Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on pace to become the highest-grossing film in U.S. box office history as soon as Sunday, according to industry tracking.
The Sony/Marvel blockbuster, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, has already climbed to No. 2 on the all-time domestic chart with roughly $927 million to $929 million in North American ticket sales. That leaves it about $8 million to $10 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which has held the record at $936.7 million since 2015.
Weekend projections have the film adding enough over Saturday and Sunday — its seventh weekend in theaters — to overtake the Star Wars title. If those estimates hold, Brand New Day would become the first movie to pass $937 million domestically and the first to knock The Force Awakens off the top of the unadjusted U.S. and Canada list.
The film opened July 31 and immediately rewrote the record book. It posted a $360 million domestic opening weekend, the largest in North American history, and a $932 million global debut, second only to Avengers: Endgame. It reached $1 billion worldwide in six days and $2 billion in just over two weeks. Worldwide it now stands at about $2.41 billion, third all-time behind Avatar and Endgame.
Domestically it has already passed Avengers: Endgame ($858 million) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($815 million). It has remained No. 1 at the weekend box office for six straight frames and helped push 2026’s U.S. market well ahead of last year.
The staying power is the story now. After a massive opening, Brand New Day has posted relatively modest week-to-week drops for a summer tentpole, including an 19 percent decline over Labor Day weekend. That legs profile is what has industry analysts watching Sunday’s final numbers so closely.
A finish above The Force Awakens would give Sony its first all-time domestic champion and give the Spider-Man franchise two of the four highest-grossing movies ever in North America. It would also mark the first time a film released in July has sat alone at the top of the U.S. chart.
Official weekend figures are expected Monday. Until then, Brand New Day is still swinging — and the record that stood for nearly 11 years is one good Sunday away from falling.
