{"id":85490,"date":"2026-09-17T00:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85490"},"modified":"2026-09-17T00:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:33:19","slug":"the-force-awakens-domestic-box-office-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85490","title":{"rendered":"The Force Awakens Domestic Box Office Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing movie of all time in North America.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Domestic box office for the Tom Holland sequel is now up to $936.773 million, according to Variety. That puts it just ahead of 2015\u2019s The Force Awakens, which is sitting on $936 million at the North American box office.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Of course, The Force Awakens came out 11 years ago, so there\u2019s inflation to consider here. But Sony and Marvel owner Disney won\u2019t care; Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been an astonishing success, so much so that even movie executives were taken by surprise.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day &#8211; Our Biggest Burning Questions<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Let\u2019s lay out some of the biggest burning questions we have after Spider-Man: Brand New Day, as well as some of the smallest, and see how well we can do in also answering them!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#10;&#10;Spoilers follow!\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Earlier this month, Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman said that Brand New Day\u2019s popularity was down to the fact that it is, essentially, a movie about \u201ca lonely guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">If you\u2019re one of the few who hasn\u2019t seen Brand New Day yet, it picks up years after the events of 2021\u2019s No Way Home, and shows Peter Parker struggling to cope with the absence of his friends and loved ones following Doctor Strange\u2019s memory wipe spell. A decent chunk of the first act of the movie is spent showing Parker\u2019s inner turmoil and, yes, his extreme loneliness, which is fueled by the end of his relationship with Zendaya\u2019s MJ.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This, Rothman insisted, is the key to Brand New Day\u2019s appeal. Brand New Day is \u201cnot so much a superhero film, but a super-person film,\u201d he said. \u201cThe reason that movie has resonated all around the world is because it\u2019s about a lonely guy\u2026 It\u2019s like yeah, it\u2019s about friendship. It\u2019s very human. It\u2019s very emotional. It\u2019s got plenty of whiz-bang, but that\u2019s not what the secret is. The secret is it\u2019s a relatable story that almost everybody has related to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The big box office question now is will Brand New Day go on to hit the billion dollar mark at the domestic box office? As Variety notes, after 47 days in theaters, perhaps it will need a re-release or two to get there.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Brand New Day\u2019s global total is now $2.4 billion, which makes it the third-highest grossing movie of all time behind only Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. Neither movie is in trouble of being overtaken by Brand New Day (Endgame is on $2.7 billion, Avatar, which came out in 2009, is on $2.9 billion).<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Last week, it was reported that the inevitable Spider-Man sequel already has its director, with <u>Deadline<\/u> saying Destin Daniel Cretton will return for Marvel and Sony&#8217;s fifth Tom Holland-starring Spider-Man movie. Given how well Cretton\u2019s Brand New Day has done, that\u2019s not a huge surprise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Will this December\u2019s Avengers: Doomsday, which has yet to confirm the appearance of a Spider-Man from this or any other universe, outperform Brand New Day?<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-4218469134 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Wesley Yin-Poole Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/647a102007506e0001446162\/wes_headshot-1685964645017.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/647a102007506e0001446162\/wes_headshot-1685964645017.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-702910195 author-sign-off-header\"><\/p>\n<p>Wesley Yin-Poole<\/p>\n<p>Director, News<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-1220387432\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"author-sign-off-socials\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 author-sign-off-socials\"><button type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"listbox\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"View social links\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 socials-trigger\"><span title=\"X\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><span class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Twitter.d0b97af5.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><span title=\"Bluesky\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Bluesky.d8b4aa9b.svg?cors=0\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at\u00a0wesley_yinpoole@ign.com\u00a0or confidentially at\u00a0wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<p><\/output><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/spider-man-brand-new-day-surpasses-star-wars-the-force-awakens-to-become-north-americas-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing movie of all time in North America. 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