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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Eyes Top Three After Overtaking Titanic
culture1 hour ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Eyes Top Three After Overtaking Titanic

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has climbed to about $2.332 billion worldwide, overtaking Titanic to become the fourth-highest grossing film of all time and narrowing the gap to Avatar: The Way of Water (2.334B). If it passes that figure, it could reach the Top 3 behind Avatar (2009) and Avengers: Endgame, which is slated for a September re-release; Euronews Culture also praises Destin Daniel Cretton’s handling of the film and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man performance.

Spider-Man Tops Box Office as Coyote vs Acme Debuts Strongly
entertainment1 day ago

Spider-Man Tops Box Office as Coyote vs Acme Debuts Strongly

Spider-Man: Brand New Day led the weekend with $22.2 million domestic (about $891.5 million lifetime), while Coyote vs. Acme opened to $15.4 million to take No. 2; The Dog Stars debuted at $8 million, with The Odyssey at $14.3 million and Insidious: Out of the Further at $10.1 million in the mix. The frame totaled roughly $97 million as the summer box office winds down, and Spider-Man’s global haul climbed to about $2.332 billion, placing it fourth all-time worldwide behind Avatar: The Way of Water (about $2.334B) with Titanic around $2.26B in the ranks.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Nears Titanic in All-Time Box Office Top 5
entertainment7 days ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Nears Titanic in All-Time Box Office Top 5

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on the verge of surpassing Titanic in the all-time global box-office top five after earning $39 million domestic and $109 million worldwide this weekend, bringing its totals to $854.9 million domestic and $2.22 billion worldwide. It now trails Ne Zha 2 and Endgame, with a late-September re-release planned for Endgame that could further close the gap; Titanic’s numbers include a 2012 rerelease.

US Opposes Titanic Relics Sale, Citing Public Interest and Jurisdiction
world-news2 months ago

US Opposes Titanic Relics Sale, Citing Public Interest and Jurisdiction

A French-backed plan to auction artifacts recovered from the Titanic is facing U.S. government opposition and legal/jurisdiction questions, with critics arguing the relics should be preserved for public display or scholarly study rather than private wealth. Explorers and scholars warn that the wreck’s history should benefit the public, while proponents point to legal arguments about jurisdiction in France.

Titanic survivor's life jacket sells for $906,000 at UK auction
world4 months ago

Titanic survivor's life jacket sells for $906,000 at UK auction

A canvas life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for about $906,000 at a Devizes, England auction by Henry Aldridge & Son, far above the presale estimate, along with a lifeboat cushion that fetched $527,000; the jacket, signed by Francatelli and other lifeboat survivors, remains one of the few privately owned survivor artifacts from the voyage, while Francatelli survived in lifeboat No.1 with Lucy Duff Gordon and Cosmo Duff Gordon after the ship struck an iceberg in 1912.