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Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the all‑time domestic box‑office leader with about $936.8 million, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman circulated a staff memo celebrating the milestone and thanking the filmmakers and Tom Holland, highlighting Sony’s continued box‑office strength and signaling momentum into fall with the Resident Evil release on the horizon.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film in U.S. history at the domestic box office, reaching $936.66 million in 47 days; while inflation and premium formats help boost the total, the milestone marks a historic shift for Hollywood.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dethroned Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the domestic box-office champion with a running total of $936.7 million, setting a string of domestic records on its way to a worldwide total near $2.45 billion. Globally it remains third all-time behind Avatar and Avengers: Endgame, while Tom Holland and Zendaya star in the film which opened July 31 and dominates U.S. grosses.
This summer’s domestic box office has reached about $4.76 billion, surpassing the 2013 record of $4.755 billion as Spider-Man: Brand New Day leads with $923 million and sits just $13 million from the all-time peak held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken Avengers: Endgame to become the second-highest grossing film in U.S. history with about $858.4 million, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens at $936.7 million; the film is still early in its run (just four weeks), and Endgame’s planned Encore re-release could shuffle the rankings in the coming weeks.