Spider-Man: Brand New Day Scores Second Biggest Global Debut, Nears $1 Billion

All hail Peter Parker.

Sony and Marvel’s web-slinging adventure “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” climbed to $927 million globally, a mind-blowing, jaw-dropping and totally epic opening weekend haul. Few films manage to earn that much by the end of their box office runs, much less after three days on the big screen. It’s the second-largest worldwide debut of all time, trailing only 2019’s Marvel titan “Avengers: Endgame” with $1.2 billion. Those titles reign far above the third-biggest global opening, which belongs to 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” with $640 million globally.

“Brand New Day,” the fourth comic-book adaptation starring Tom Holland as Marvel’s friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man, opened to $572 million internationally from 66 markets, as well as $355 million at the domestic box office. Overseas, China secured the biggest start with $121 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $49 million, Mexico with $38.3 million and South Korea with $25 million. The movie set opening-weekend benchmarks in several individual territories, including France with $26.6 million, India with $31.8 million, Brazil with $23.8 million and Spain with $15.6 million.

With such a significant launch in China, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is poised to eventually surpass $2 billion at the global box office — a milestone that only seven movies in history have ever surpassed. “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the predecessor to “Brand New Day,” managed to generate a staggering $1.9 billion in 2021 without playing in China. Although the country has been hit-or-miss with recent Hollywood blockbusters, Peter Parker still resonates with mainland audiences.

Premium large formats have been all the rage, and audiences were eager to watch “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” on some of the biggest and brightest screens. Although the movie didn’t play on Imax, where Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has the entire network…