‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has shattered box office records with a domestic debut of $360 million, officially making it the highest-grossing opening weekend in history, according to Variety. The film outpaced the previous record of $357 million set by 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame.’

Box Office Milestones and Global Success

‘Brand New Day’ and ‘Endgame’ are the only two films in history to cross $300 million in a single weekend. The new Spider-Man film earned $100 million more than the third- and fourth-largest domestic openings: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ with $260 million and ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ with $257 million, according to n-tv.de and Variety. Globally, ‘Brand New Day’ earned $932 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest ever behind ‘Endgame’s $1.2 billion.

Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures, praised the film’s success, saying, “Wow! 360 million thank-yous to all the filmmakers, actors, producers, and to my colleagues at Sony, who created such a fantastic film and an exceptional marketing and distribution campaign.”

Early Preview Earnings and Market Momentum

The film also broke records during its previews, earning $72 million over two days—surpassing the previous record of $60 million set by ‘Avengers: Endgame.’ The revised figures for the film’s opening weekend increased from $927 million to $932 million. The best single-day box office record now belongs to ‘Brand New Day’ with $169.8 million, according to n-tv.de.

Future Marvel Projects and Fan Expectations

While ‘Brand New Day’ dominates current box office headlines, speculation and leaks about Marvel’s upcoming films are already circulating. A major leak on Reddit purportedly revealed the full plot of ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ including the deaths of several Marvel characters such as Nightcrawler, Mystique, Loki, Bucky Barnes, and James, the son of Steve Rogers. The leak also suggests Chris Evans may return as Captain America and details about the Fantastic-Four series and Reed Richards giving an autograph.

In a related development, Marvel has confirmed that Magneto will play a central role in ‘Avengers: Doomsday.’ According to Marvel Studios, the character, portrayed by Ian McKellen, will use his magnetic powers to protect all mutants from an apocalyptic event, as reported by vandal.elespanol.com.

Meanwhile, early ticket sales for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ reached $1,650 million on its first day of pre-sales, according to Hypebeast.KR. This figure was achieved across only about 1,000 premium format theaters in North America, a small fraction of the 4,000+ screens expected by the film’s December 18 release date. Despite the absence of IMAX screenings for the first three weeks due to competition from Dune: Part III, Marvel has introduced a new certification program called Infinity Vision to maintain a premium viewing experience.