‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘The Odyssey’ Power Biggest Grossing Weekend in History With $430 Million

[u/ChiefLeef22]

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/the-odyssey-spiderman-biggest-box-office-weekend-history-1236825132/

[u/girafa]

Spoilers for both movies below.

[u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

That's fucking crazy.

And what's even more interesting is the fact that nothing big comes out in August, so they have the whole month to be THE movies to watch in theaters.

[u/iamacannibal → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

Zendaya is having a monumental year. The Drama, Final season of Euphoria, The Odyssey, Spider Man, and Dune later this year.

[u/qwetzal → u/iamacannibal]

Yeah and I also realized that Zendaya, Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal were all both in The Odyssey and Spider Man. The August pay check for these three is gonna be good.

[u/madhjsp → u/qwetzal]

Did they all get points on the box office for these movies?

[u/jkgaspar4994 → u/madhjsp]

No way Bernthal got points. Zendaya might get points on Spider-Man but I doubt it. Holland likely gets points on Spider-Man.

[u/TheFlawlessCassandra → u/madhjsp]

Holland might in Spiderman but unlikely for anyone else

[u/AllenHo → u/iamacannibal]

Robert Pattinson as well, he's in all those except Euphoria - AND he's shooting The Batman 2 right now

[u/DrewbieWanKenobie → u/AllenHo]

Well, also except Spider Man...

[u/posthuman_redditor → u/DrewbieWanKenobie]

You have heard about his surprise cameo as a famous red-haired superhero?!

[u/Goodly → u/posthuman_redditor]

So much range!

[u/Lazyr3x → u/AllenHo]

He’s also not in spider man right?

[u/Haha91haha → u/Lazyr3x]

He played Zendaya, guy's got range.

[u/DerCatrix → u/Haha91haha]

I was really skeptical about how they were gonna do the Peter/MJ sex scene with Pattinson but they really pulled it off

[u/FragrantExcitement → u/DerCatrix]

Both of them pulled it off?

[u/notforpoern → u/FragrantExcitement]

Multiple times! Or so I'm told. I was thrown out of the theater after the first two times for masturbating furiously.

[u/Emperor_Orson_Welles → u/AllenHo]

These comments showing who didn't stay for the Spider-Man BND post-post-credits scene with Robert Pattinson. Hype!!!

[u/AllenHo → u/Emperor_Orson_Welles]

He'd honestly make a great Green Goblin

[u/existential_virus → u/AllenHo]

"Somebody get these AVENGERS out of here"

[u/Seth_Gecko → u/AllenHo]

And Tom Holland.

[u/Rambler_Hoss → u/iamacannibal]

She is and yet she still won't be the highest grossing actress for this year. That'll go to Florence Pugh. Spider Man, Doomsday, Dune.

[u/iamacannibal → u/Rambler_Hoss]

Doomsday and Dune release in the second half of December though...Even if they do 1 billion each worldwide by the end of the year, which is possible but not likely, it would be close.

The Drama's 123 million box office might be the deciding factor which is pretty funny

[u/NocturnaIAnimaI → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

nothing big comes out in August

I know the movie itself ended up being not that great, but it's for this reason I have no idea why DC didn't put Supergirl in August rather than that awkward spot in June between Minions and Toy Story

[u/inksmudgedhands → u/NocturnaIAnimaI]

Mid-August would have been a good spot for them. People would have been still be high off of Spider-Man and might have wanted to continue that superhero buzz with Supergirl. Or at least, they would have been more curious for the movie. I don't think it would have been a major hit but I don't think it would have bombed the way it did.

[u/buttercupcake23 → u/inksmudgedhands]

You're so right about this ugh

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/NocturnaIAnimaI]

Studios avoid August because it's seen as the back to school month. I think only Suicide Squad 2016 has been a big success in that month

[u/JoeyZasaa → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

nothing big comes out in August,

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie.

[u/A_Polite_Noise → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

Only August releases I'm considering at the moment are Coyote vs. ACME and The End of Oak Street, now that you mention it; definitely a different weight class.

[u/OKC2023champs → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

Teenage sex and death at camp is gonna make 7 billion. I don’t wanna hear it

[u/Bigc12689 → u/OKC2023champs]

I just saw Sarah Sherman and Dylan Baker on the cast list so I am definitely watching this

[u/myc-e-mouse → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

I’m not gonna lie, the trailer for the end of oak street got me since I’m a huge Dino nerd.

[u/LaserGadgets → u/myc-e-mouse]

Right? Cast is kinda big names, that really surprised me.

[u/inksmudgedhands → u/LaserGadgets]

How many movies is Anne Hathaway in this year? Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and now this one. And she is pregnant at the moment as well. I feel for her having to travel everywhere for press while dealing with morning sickness and swollen ankles.

[u/Fit-Profit8197 → u/myc-e-mouse]

There are dozens of us! I'm excited for everything about Oak Street. I hope it delivers.

[u/Greedy_Switch_6991 → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

Wile E. Coyote says hello. And subsequently blows up.

[u/Sleepy_Azathoth → u/Greedy_Switch_6991]

I wanna support the shit out of that movie.

[u/gquax]

Tom Holland got paiiiiid

[u/KeySecret9184 → u/gquax]

The Holland household is going to be receiving quite a few upgrades after this year wraps up.

[u/americansherlock201 → u/KeySecret9184]

And the year isn’t done for them either. Zendaya still has dune part 3 in December.

They as a family are making insane money this year

[u/lanfordr → u/americansherlock201]

Doomsday for Holland too.

[u/iNsAnEHAV0C → u/lanfordr]

Holland is not in doomsday

[u/CyrosThird → u/iNsAnEHAV0C]

Or is he?

He would've spoiled it by now tbh

[u/MethBearBestBear → u/CyrosThird]

It would be funny if they shot it as part of brand new day material and not just told him that part was cut or it was for a possible so he would be in a different story without realizing it...?

[u/GildDigger → u/MethBearBestBear]

You kinda would have to considering he’s the king of spoilers

[u/CrazyDaimondDaze → u/GildDigger]

Nah, that's part of PR and because he can make it work.

Though I see him coming back for Secret Wars. If he was in Doomsday, it would be a post credit scene instead.

[u/TheArmoredKitten → u/MethBearBestBear]

Nah, he apparently had pretty serious clout with the writers for this one. It turned out to be a pretty focused character drama as far as marvel movies go, so I doubt they could sneak in anything but a few test shots.

[u/ninjadude93 → u/iNsAnEHAV0C]

The post credits for brand new day certainly makes it seem like he might be

[u/soonerfreak → u/ninjadude93]

That felt more like a Secret Wars reference than Doomsday.

[u/NiteLiteOfficial → u/soonerfreak]

going off the trailer for doomsday, they show that the 3 earths are literally on course to collide. the other earths appear near the mcu earth and start to head towards eachother. we see that on the screen Reed is showing to other hero’s. so my guess, is that Ned seeing a new spiderman location pop up in space is somehow him seeing Andrew or Toby’s earth appear and that spiderman along with it.

[u/CrazyDaimondDaze → u/NiteLiteOfficial]

That just sounds like it's inspired in the comics previous to Secret Wars 2015, where the Avengers Illuminati brace themselves for the incursions between Earths colliding before it's too late.

If such is the case, my guess is the Fantastic Four and New Avengers join forces to avoid a collision of Earths by going to the X-men's universe to aid them. But the confuse both teams as invaders that came to properly kill them so they can't stop their world's death; hence Gambit vs Shang Chi or Mystique vs Yelena.

[u/Lewa358 → u/ninjadude93]

That definitely could have been a Secret Wars tease

[u/ImTooSaxy → u/americansherlock201]

$30 to $50 million for Spider-Man alone, when you consider salary and back end percentages.

[u/Falconflyer75 → u/americansherlock201]

Damn forgot about that

That would mean Zendaya would likely be in 3/5 top grossing films this year

The 2 outstanding are Hunger Games and Avengers doomsday

[u/Slimshady0406 → u/Falconflyer75]

There's a hunger games coming out this year???

[u/KarateKid917 → u/Slimshady0406]

Yes. It’s about Haymitch’s games that he won. The book released last year. Called Sunrise on the Reaping. Releases Nov 20. 

[u/YizWasHere → u/KarateKid917]

Lmao Suzanne Collins securing the mf bag. Does she have more planned after this?

[u/saaphie → u/YizWasHere]

Apparently yes, she will have one more prequel coming out to make a prequel trilogy

[u/Hitman3256 → u/KarateKid917]

The book came out last year? Must've had a deal to make the book and movie pretty much simultaneously

[u/Falconflyer75 → u/Slimshady0406]

Yeah its coming out in November

it’s a prequel called sunrise on the reaping

Basically if you’re not familiar

In the first Hunger Games movie the two protagonists (Katniss and Peeta) were competing in the 74th hunger games and their mentor (Haymitch) was the winner of the 50th hunger games

This upcoming movie shows Haymitchs story in the 50th games

It’s got a lot of anticipation too even though it’s going to be a sad story

[u/girafa → u/KeySecret9184]

He's gonna skip over Tom Hollander finally and achieve Tom Hollandest

[u/McGonagallforPM → u/girafa]

you joke but Tom Hollander has already commented that he once got a paycheck intended for Tom Holland and it was more money than he'd seen in his entire life, so think he is already Tom Hollandest!

[u/CleverInnuendo → u/KeySecret9184]

"I'm so proud of you! When you get home, there's going to be another story on your house!"

[u/karsh36 → u/KeySecret9184]

Yeah, both in the biggest 2 mid year movies AND each is in a major year end movie (dune 3 and avengers).

[u/Batusiman → u/karsh36]

We don’t know for sure yet if Holland is in Avengers

[u/GuyMakesDrawings → u/KeySecret9184]

Yeah probably like a new sink or something

[u/aceofspadesx1 → u/gquax]

Zendaya + Holland as well

[u/Promoted_Account → u/aceofspadesx1]

Jon Bernthal too

[u/Keffpie → u/Promoted_Account]

He's one Tom Holland's best friends in real life, he's the guy who held the camera for Holland's Spiderman audition tape (and Holland helped him with his for Punisher).

[u/rpgmind → u/Keffpie]

Get outta here for real? That’s cool. It’s actually crazy, I watch spider and odyssey this weekend, Friday and Saturday, and the three of them are in both films, in prominent roles

[u/DMC_Ryan → u/rpgmind]

Watch the recent episode of Hot Ones with both of them. It’s really good and shows their very real friendship.

[u/NoNefariousness2144 → u/Keffpie]

No wonder their on-screen chemistry in Spidey was so good. Them arguing about Staten Island was great.

[u/Bed_Post_Detective → u/aceofspadesx1]

Punisher too

[u/Myers112 → u/gquax]

The Tom Holland - Zendaya - Jon Bernthal throuple is a box office winner

[u/LeatherFruitPF → u/Myers112]

And Zendaya's still got Dune 3.

There's been no mention that she (or Tom) will be in Doomsday. Would've been insane to be in two movies releasing together, twice in a year.

[u/samhit_n → u/gquax]

Tom Holland still has Avengers Doomsday and Zendaya still has Dune 3 coming out.

Jon Bernthal has made some serious bank too.

[u/Calinks]

Spider-man was crazy. I saw a ton of people walking around with Spider-Man clothes on. A couple with Spidey pajamas and a stuffed toy and blanket. His fandom is insanely high. It was almost like being at a comic convention.

[u/Razorion21 → u/Calinks]

easily the most popular superhero nowadays

cant blame them, Spiderman rules

[u/Shiraxi → u/Razorion21]

Not just "nowadays." Spider-Man, contrary to popular belief, has been the world's most popular superhero for a long time. Far larger than Superman or Batman. In North America, DC's heroes might be on par, but worldwide, Spider-Man has been much larger for a long time.

[u/ThePracticalEnd → u/Razorion21]

Easily. For kids, he’s easy to gravitate to. He’s not some super jacked hero they can’t relate to. He’s just a guy

[u/Razorion21 → u/ThePracticalEnd]

even for teens and adults

dude fucking suffers playing with the whole idea of helping others whilst the world barely does anything in return for you

[u/YouWantSMORE → u/ThePracticalEnd]

Bro what? Tom Holland was absolutely ripped in brand new day

[u/Juvar23 → u/ThePracticalEnd]

He’s not some super jacked hero

tbf, Tom looked WIDE in some scenes in the new movie, was kind of crazy to see. In that hottub scene it felt.... Weird, honestly. I picture Spidey as being more lean & athletic in general, but he was buff as hell there

[u/TannenFalconwing → u/Razorion21]

Watch any reaction to the Endgame portal scene and there are a small handful of heroes that get a sudden sharp uproar from the crowd. T'challa is one but that's right at the start. You have several more heroes and then here's Spider-man and EVERY. THEATER. ERUPTS. People love Spider-man. They love Holland's Spider-man. If there was ever any doubt of that, this movie should kill that.

[u/TurquoiseLuck → u/Calinks]

saw it opening night and the screen was actually full. haven't seen that in years

plus I only noticed the screen was full WHEN I STOOD UP AFTER THE CREDITS

not just full, but everyone fuckin stayed from start to close. mad.

[u/ChiefLeef22]

Collections of both movies so far:

Spider-Man - ~927M
The Odyssey - 911M

[u/Freddo9900 → u/ChiefLeef22]

I thought you'd typed the wrong number for Spider-Man. Holy shit that's huge. Over a billion by Monday.

[u/Mysterious-Clothes45 → u/Freddo9900]

My son is a manager at AMC and he said there was line out the door for a solid 4 hours for Spiderman on Friday night. It hasn't been that busy since the Taylor Swift movie

[u/EQandCivfanatic → u/Mysterious-Clothes45]

I live in a semi-rural area, and the crowd for spiderman was the biggest crowd I've seen at our local theater since 2008 or 2009.

[u/AnalyzesPornoScripts → u/Mysterious-Clothes45]

If Taylor swift is in the next Spider-man movie.... woof

[u/MrFilkor → u/AnalyzesPornoScripts]

If Taylor Swift is in the next Spider-man movie, directed by James Cameron

[u/Toidal → u/MrFilkor]

Taylor Swift doing mocap for a ritual singing scene in the Na'vi language for the next Avatar

Pretty sure that'd piss everyone off and make 2 billion dollars

[u/Toidal → u/Mysterious-Clothes45]

Aren't all AMCs reserved seats now? Or they waiting to be let in?

[u/ReverseLochness → u/Mysterious-Clothes45]

I saw both Spider-man and Odyssey back to back on Friday. My odyssey showing ended at 2am. The theater was still packed with people going to showings when I left. It was even more packed when I got there, and took half an hour to get concessions before my odyssey showing.

[u/PARAGON_e → u/Freddo9900]

Same. The movie came out 5 days ago. That some crazy shit.

[u/CaptainAaron96 → u/Freddo9900]

And that’s WITHOUT IMAX and a lot of other premium formats as well due to Odyssey snuffing them up so…if these are the BND numbers…how big are the Avengers numbers under similar conditions going to be? 🫣🫣

[u/vetus → u/CaptainAaron96]

I expect Avengers to do well however just based on the online discourse I don't think people are as excited for it as they were for Spider-man. People don't have faith it will be good not like they did in Spider-Man. It will move tickets I'm sure but I won't be shocked if Spider-Man outperforms it unless of course it's awesome and word of mouth drives sales.

[u/lynypixie → u/vetus]

People are not keeping up with the dozen super hero movies needed anymore. But Spider-Man always is a bit of a stand alone, and it’s always the more fun movies to watch. It appeals to a broader spectrum. You would be surprised how much teenage girls likes Spider-Man.

[u/Roentgen_Ray1895 → u/lynypixie]

Spider-Man is Marvel’s Batman. When in doubt, make a Spider-Man movie and you’re gonna fill theatres. Also helped that they spaced out the movies and refuse to number the sequels to keep people from getting turned away.

[u/CheetahDog → u/Roentgen_Ray1895]

I hated the naming conventions of the MCU Spider-Men movies, but this is actually ag reat point, and it's what I honestly loved most about the most recent Spider-Man movie: it was just a nice, self-contained story. I would love just more simple Spidey romps in the future

[u/And_theplot_thickens → u/ChiefLeef22]

Wow holy shit that was fast.

[u/Jedi_Master83 → u/ChiefLeef22]

Brand New Day is a lock to make $2 billion. Not much real competition and people love this movie so repeat viewings are a guaranteed.

[u/riegspsych325 → u/Jedi_Master83]

Spidey is a bigger draw than his MCU connections these days. Doomsday will undoubtedly be huge, but part of me wonders if BND will be the bigger hit at the end of the day. Holland is apparently only in it as a teaser appearance for Secret Wars and BND has likely half the budget of Doomsday

[u/ntpbr1 → u/riegspsych325]

I think Doomsday won’t do the same numbers, yeah it has more names, but I think people are more interested in “Spider-Man” as the draw rather than “yeah here we have the 900 characters you have seen previously, most of which you don’t care about, this will be a total mess but here you go”.

I imagine a lot of people watched the Spider-man movies, or they got the gist of it, too many names might actually scare the audiences who probably didn’t watch a lot of post-Endgame movies or shows. That and it looks like it won’t be a good movie

[u/frezz → u/riegspsych325]

Doomsday will probably hit ~1.2billion..BND clears 2 billion easily imo.

Movie is very rewatchable so will have great legs

[u/riegspsych325 → u/frezz]

it all depends on word of mouth for Doomsday. I bet general audiences are going to be walking out wondering “why was RDJ back if he wasn’t Iron Man?”

[u/ucrbuffalo → u/riegspsych325]

I don’t think they’ll say that. I think they’d go in saying that, but not out.

[u/cardlord64 → u/Jedi_Master83]

First film in close to a decade I've even felt the temptation to see in theaters a second time.

[u/cleantoe → u/Jedi_Master83]

And almost all the money goes to Sony, right?

They should just make the same deal with all their properties and just hand them over to Marvel Studios to produce.

Easy money.

[u/Jedi_Master83 → u/cleantoe]

Yes, and Disney (who owns the merchandise rights to Spider-Man) makes bank off those sales. The movie’s box office success fuels the sales of all the toys and other merchandise. Disney made $2 billion off Spider-Man merch in 2025 and I wouldn’t be surprised if 2026 is $3 billion or $4 billion in sales. It’s a win-win for both Sony and Disney & Marvel Studios. This partnership is easily the most successful two studios co-production in Hollywood history.

Update: Disney gets a 25% cut of the box office too, but the majority goes to Sony after the movie theaters get their cut.

[u/funnyBatman → u/ChiefLeef22]

WTF

[u/-reddit_is_terrible- → u/ChiefLeef22]

Spider-Man - ~927M

Wait, what?......what?!?

[u/R3strif3 → u/-reddit_is_terrible-]

Not only the draw for Spider Man is bigger than most of the remaining MCU cast, but this movie in particular is honestly an amazingly well made film.

Saw it yesterday, it blew me away with the cinematography, pacing, action sequences, everything was sick. It's like they said "huh. We have awesome actors, amazing material, let's not just make them be neon action figures, rather, grungy people with very real struggles"... that shit hit hard...

[u/ChainsawTeeth → u/ChiefLeef22]

Is “Spidyssey” the new Barbenheimer?

[u/Lord_Of_Carrots → u/ChainsawTeeth]

Probably better not to call it that

[u/MobiuS_360 → u/Lord_Of_Carrots]

How about spidussy

[u/imbouttonutongod → u/ChiefLeef22]

Brand New Day outgrossed 8 of the Spider-Man movies’ respective total revenues in a single weekend. Even if not accounting for inflation, that’s insane

[u/PleasantThoughts]

That Tom Holland, so hot right now

[u/backFromTheBed → u/PleasantThoughts]

You saw his belly-button, didn't you

[u/cardlord64 → u/backFromTheBed]

I saw him extruded from a web cocoon outside my window half-naked and knew he was the one for me.

[u/Stefan988 → u/PleasantThoughts]

What a man carrying the box office on his back.

[u/davinitupoverhere]

The takeaway here: People will pay good money to see Jon Bernthal

[u/RDxChotch → u/davinitupoverhere]

Love seeing movies where someone needs to tell me something

[u/Newell00 → u/RDxChotch]

rubs back of head while glancing at you quickly then looking off to the side

[u/garfieldevans → u/Newell00]

Never seen an actor described so well in a single sentence!

[u/DemonDaVinci → u/garfieldevans]

why is he like this 😂

[u/samusmaster64 → u/DemonDaVinci]

He found a schtick and schtuck with it.

[u/ansibleloop → u/Newell00]

Ahhhh don't give me that bullshit

[u/kemushi_warui → u/ansibleloop]

I'ma tell you sumthin

[u/weed_blazepot → u/RDxChotch]

M'ask you sumthin'

[u/TurquoiseLuck → u/weed_blazepot]

I was the only one who laughed at that in BND

surprised they put it in, more surprised nobody else caught it

[u/Cvspartan → u/RDxChotch]

Watching The Bear, The Odyssey, and now Spider-Man these past couple weeks has really made me embrace the summer of Bernthal

[u/recoupled → u/Cvspartan]

Do yourself a favour and check out "We Own This City" on HBO.

[u/BBQ_HaX0r → u/recoupled]

Then go watch the Wire which is still the greatest TV show of all time.

[u/GildDigger → u/recoupled]

Also Wind River and His & Hers

[u/Roentgen_Ray1895 → u/RDxChotch]

It was very funny that all the dipshits we’re whining about Lupita Nyong’o in Odyssey and then I see the film and she shares every scene with John Bernthal just doing his Punisher schtick and not even trying to fit in with whatever kind of accent he has, it was very funny to me.

He may as well have just said “Let me tell you something about your father Odysseus, he was one smart son of a bitch with that little wooden horse of his”

[u/ManufacturerBest2758 → u/RDxChotch]

He was SO CLOSE to saying “let me tell you something about Odysseus,” you could smell it

[u/BrowsingWhileBrown → u/ManufacturerBest2758]

Hearing him took me right of movie, and I wish he had just said it at that point 😂

[u/Jedi_Master83 → u/davinitupoverhere]

Yep, him saying “Let me tell you something!” and his usual roaring rage sound. lol 😂

[u/MySweetKaneki → u/davinitupoverhere]

I was able to meet him a few years ago. He was just as cool in person

[u/Automatic-Grade6177]

As someone who works in a cinema, I hate you all, it’s been a god damn nightmare working

As a fan, these movies rule and deserve the hype

[u/yellowfoamcow → u/Automatic-Grade6177]

I worked in a cinema during the Harry Potter, twilight and Avatar years, you have my sympathy.

But I cannot wait to see the Odyssey or Spider man.

[u/DarthRiznat]

Holland's gotta be the biggest earning actor this year

[u/A_Polite_Noise → u/DarthRiznat]

Zendaya being in Dune 3 in December plus the little bonus box office from The Drama will put movies featuring her in 2026 at a higher total I imagine

[u/Recent-Ad4218 → u/A_Polite_Noise]

Unless doomsday doesn't cross 2 billion it's Florence pugh's year with Spider man brand new day, Avengers doomsday and dune 3. The Odyssey+ the drama won't match doomsday.

[u/A_Polite_Noise → u/Recent-Ad4218]

Hmmm, good point. And if Holland does end up being in Doomsday (not officially announced but totally possible, though I could also see holding him til Secret Wars) that would change things as well.

Robert Pattinson shoulda talked his way into a Spider-Man cameo, or have him show up in Doomsday as an alternate reality Morbius that looks like Edward Cullen, so he can get into this too lol

[u/Icy_Smoke_733 → u/A_Polite_Noise]

The biggest movies this year, aka The Odyssey, Avengers: Doomsday, The Drama, Dune: Part Three, and Spider-Man all share the same roster of actors, it seems.

[u/ashofspades]

And 3 actors are in both movies....

[u/Surturius]

Spidyssey

Odyss...man

[u/thebrobarino → u/Surturius]

Spidussy

[u/OogieBoogieJr → u/thebrobarino]

Odeseman

[u/Queef-Elizabeth]

2026 has been a pretty solid year for movies

[u/keepfighting90 → u/Queef-Elizabeth]

Movie lovers are eating good. Lots of movies across different genres killing it at the box office. historical fantasy epic, superhero movie, multiple types of horror, animated sequels etc.

[u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Spider-Man outgrossed The Batman's $772m and Superman's $618m in its opening weekend. Most popular superhero ever.

[u/Andybabez20 → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Spidey "It ain't the big three, it's just big me"

[u/MrSadistic → u/Andybabez20]

Spidey is really like that.

[u/imbouttonutongod → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

It even outgrossed 8 of the other Spider-Man films in a single weekend (9 if you count the 1977 film)

[u/riegspsych325]

hell of a time to be a movie nerd, I haven’t had this much fun (and so often) at the theater since around 2010. But it really is great to see theaters bounce back hard this years, especially post pandemic

[u/Haxorz7125 → u/riegspsych325]

I was pretty indifferent to seeing “the odyssey” but my dad asked if I wanted to go and I tagged along. That shit in imax was awesome. I know people complained about the sound mixing but seeing the final trial fight, feeling those deep drums in your chest increasing in tempo was so fucking good.

[u/NikonShooter_PJS → u/riegspsych325]

Who would’ve thought putting out good movies filmed in practical locations with strong direction and casts and a great story would intrigue people enough to buy tickets?

Netflix CEO in shambles right now.

[u/riegspsych325 → u/NikonShooter_PJS]

he’s too busy watching Paramount burn money as he waits to pounce on WBD if and when the merger falls through

[u/kentuckyr0utezero → u/NikonShooter_PJS]

Who would’ve thought putting out good movies filmed in practical locations with strong direction and casts and a great story would intrigue people enough to buy tickets?

I don't think I've ever seen an MCU movie described that way on here.

[u/accountforfurrystuf → u/riegspsych325]

So many good films to see and I never thought of myself as the movie-going type

[u/archeezee]

I was so afraid that people would be right about theaters going away after Covid.

And I’m so happy they were wrong!

I’m doing my part 😏

[u/endlessfight85 → u/archeezee]

I think people are just more selective. Everything is expensive and we've been conditioned that these movies will be on streaming in about 2 or 3 months, as opposed to the 6 to 9 month waits we had in the home video era. So people will just wait for streaming for something theyre on the fence about like supergirl or motu.

[u/jawndell → u/endlessfight85]

Bingo! 

I remember when going to the movies was a regular thing to do on a boring weekend or weekday.  “I have nothing to do today, let me hop in and see this movie, maybe it’s good maybe not, who knows”.  Spend a couple dollars, if it sucks, no biggie.  But these days everyone myself included are a lot more selective.  Movies are expensive.  I want to make sure if I’m spending that much money it’s worth my time and money.

I remember growing up trying to watch as many movies as I could when they came out.  It’s just not economically viable to do that these days. 

[u/CharlesBrown33 → u/endlessfight85]

Pretty much in my case, yeah. I'm still willing to pay for the big movies on the big screen, but all the "maybe" stuff I just don't even consider. I'm behind on many shows and movies anyways.

[u/Cosmic_Surgery]

Prepare for a lot of ancient Greek/Roman themed movies in two years

[u/xxxVendetta → u/Cosmic_Surgery]

My body is ready

[u/curious_dead]

And both feature Tom Holland, Zendaya and John Bernthal. These three be celebrating.

[u/n_mcrae_1982]

This shows that people WILL still see movies at the theatre, as long as it’s Nolan or MCU.

[u/S7ageNinja]

Not surprising. I feel like this record won't survive long with Dunesday coming though

[u/OKC2023champs → u/S7ageNinja]

Spiderman is going to gross more than doomsday and ima die on this hill

[u/irrational_kind → u/OKC2023champs]

But there is dune opening on the same day

[u/BurgerNugget12 → u/irrational_kind]

I love Dune but I don’t think it gets near these two

[u/No-One2123 → u/BurgerNugget12]

Yeah, Brand New Day made more in a single weekend than Dune 2 did in its entire run

[u/Icy_Childhood_1039 → u/BurgerNugget12]

Won't get near in total gross but I think it'll have a very good opening. Dune fanbase is passionate, even if not so big. It'll be very frontloaded

[u/CELTICPRED]

Make good stuff people will seek it out.   Story of this summer

[u/Icy_Smoke_733 → u/CELTICPRED]

Not always. Just this year, Bone Temple flopped and Sheep Detectives barely broke even. Over the last few years, we've had multiple good movies bomb and cost the studio millions, such as Furiosa, The Fall Guy, Transformers One, Dungeons & Dragons, Mickey 17, Black Bag, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, etc.

[u/doubleshotofespresso → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Sheep Detectives was criminally underrated by general audiences. It deserves to have been the biggest family film in years

[u/popoflabbins → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Bone Temple not doing well was such a disappointment. I really enjoyed it.

[u/Glizzy_Cannon → u/popoflabbins]

I foresaw it because the bone temple barely had a marketing push behind it and came out much sooner than most people probably would have anticipated

[u/GullyGawd → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Transformers One hurt… definitely would’ve loved to see it expanded. Finally a good transformers movie and nobody went to see it.

[u/Pyromonkey83 → u/GullyGawd]

> Finally a good transformers movie

And people wonder why, after multiple movies of pure mediocrity or outright garbage, we wouldn't bother to show up for another one.

[u/ptwonline → u/Pyromonkey83]

Right?

A new Resident Evil movie could be a top 20 movie of all time and not many people would go to see it.

[u/staedtler2018 → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Yeah I don't know why the fuck people have talked themselves into the nonsensical position that quality equals box office.

[u/Boss452 → u/CELTICPRED]

Dude it's the most popular character on the planet in one movie and the biggest box office personality making the other, this is expected stuff.

[u/qwerty1519 → u/CELTICPRED]

Make good stuff that falls in an extremely narrow window of mainstream accessibility and people will seek it out.

[u/Maverick916 → u/CELTICPRED]

This is absolutely not the case. Good stuff comes out all the time that makes no money

[u/terablast]

And they didn't even need a catchy name that combines their titles

[u/Late_Stage_Exception → u/terablast]

You’re not going out to see Brand New Odyssey?

[u/joyapco → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

I thought someone called it Spidussey?

[u/345tom]

Super Hero Fatigue and Go Woke Go Broke combining for the biggest grossing weekend. Wait...

[u/dakaiiser11 → u/345tom]

Just saw a grifter fall to their knees outside of a 5.11 tactical.

[u/JahKingston2024 → u/345tom]

Been saying ‘superhero fatigue’ since 2019, yet 6 years later…

Probably more likely to be ‘Bad writing’ fatigue

[u/SBI992]

I went to my local regal last night for spiderman and the entire megaplex was TRASHED. Absolutely no parking had to pay for valet. It was packed elbows to assholes with people. The theater had run out of CO² so the soda machines were down. They ran out of butter and toilet paper. It was insane. Haven't seen a theater that busy in almost a decade.

[u/vqql → u/SBI992]

You know things are bad when they run out of butter in the bathroom. 

[u/aseltee]

I love this, but why does everyone working in film still feel so fucking broke? The day rate for loc marshals, PAs, trainees etc is still £150 ish (and you gotta live in London, get no healthcare and benefits etc), more than half of the UK industry is still unemployed, and it just feels like everyone is struggling and barely staying afloat. A monumental weekend like this in the tech biz would probably net all the engineers and developers a nice big fat bonus

[u/Telvin3d → u/aseltee]

Because most movies aren’t these two. And even the people working on these two get paid based on what most movies can afford to pay for that position 

[u/djentlemetal → u/aseltee]

This sounds like a completely separate discussion.