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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Swings to Top

The film earned $355 million in the United States and Canada, giving it the biggest domestic opening of all time, Reuters reported.

  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned a massive $927 million in worldwide ticket sales during its opening weekend, becoming the biggest box office opener of all-time, surpassing Avengers: Endgame.
  • AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron reported the film propelled the theater chain to its highest total revenue ever for a single weekend, welcoming more than 10.2 million moviegoers worldwide.
  • Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the blockbuster features Zendaya and Tom Holland, with actor Tramell Tillman portraying Bill Metzger, the head of Damage Control.
  • Comic creator Joe Casey recently revealed his character Bill Metzger, adapted for the film, originated in the 1999 mini-series X-Men: Children of the Atom based on real-life figure Tom Metzger.
  • Casey has publicly criticized Marvel for compensation issues regarding the character America Chavez, arguing that creators are often neither respected nor rewarded for their work on successful film adaptations.
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Bleeding Cool News And Rumors broke the news on Monday, August 3, 2026.
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