‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ closes in on $900M; ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ catapults to No. 2

Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of Aug. 28-30, 2026.

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Weekend gross: $22.2M
Total domestic gross: $891.5M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 43

That’s a fifth straight weekend at No. 1 for Spider-Man: Brand New Day as the film continues its historic run through the box office record books. The Destin Daniel Cretton-directed superhero film is less than $10 million away from joining Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the only two movies to ever crack $900 million in North America.

The Force Awakens settled at $936.7 million after its 2015/2016 theatrical stay. Through its fifth weekend, though, the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy sat at $852.3 million. That gives Brand New Day a $39.2 million advantage over The Force Awakens.

Will the latest MCU film catch and pass The Force Awakens? And how much farther could Brand New Day go beyond that $936.7 million record? A $1 billion domestic performance seems out of the question at this point, but who saw this Spider-Man making this much money in the first place?

2. Coyote vs. Acme

Weekend gross: $15.5M
Total domestic gross: $15.5M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA

We did it! Box office glory for Coyote vs. Acme!

OK, so maybe a $15.5 million opening weekend isn’t a box office number to go crazy over, but it’s $15.5 million more than Coyote vs. Acme would’ve debuted with had David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery gotten their way and this wonderful film had been shelved forever in exchange for a tax write-off.

Among Looney Tunes films, Coyote vs. Acme easily outdid the $3.2 million opening weekend of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (also already matched that film’s entire $15.5 million worldwide haul), while trailing the debuts of Space Jam ($27.5 million) and Space Jam: A New Legacy ($31.1 million).

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3. The Odyssey

Weekend gross: $14.3M
Total domestic gross: $563.8M
Last weekend: 3rd
Percent drop: 27

Does The Odyssey have what it takes to hit the $600 million mark in North America? The Christopher Nolan film added $24.6 million since last weekend. The Odyssey continues to show remarkable weekend-to-weekend holds, falling only 27 percent between its sixth and seventh weekends.

4. Insidious: Out of the Further

Weekend gross: $10.1M
Total domestic gross: $43.6M
Last weekend: 2nd
Percent drop: 60

After debuting at No. 2 last weekend, Insidious: Out of the Further suffered a 60 percent drop, falling to No. 4. Drops like that are going to make it hard for the sixth Insidious film to catch up to the franchise’s loftier domestic totals led by Insidious Chapter 2’s $83.6 million and Insidious: The Red Door’s $81.2 million.

5. The Dog Stars

Weekend gross: $8M
Total domestic gross: $8M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA

Woof. Going into the weekend, it looked like The Dog Stars would be jostling with Coyote vs. Acme for second place behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Instead, the Ridley Scott-directed adaptation came in at No. 5, failing to even break $10 million over its opening weekend.

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

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