NEW YORK – “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” kept its remarkable box-office run alive over the weekend, pulling in $144.5 million in North American theaters in its second frame, according to studio estimates released Sunday, as Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” reached a major career benchmark for the filmmaker.
The Sony-Marvel blockbuster has now amassed $1.67 billion globally after only 10 days in release, putting it firmly on course to rank among the highest-grossing films in box-office history. In the domestic market, no movie has climbed to such a total more quickly. Across U.S. and Canadian theaters, “Brand New Day” has earned $655.1 million to date, while international ticket sales have already pushed past $1 billion.
In just seven days, “Brand New Day” became the year’s top-grossing release, handily overtaking “Toy Story 5,” which stands at $1.07 billion worldwide. The film also delivered a first for Sony: no title from the studio had previously crossed $100 million in its second weekend. Its performance came close to breaking the all-time sophomore-weekend record held by “The Force Awakens,” which earned $149.2 million in 2015.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” joined the billion-dollar club as well. The Universal Pictures release added $31.5 million domestically in its fourth weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $1.1 billion.
The Homer-inspired epic marks Nolan’s first film to pass $1 billion since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” Without adjusting for inflation, “The Odyssey” is now the director’s biggest box-office success, surpassing both “The Dark Knight Rises” with $1.08 billion and 2009’s “The Dark Knight” with $1 billion. His awards-season juggernaut “Oppenheimer” finished just below the mark at $975 million.
IMAX has played a central role in that surge. With $147.3 million from domestic large-format screenings, “The Odyssey” has become the highest-grossing domestic release in IMAX history.
One major territory remains ahead for “The Odyssey”: the film is scheduled to open in China on Friday.
Together, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” have helped propel Hollywood to its strongest box-office year since the pandemic. According to Rentrak, ticket sales are running 18.5% ahead of last year. The marketplace has already produced five $1 billion movies, the most in any year since 2019. The other two titles to reach that milestone were “Michael” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”
Rentrak forecasts that the overall summer theatrical revenue will reach $4 billion on Monday. That seasonal mark has long been a sign of thriving business for Hollywood. Since the pandemic, the only summer to surpass $4 billion was 2023, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” drove ticket sales.
According to Rentrak, summer revenue is just $14.8 million shy of $4 billion through Sunday.
A pair of comedies tried to provide some counterprogramming to the blockbusters but made little impact.
“One Night Only,” a Will Gluck-directed romantic comedy where premarital sex is outlawed except for one night a year, opened with $5.7 million. The Universal release, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, cost about $25 million to make. Reviews weren’t good (46% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) but audience scores (a “B+” CinemaScore) were better.
Coming in fourth was Fox Searchlight’s “Super Troopers 3,” the third in the long-running comedy series from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. It debuted with $4 million.
Two new limited releases packed theaters. A24’s “Tony,” starring Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain, grossed $348,955, good for one of the best screen-average openings of the year: $58,159 per theater. Mubi’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” from “I Saw the TV Glow” filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, debuted with a per-location average of $50,300 across five screens.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:
1. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $145 million.
2. “The Odyssey,” $31.5 million.
3. “One Night Only,” $5.7 million.
4. “Super Troopers 3,” $4 million.
5. “Toy Story 5,” $3.9 million.
6. “Minions & Monsters,” $3.5 million.
7. “Moana,” $2.8 million.
8. “Ice Cream Man,” $2 million.
9. “The Invite,” $717,568.
10. CatVideoFest 2026, $568,414.
