‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ beats ‘Avengers: Endgame’ box office record
- Sony Pictures said "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" earned $360 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend.
- The result broke the previous North American opening weekend record of $357 million set by "Avengers: Endgame" in 2019.
- Sony had projected an estimated $355 million on Sunday before the film finished stronger than expected.
- The film's success, along with "The Odyssey," helped produce the biggest weekend ever for North American movie theaters.
Sony Pictures said "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" set a new North American opening weekend record with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the United States and Canada. That total moved ahead of "Avengers: Endgame," which had held the mark at $357 million since 2019.
The studio had projected a $355 million opening on Sunday, but the film finished higher after a stronger-than-expected final day. Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, said the company would take pride in the record.
The article notes that before "Avengers: Endgame," no movie had opened above $300 million domestically. It also says "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" became the latest Tom Holland-led Spider-Man film to post a major box office debut after "No Way Home" opened to $260 million in 2021.
Sony said the film's performance, together with "The Odyssey," helped deliver the biggest weekend ever for North American movie theaters. The piece also says domestic box office revenue is up more than 15% from last year and has surpassed $6.2 billion so far this year.
《蜘蛛侠：崭新的一天》打破《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》北美首周末票房纪录
索尼影业表示，《蜘蛛侠：崭新的一天》以美国和加拿大影院票房 3.6 亿美元的首周末成绩，刷新了北美开画周末票房纪录。此前纪录由《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》保持，为 3.57 亿美元，自2019年以来未被打破。
报道提到，索尼在周日原本预计该片首周末约为 3.55 亿美元，但影片最后一天表现强于预期，最终超过了这一估算。索尼影业电影集团主席兼首席执行官汤姆·罗斯曼表示，公司会为这一纪录感到自豪。
文章还指出，在《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》之前，没有任何电影的美国本土首周末票房超过 3 亿美元。它也提到，汤姆·霍兰德主演的前一部《蜘蛛侠》电影《英雄无归》在2021年的首周末票房为 2.6 亿美元。
索尼表示，这部影片与《奥德赛》共同推动了北美影院有史以来票房最高的一个周末。报道还称，今年美国本土总票房比去年同期增长超过 15%，目前已超过 62 亿美元。