> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A new record! ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ topples ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with a $360M opening weekend - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-box-office-report-spider-man-brand-new-day/ - Published: 2026-08-03T11:00:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-12T14:13:40.000Z - Description: The latest Spider-Man film becomes only the second film with a $300M+ opening weekend. Will the actual numbers put it ahead of last ‘Avengers’ film? - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, Marvel, MCU, Toy Story 5, Minions & Monsters, Live-action Moana remake **Update:* It’s a record! When the actual box office numbers came in on Monday, it turned out* Spider-Man: Brand New Day *had set a new opening weekend record. Its whopping $360 million debut beat* Avengers: Endgame*’s previous record of $357.1 million.* Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of July 31-Aug. 2, 2026\. ## 1\. Spider-Man: Brand New Day *Weekend gross: *$355M** *Total domestic gross: *$355M** *Last weekend: *New release** *Percent drop: *NA** Well, that escalated quickly. *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* went from tracking in the high-$100M range to the low- to mid-$200M range to becoming only the second film to ever crack $300 million over its opening weekend — and come within $2 million of snagging the title of biggest opening weekend from *Avengers: Endgame*. As *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*, [the best live-action Spider-Man movie since *Spider-Man 2*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-newsletter-spider-man-brand-new-day/), stormed into theaters starting with Thursday previews, it quickly became clear that the combo of wildly enthusiastic reviews and the reality that Spider-Man remains one of the safest bets we still have in the box office world, were shooting **Tom Holland**’s fourth standalone Spidey film to wild heights. I’ve long assumed that two domestic box office records were safe: *Endgame*’s $357.1 million opening weekend and *Star Wars: The Force Awakens*’s $936.7 million total. Both of those records were the results of such specific factors — pent-up demand, the conclusion or start of a new saga, where holidays fell in relation to their release dates — I wasn’t sure any film had a shot at toppling them. Writing this edition of **The Box Office Report** before we get final numbers on Monday, I’m not even sure that **Brand New Day** didn’t topple the opening day record. If I’m Sony and the numbers for this film are on the fence in terms of beating *Endgame*, I play it safe and don’t declare victory with estimated Sunday totals only to be faced with the reality that *Brand New Day* fell short on Monday. [*Deadline* reports](https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-spider-man-brand-new-day-1237014268/?ref=theomnicosm.com) that some studios believe that *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* will actually settle between $358 million and $360 million. A very awkward consequence of *Brand New Day*’s estimated $355 million opening weekend is that director **Destin Daniel Cretton** has joined (and possibly surprised) *Endgame* directors **Joe Russo** and **Anthony Russo** as the only folks to helm a movie that opened above $300 million ... and while Marvel handed [the keys to *Avengers: Doomsday* and *Avengers: Secret Wars*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/inevitable-marvel-studios-turns-to-the-russo-brothers-for-next-two-avengers-films/) to the Russo brothers, the studio has yet to greenlight a sequel to Cretton’s *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* andit just canceled the second season of his *Wonder Man* Disney+ series. ![Popculturology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/02/popculturology-wordmark.png) Welcome to Popculturology! This publication is a free newsletter, but it’s fueled by readers like you. Support independent news, reviews and more for **just $5 a month**. [Upgrade to Paid](https://www.theomnicosm.com/about/#/portal/account/plans) Includes full access to **Snackology** and **The Cold Open**. ## 2\. The Odyssey *Weekend gross: *$51M** *Total domestic gross: *$395.5M** *Last weekend: *1st** *Percent drop: *43** After two weekends of making its own box office history as the No. 1 movie in North America, *The Odyssey* slipped to No. 2 this weekend. Not only does **Christopher Nolan**’s latest film now sit at No. 3 on the 2026 domestic chart, passing *Project Hail Mary* ($344.1 million) and *Michael* ($373.3 million), *The Odyssey* is easily closing in on the $400 million mark. *The Odyssey* is already Nolan’s biggest non-Batman film in North America, and it has a very good shot at passing *The Dark Knight Rises* ($448.1 million) before facing the daunting task of outgrossing *The Dark Knight* at $536.6 million. ALSO FROM THE OMNICOSM Love what you’re reading? 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Minions & Monsters *Weekend gross: *$5.8M** *Total domestic gross: *$168.4M** *Last weekend: *5th** *Percent drop: *41** It still looks like *Minions & Monsters* is going to stall out before hitting the $200 million mark, which would make it the first *Despicable Me*/*Minions* film to fail to do so in North America. Get daily pop culture updates and news from **Bill Kuchman** on social media. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/02/bluesky-green.svg) Bluesky ](https://bsky.app/profile/billkuchman.bsky.social?ref=theomnicosm.com) [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/02/instagram-green.svg) Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/theomnicosm/?ref=theomnicosm.com) ## 5\. Live-action Moana remake *Weekend gross: *$5.3M** *Total domestic gross: *$114.8M** *Last weekend: *2nd** *Percent drop: *50** Let’s pretend there were creative reasons to have released a live-action *Moana* remake. That there was artistic value to **Dwayne Johnson** slipping on that wig that somehow made him look balder than he already is. Even if that was the case, Disney sent this film to die by releasing it between *Toy Story 5* and *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*. That was such a small window for the redo to make money, and after it absolutely bombed its opening weekend, it was over for sure. *Box office numbers via The Numbers and Box Office Mojo based on Sunday estimates.* ![Popculturology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/02/popculturology-wordmark.png) Popculturology is a publication of **The Omnicosm**. Issue No. 478 --- **Popculturology** is written and produced by **Bill Kuchman**. Copyediting by **Tim Kuchman**. 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