Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey are performing as if neither exists in the current playground. On one hand, that means more records and titles to take and inflating the money-filled buckets for Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal. On the other hand, it does mean there are some unfortunate scenarios when you collide with one behemoth with another. Let’s address the negative nancies first…
First things first, shoutout to Scott Mendelson over on Substack: Spider-Man’s fourth outing joined Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home in the “daily $100 million losers club” and the “weekend $200 million losers club.” It earned $43 million on its second Friday, or $125 million less than its $168 million opening day (ouch), and earned a $145 million second weekend gross, which is $215.5 million below its record $360 million North American debut (even more of an ouch, considering summer variables). Also, no, it didn’t break the second weekend record, falling ever so short of Endgame‘s $147 million and Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ $149 million (well, maybe actuals tomorrow may prove the difference). That can be summed up as massive frontloading in its success last weekend, while also contending with strong competition from Nolan’s latest biopic. And, even though the kids are heading back to school, surely any rewatches can wait till the following weekends. If it’s any consolation, its second-weekend hold is better than nearly any MCU title to release in July (with the only exceptions of Deadpool & Wolverine, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Ant-Man and the Wasp).
Even if it lets out in grimmer scenarios like The Fantastic Four: First Steps, that still gets it above $900 million domestically, which would make it the second biggest domestic grosser ever (unadjusted for inflation). If it pulls a Batman v. Superman, it will be between $830-850 million, which will be shy of Endgame. With all that news out of the way, Spidey’s latest installment is already past $655.1 million domestic and $1.66 billion worldwide, the 12th highest-earning title ever. It will pass $2 billion shortly (next weekend at the latest) and will probably finish its run between $2.4-2.6 billion. That’s still glamorous news for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Speaking of Nolan, The Odyssey has become his highest-earning feature of all time, blossoming past his Dark Knight sequel titles and Oppenheimer’s $975 million total (in the summer of 2023 when up against Barbie). Its legs are running akin to Oppenheimer and Barbie. If it continues at this pace, it will probably end up between $550-600 million domestically and $1.4-1.5 billion worldwide (which would make it the highest-earning R-rated feature ever). Nolan’s latest film is also the highest-earning installment under his banner in 61 overseas markets and only sits behind The Dark Knight’s $533 million domestic run. It didn’t take Batman or the man who invented the atomic bomb to break Nolan’s records; it was the king of Ithaca.
Perhaps it’s the demographics or the counterprogramming, as we witnessed three years ago (think Barbenheimer), but seeing a smaller-scale, focused, friendly Spider-Man against the enriching yet violent nature of Odysseus’s journey has surely sparked a two-way power trip to the movies. And yeah, folks are much more knowledgeable about Holland, Zendaya, and Bernthal than they were ten years ago, so consider that a boost to both titles.
In other news, One Night Only stumbled with a mere $5.7 million in its domestic debut. So much for two singles trying to find love on one night of the year when premarital coitus was still legal in America. Poor reviews didn’t help much, and Monica Barboro and Callem Turner won’t sell, even if this was marketed as the director who gave us Anyone But You. Super Troopers 3 opened with $4 million; not exactly the reminder (for the umpteenth time) that Disney should be moving on to something newer, instead of relying on what may have worked in the past.
Toy Story 5 will be passing $1.1 billion later this week, even as it’s already been demoted to #3 for worldwide totals in the year thanks to a webslinger and Homer’s infamous poem. It will do its best to get to $500 million in North America or as close as conceivably possible, but then again, it will fall to third place in domestic totals as Nolan is right under its plastic (oh sorry, technological) skin. Minions & Monsters may finish close to $500 million worldwide, which will be a legitimate far cry from its predecessors and the main installments.
Moana will finish up around $300 million worldwide, which is all but a disappointment for Disney. Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man opened with $2.01 million, while The Invite will wrap up around $40-45 million worldwide. CatVideoFest 2026 opened with $568k, Tony opened with $349k, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma opened with $251k.
Next weekend sees the release of The End of Oak Street, The Rivals of Amziah King, The Brink of War, The Wrong Girls, Nimrods, Union County, and All Night Wrong.
