{"id":10738,"date":"2026-08-03T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/spider-man-brand-new-day-and-the-odyssey-bring-biggest-weekend-box-office-in-history\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:54:00","slug":"spider-man-brand-new-day-and-the-odyssey-bring-biggest-weekend-box-office-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/spider-man-brand-new-day-and-the-odyssey-bring-biggest-weekend-box-office-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey bring biggest weekend box office in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-placement=\"Body\">\n<p>Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/universal-responds-the-odyssey-leaks-online-newsupdate\/\">The Odyssey<\/a> have brought the biggest collective box office in history.<\/p>\n<p>The $355 million domestic opening of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/spider-man-brand-new-day-how-to-watch\/\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a> combined with The Odyssey\u2019s $51 million in its third weekend to bring the overall total to roughly $430 million, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/box-office\/the-odyssey-spiderman-biggest-box-office-weekend-history-1236825132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This figure overtakes the $402 million total from the opening weekend of Avengers: Endgame, which previously held the record for top weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Spider-Man MCU series has already demonstrated its ability to draw a big audience with Spider-Man: No Way Home, which opened to $260 million domestic \u2013 the second biggest domestic opening weekend ever \u2013 and $600 million worldwide back in December 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image chromatic-ignore\" data-testid=\"image\">\n<div class=\"image__container\" style=\"max-width:700px\" data-testid=\"image-container\"><picture class=\"image__picture\" data-testid=\"image-picture\" width=\"700\" height=\"466.84615384615387\"><source data-testid=\"image-source\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 940px,(min-width: 768px) 728px,(min-width: 544px) 556px,calc(100vw - 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20px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=325,217 325w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=375,250 375w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=650,434 650w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=750,500 750w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=975,650 975w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=1100,734 1100w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=1300,867 1300w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=2200,1467 2200w,https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/30CT-38345CCMSG-062448c.jpg?quality=90&amp;fit=2600,1734 2600w\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><figcaption>Anne Hathaway in The Odyssey.\u00a0<span class=\"fs-italic\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But Brand New Day, which stars Tom Holland in his fourth solo outing as Spidey, as well as Zendaya, Sadie Sink and Jon Bernthal, has completely exceeded expectations for the franchise, opening to strong critical acclaim and $927 million worldwide at the box office. <\/p>\n<p>The film may be on its way to eventually surpassing $2 billion at the global box office.<\/p>\n<p>The Odyssey continues to exceed expectations too, raking in $911 million worldwide after three weekends in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-the-odyssey\/\">The movie<\/a>, which is based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer and stars the likes of Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway and Lupita Nyong&#8217;o, is predicted to cross the billion-dollar mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"consent-placeholder consent-placeholder--custom-consent mb-md\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder\">\n<h4 class=\"consent-placeholder__heading section-heading-1 heading-4\">Want to see this content?<\/h4>\n<p class=\"consent-placeholder__text mb-0 mt-0\">This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. 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