke…
https://www.netflixjunkie.com/hollywood-news-the-odyssey-act…

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Claim 3: “adding up to a $927 million worldwide debut that is second only to “Endgame” ($1.2 billion).”

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Multiple sources confirm the worldwide debut of $927 million and its position as second only to 'Avengers: Endgame' (cited as $1.2 billion or $1.22 billion).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming 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 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Doomsday

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a group of American superhero films and television series produced by Marvel Studios based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_Pha…

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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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Claim 4: “The film also made $572 million from over 73,500 screens internationally, with China contributing $121 million alone”

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Two independent web sources confirm the international gross of $572 million and the specific contribution of $121 million from China.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Homecoming

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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 5: “The Sony-released superhero movie [Spider-Man: Brand New Day] became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' had a North American opening of $355 million and was the second-biggest opening ever.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man, a superhero character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for comic books published by Marvel Comics, has appeared in film since CBS's 1977 television film pilot, for the program The Amazi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_in_film

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Claim 6: “Rothman famously pushed back the production of the movie to allow Holland to act in “The Odyssey” as well.”

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Claim 7: “The box office analytics company EntTelligence estimates that about 24.1 million people attended “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” this weekend.”

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Claim 8: “Ticket buyers were predominately male (about 61%) and many were on the younger side, with slightly more than half the audience under the age of 25, according to PostTrak exit polls.”

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Claim 9: “It was just a few million shy of “Avengers: Endgame,” which debuted to $357 million in 2019.”

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While Wikipedia confirms 'Avengers: Endgame' was released in 2019, the provided evidence does not explicitly state its North American debut figure was $357 million.

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wikipedia 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Captain America: Civil War is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America:_Civil_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Avengers: Endgame is the fourth Avengers film and the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), released seven years after the first Avengers film and eleven years after the first MCU film. Di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_box_office_records_set…

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Claim 10: “Their combined might helped propel the biggest weekend of all time for North American movie theaters, with an estimated $430 million in total ticket sales, according to Rentrak.”

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Only one source (YouTube/KSL related) mentions the combined might of 'Brand New Day' and 'The Odyssey' propelling the biggest weekend of all time. Other search results for 'North' were irrelevant cardinal direction definitions.

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web search NEUTRAL — North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. North is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geograp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North

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web search NEUTRAL — The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), east (E), south (S), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths (clockwise horizontal angle from north) a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_direction

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web search NEUTRAL — North is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. North is usually up on most maps. For Example: The United States is north of the Mexico, which is itself north of Brazil. The North Pole is the fart…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North

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Claim 11: ““The Odyssey” has now earned $395.5 million domestically, bringing its global total to $911.4 million.”

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Claim 12: ““Spider-Man: Brand New Day” started strong, with a record $168 million opening day from 4,487 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, besting “Avenger: Endgame’s” $157 million Friday.”

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Although listed as 'No evidence found' in the summary, the evidence for Claim 0 explicitly contains the text: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day started strong, with a record $168 million opening day from 4,487 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, besting Avengers: Endgame’s $157 million Friday.'

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Claim 13: “In sixth place with $2 million, “Hadestown: The Musical” surpassed “Hamilton” to become the highest grossing live theater capture release ever with a running total of $18.2 million.”

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Claim 14: “Its studio, Universal, also became the first this year to surpass $4 billion globally thanks in part to “Michael,” which it distributed internationally, and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.””

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Claim 15: “It’s also the biggest ever opening for Sony Pictures.”

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Claim 16: “The biggest group was between the ages of 18 and 24, which made up 36% of the audience; 27% were between the ages of 25 and 34.”

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Claim 17: “In the realm of best opening weekends in North America, they’re followed by “Avengers: Infinity War” ($257 million in 2018) and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($247 million in 2015).”

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Claim 18: ““No Way Home” and “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which made over $1.3 billion.”

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Claim 19: ““No Way Home,” his fourth standalone Spider-Man movie, made over $1.9 billion worldwide to become the eighth-highest earning movie of all time, not accounting for inflation.”

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Wikipedia confirms 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' exists and was released in 2021, but the provided evidence does not contain the specific $1.9 billion figure or its rank as the eighth-highest earning movie.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: No Way Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: No Way Home composed by Michael Giacchino, conducted by Marsha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home_(sound…

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Claim 20: ““The Odyssey,” which fell only 43% in its third weekend.”

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Claim 21: ““Brand New Day,” which was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and cost a reported $225 million to produce, not including marketing expenses.”

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Claim 22: “It was also the first movie since the beginning of the pandemic to cross the $1 billion mark.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about spiders and solitaire; no evidence regarding the $1 billion mark was found.

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

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Claim 23: ““Toy Story 5” was in third place with $6.3 million, followed by “Minions & Monsters” in fourth and “Moana,” in fifth.”

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Claim 24: “It takes the place of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” which opened to $260 million in December 2021.”

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No evidence in the provided results confirms the specific $260 million opening figure for 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.

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Claim 25: “It currently has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes; Audiences gave it an “A” CinemaScore and a five-star rating on PostTrak.”

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