‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ becomes 2nd film to hit $900M in North America

Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of Sept. 4, 2026.

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Weekend gross: $18M
Total domestic gross: $917.8M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 20

I’ve long thought that Star Wars: The Force Awakens had an unbreakable record on its hands when it came to the film’s $936.7 million domestic haul. The seventh Star Wars film had everything going for it. There had been a decade since The Revenge of the Sith had seemingly closed out the franchise. The original trilogy’s stars were back. And The Force Awakens opened in the perfect December window to capitalize on the most lucrative combo of holidays and school vacations. Avengers: Endgame couldn’t break its record. The Avatar sequels couldn’t break its record.

Then Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out of nowhere this summer and has already joined The Force Awakens this weekend as the only two members of the $900 million club.

The question at this point isn’t whether Brand New Day will pass The Force Awakens for the top spot on the all-time box office chart. It’s how high the latest Spider-Man film can go. Does it have another $80 million+ left in it to become the first film to hit $1 billion in North America alone?

2. The Odyssey

Weekend gross: $13M
Total domestic gross: $584.8M
Last weekend: 3rd
Percent drop: 9

After dipping down to No. 3 the past two weekends to make room for Insidious: Out of the Further and Coyote vs. Acme, The Odyssey was back in second place over the three-day weekend. Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster needs just over $15 million to become the director’s first film to pass $600 million at the domestic box office.

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3. Coyote vs. Acme

Weekend gross: $11.3M
Total domestic gross: $33.8M
Last weekend: 2nd
Percent drop: 29

I was worried that after its triumphant No. 2 debut last weekend, Coyote vs. Acme would immediately drop out of the top five this weekend. The hybrid live-action/animation film held strong with a 29 percent drop from last weekend, adding another $11.3 million to its domestic haul.

4. By Any Means

Weekend gross: $7.4M
Total domestic gross: $7.4M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA

Mark Wahlberg playing a mob enforcer who the FBI must turn to in order to take advantage of his special set of skills is such a funny setup. We need to get Yahya Abdul-Mateen II into more movies ... movies that don’t rely on Wahlberg.

5. Insidious: Out of the Further

Weekend gross: $6.5M
Total domestic gross: $54.1M
Last weekend: 4th
Percent drop: 36

Insidious: Out of the Further moved past two other installments of the Insidious franchise this weekend, passing the original Insidious ($54 million) and Insidious Chapter 3 ($52.2 million).

Beyond the Top Five

• Onslaught: After Godzilla vs. Kong ($32.2 million) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ($80 million) opened increasingly large first weekends, director Adam Wingard’s latest film failed to break into the top five. Onslaught came in at No. 13 with $1.9 million. Wingard has said that Onslaught is a sequel of sorts to 2014’s The Guest — and that one grossed a whopping $2.1 million worldwide.

Box office numbers via The Numbers and Box Office Mojo based on Sunday estimates.

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