Web-Slinger Dominates: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Crushes 'Avatar 2' With $2.33B

Spider-Man is officially ruling the global box office once again. The latest Marvel Studios and Sony joint effort, *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*, has racked up a staggering $2.33 billion worldwide, according to industry reports. That massive figure officially pushes the superhero blockbuster past the total lifetime earnings of James Cameron’s 2022 smash hit, *Avatar: The Way of Water*. The web-slinging sequel maintained its grip on the top spot for a fifth consecutive weekend, adding $22 million in North American theaters alone. That brings its domestic total to a jaw-dropping $891 million across the U.S. and Canada. The movie is now sitting just $45 million away from surpassing the all-time unadjusted domestic record of $936 million, currently held by 2015's *Star Wars: The Force Awakens*.

Industry tracking shows the film achieved a rare feat throughout August, standing as the single highest-grossing film in American theaters nearly every single day of the month. The only brief interruption to its daily crown came on August 21, when Sony’s horror entry *Insidious: Out of the Further* grabbed the top daily position on its opening day. Meanwhile, the weekend’s runner-up spot saw a surprising victory for a movie that almost never hit theaters at all. Ketchup Entertainment and Warner Animation Group’s long-delayed *Coyote vs. Acme* debuted in second place, pulling in an estimated $15.4 million from 3,573 venues. The hybrid animated flick managed to beat out the seventh weekend of Universal’s *The Odyssey* to secure the silver medal.

BUZZBEAT

The road to the multiplex was notoriously rocky for the Wile E. Coyote standalone film. Originally produced on a $60 million budget for a planned 2023 debut, Warner Bros. Discovery famously considered shelving the entire project permanently as a tax write-off following their corporate merger. However, intense backlash from devoted *Looney Tunes* fans across social media forced a change of plans. Ketchup Entertainment stepped in to rescue the project, acquiring the distribution rights for $50 million. Now, after surviving near-extinction, the revived cartoon movie is finally finding an audience on the big screen while Spidey continues his relentless march toward cinema history.