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Spider-Man: Brand New Day holds the No. 1 spot for a sixth consecutive weekend, nearing the all-time domestic record. The overall market drops 31.7% year-over-year as new releases like By Any Means and Onslaught underperform, signaling a quiet fall season until major tentpoles return in November.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day held the No. 1 spot for a sixth consecutive weekend, earning approximately $22 million over the Labor Day holiday. The film is poised to surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the highest-grossing movie in U.S. history. New releases, including By Any Means and Onslaught, underperformed, signaling a weak close to the summer season.
Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day remains the No. 1 domestic film for its sixth consecutive weekend, earning an estimated $22 million over the Labor Day frame. The movie has crossed $900 million domestically, becoming the fastest film to reach that milestone in 36 days. It is projected to surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the highest-grossing film in North American history (unadjusted for inflation) within the next week. The summer season is expected to conclude with a total domestic gross of approximately $4.76 billion, potentially setting a new all-time record.
Paramount's 'By Any Means,' starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, dramatizes the 1966 murder of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer and the FBI's use of mob informant Gregory Scarpa. While critics praise the film's historical context and Abdul-Mateen II's performance, the project faces backlash from Dahmer's family over its depiction of events. Wahlberg's heavy prosthetics and the film's controversial 'buddy cop' structure have drawn sharp criticism for undermining its serious subject matter.
Elegance Bratton’s new film 'By Any Means' has drawn sharp criticism for its historical inaccuracies and reliance on 'white savior' tropes, despite praise for its cinematography. The movie, starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, depicts a fictional partnership between a mob enforcer and an FBI agent in 1960s Mississippi. While the visual style is lauded, critics argue the script undermines its themes by prioritizing violent action over nuanced character development, and relatives of the real-life victims have called for a boycott.
The new film 'By Any Means' dramatizes the 1966 murder of Mississippi activist Vernon Dahmer and the subsequent investigation by the FBI and mobster Gregory Scarpa. While the film aims to expose the horrors of 1960s racism, it faces criticism for its heavy reliance on graphic violence, a distracting prosthetic nose for Mark Wahlberg, and historical inaccuracies that have prompted a boycott call from the Dahmer family.