Spider-Man: Brand New Day passes The Force Awakens' North American box office record

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken The Force Awakens at the North American box office. L'Unione Sarda reported on 30 October that the film had taken $936.773 million after 47 days in theatres, just above The Force Awakens' $936.6 million. Comic Basics also reported that Brand New Day became the highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office.

The margin and the pace

The record margin is narrow. The Force Awakens had held the domestic mark since 2015, and Avengers: Endgame, the closest previous challenger, stopped at $858.3 million, according to Comic Basics. L'Unione Sarda reported that Brand New Day opened with $360 million in the United States and $932 million worldwide, and crossed $1 billion globally after six days.

Comic Basics reported that the film banked $655 million in North America in its first ten days, more before inflation adjustment than any other release at that stage. It reached $500 million domestic in seven days, the fastest ever to that mark, edging Avengers: Endgame's eight days. It also logged the third-biggest second weekend of all time domestically, behind The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame.

In Italy, L'Unione Sarda reported, the film set the best opening weekend of 2026 and the best debut ever for a film released in July.

Global totals do not agree

The global picture is less settled. Comic Basics put the worldwide total at $1.67 billion on 27 October and said the film had become the fourth-highest-grossing superhero movie of all time, behind No Way Home, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Three days later, L'Unione Sarda put the global gross at $2.513 billion and placed it third on the all-time worldwide chart, just behind 2009's Avatar. The two figures do not agree.

The $1 billion domestic question

Clearing $1 billion in North America is still open. Comic Basics reported on 27 October that projections ran from about $1.028 billion, if the film legs like Homecoming, to roughly $1.126 billion on a No Way Home-style run, and as high as $1.518 billion on a Far From Home-style run. Crossing $1 billion domestically would mean beating The Force Awakens by at least $63.4 million, a level no film has reached in North America alone, according to Comic Basics.

Audiences have kept the film Verified Hot at 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes' Popcornmeter, Comic Basics reported. A soft August schedule and newly added IMAX screenings helped the run, it said. Trackers say the final total depends on how the film holds week to week, not on its opening.