From The Hollywood Reporter · Ryan Gajewski · · 1m 10s
Spider-Man breaks all-time box office record
Tom Holland's latest web-slinging adventure becomes the highest-grossing domestic film ever.
In brief
Tom Holland's latest web-slinging adventure becomes the highest-grossing domestic film ever. Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film in North American box office history with $936.773 million. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
New domestic box office champion
Spider-Man: Brand New Day became the highest-grossing film in North American history with $936.773 million, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens after just 47 days in theaters.
“Doesn't get bigger than this.”
Fastest climb to major milestones
The film set records by reaching every major domestic milestone faster than any previous feature, from $400 million through $900 million.
Global ranking and summer dominance
The film ranks third globally behind Avatar and Avengers: Endgame, while helping make this the highest-grossing summer ever at $4.765 billion worldwide.
Opening weekend and first week records
The film earned the biggest domestic opening weekend ever with $360 million and the highest-grossing first week in box office history.
Going deeper instead of bigger
Sony Pictures chose to focus on emotional depth rather than scale after the previous Spider-Man film featured multiple versions of the character. Director Destin Daniel Cretton's film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, and Jon Bernthal.
“we just went deeper. That was a very conscious choice to focus on how we could make the audience feel.”
What it means
Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film in North American box office history with $936.773 million.
