'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' keeps record pace, ‘The Odyssey’ sets new
high for Nolan
[August 10, 2026]
By JAKE COYLE
NEW YORK (AP) — “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” continued its blistering
pace in theaters, collecting $144.5 million domestically over its second
weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Christopher Nolan’s
“The Odyssey” set a new high for the director.
The Sony-Marvel release has accrued $1.67 billion worldwide in just 10
days of release, putting it on a trajectory to be among the biggest
blockbusters ever. Domestically, no movie has wracked up a higher total
faster. In U.S. and Canadian cinemas, “Brand New Day” has grossed $655.1
million thus far. Overseas, it’s already surpassed $1 billion.
It took only seven days for “Brand New Day” to become the highest
grossing movie of the year, easily displacing “Toy Story 5” ($1.07
billion worldwide). No Sony film has ever cleared $100 million in its
second weekend before. It came close to toppling the best sophomore
frame on record: “The Force Awakens,” with $149.2 million in 2015.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” also crossed $1 billion. In its fourth
weekend, the Universal Pictures release added $31.5 million domestically
to bring its global total to $1.1 billion.
Nolan’s Homeric epic is the director’s first movie to reach that
threshold since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” It now ranks as Nolan’s
biggest box-office hit ever, not accounting for inflation, eclipsing
both “The Dark Knight Rises” ($1.08 billion) and 2009’s “The Dark
Knight” ($1 billion). Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” ($975 million) ended just
shy of the milestone.
A big part of that success, of course, has been on IMAX. With $147.3
million domestically on the company’s large-format screens, “The
Odyssey” now ranks as IMAX’s highest grossing domestic release of all
time.
“The Odyssey” still has one major market left. It opens in China on
Friday.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” have helped drive
Hollywood to its best box-office year since the pandemic. Ticket sales
are running 18.5% ahead of last year, according to Rentrak. There have
already been five $1 billion movies — more than any year since 2019. The
other two were “Michael” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”
Rentrak forecasts that the overall summer theatrical revenue will reach
$4 billion on Monday. That seasonal mark has long been a sign of
thriving business for Hollywood. Since the pandemic, the only summer to
surpass $4 billion was 2023, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” drove
ticket sales.
According to Rentrak, summer revenue is just $14.8 million shy of $4
billion through Sunday.
A pair of comedies tried to provide some counterprogramming to the
blockbusters but made little impact.
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Florence Pugh, from left, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Marisa Tomei pose
for photographers upon arrival at the 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'
premiere in London, England, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Photo by
Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP)
 “One Night Only,” a Will
Gluck-directed romantic comedy where premarital sex is outlawed
except for one night a year, opened with $5.7 million. The Universal
release, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, cost about $25
million to make. Reviews weren’t good (46% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)
but audience scores (a “B+” CinemaScore) were better.
Coming in fourth was Fox Searchlight’s “Super Troopers 3,” the third
in the long-running comedy series from the comedy troupe Broken
Lizard. It debuted with $4 million.
Two new limited releases packed theaters. A24's “Tony,” starring
Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain, grossed $348,955, good
for one of the best screen-average openings of the year: $58,159 per
theater. Mubi's “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” from “I Saw
the TV Glow” filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, debuted with a per-location
average of $50,300 across five screens.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors
in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and
Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:
1. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $145 million.
2. “The Odyssey,” $31.5 million.
3. “One Night Only,” $5.7 million.
4. “Super Troopers 3,” $4 million.
5. “Toy Story 5,” $3.9 million.
6. “Minions & Monsters,” $3.5 million.
7. “Moana,” $2.8 million.
8. “Ice Cream Man,” $2 million.
9. “The Invite,” $717,568.
10. CatVideoFest 2026, $568,414.
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