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Spider-Man: Brand New Day hangs on to the Top Spot at the Weekend Box Office as it fights towards $1 billion at the Domestic Box Office

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was again the top movie at the weekend box office grossing an estimated $18 million over the three days of the weekend and about $24 million over the extended holiday weekend. The movie has grossed $923.1 million domestically. Internationally, the movie added $44 million over the week and it has now grossed $1.485 million for a worldwide total of $2.408 billion.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day ranks second in domestic gross, just $13.6 million behind Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. With that little gap, there’s a good chance it’ll pass it this week to take the top spot. Worldwide, the movie ranks third, though it’s unlikely to move into second place. There’s a $391 million gap between it and Avengers: Endgame. The $923.1 million domestic haul puts it in position to be the first film to cross $1 billion domestically. You better believe Sony and Marvel will go with a hard push to make that happen before its theater run is over. There’s not much competition as far as releases for a while, so we could be seeing a major milestone happening.

The Odyssey moved back into second place grossing $13 million with just a 9% drop from the previous weekend. Domestically, it stands at $589 million. Internationally, it gross $53.7 million over the week to cross the billion dollar mark and now is at $1.043 billion. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.632 billion.

Coyote vs. Acme slipped to third place with $11.3 million domestically which is now at $37 million. Internationally, the movie has grossed $7.2 million. There’s a lot of crowing about the film’s “success,” mainly led by those who had a grudge against Warner Bros. and its leadership for shelving the film. The film has had an interesting history, originally shelved by Warner Bros. for a tax write off of $30 million. Ketchup Entertainment picked it up for a reported $50 million. Now, here’s the mixed part. It’s the best opening for a Ketchup Entertainment film, that’s good. It’s also a massive improvement on 2024’s Looney Tunes’ The Day the Earth Blew Up which opened with $3.2 million domestically and grossed $15.5 million its entire run. That was also a Ketchup film. But, films need to make money, so using the formula of 2x budget to figure out profitability, and with the reported $10 million marketing spent on top of what was paid to Warner Bros., Coyote vs. Acme is far short of achieving that. Warner Bros. had a $70 million budget for the film and got a $30 million tax write-off. The film might make back that production budget, so Warner Bros. would have lost the marketing budget if not a bit more. For Ketchup, the total gross will likely be about what they paid plus the marketing, and with the split with theaters, that’d equate a loss for them. They’ll need to make up the cost in streaming (and who knows what that part of Ketchup’s deal with Warner Bros. is). So, as it’s looking the decision to shelve the film might have been the right decision no matter how well it’s been received (and it is getting praised by critics and average attendees). As is, it’s hard to see Ketchup making back their investment in the theater, let alone making a significant profit. While we hate to see quality films get shelved, movies are a business and it looks like Warner Bros. knew what they were doing.

By Any Means debuted in fourth place with $7.4 million over the weekend and $9.2 million over the holiday. There’s no international gross.

Insidious: Out of the Further rounded out the top five with $6.5 million domestically and it now has a total of $55.7 million. Internationally, the movie added $16.9 million over the week and the total is $83.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $139.2 million.

Akira, the classic anime film, had a special re-release this weekend where it grossed $3.2 million from its special screenings.

In comic related movies…

Supergirl has grossed $72.4 million domestically. Internationally, the movie remained at $54 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $126.4 million.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu remained at $177.7 million domestically. Internationally, the movie is at $167.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $345.4 million.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity has grossed $4.3 million domestically. Internationally, the movie has grossed $763,798 which makes a little over $5 million worldwide.

Numbers have 69 movies grossing $102,201,265 from 38,900 theaters for an average of $2,627.28. That is compared to last week’s 69 movies grossing $102,201,265 from 38,900 theaters for an average of $2,627.28.