‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Shatters Box Office Expectations

Superhero fatigue ... maybe not quite as fatigued as advertised?Spider-Man: Brand New Day had a huge opening weekend at the box office — not big by Marvel standards or Spider-Man standards, but by any measure in history.Everyone expected the movie to do well, but not *this* well. In its opening weekend, the new Marvel blockbuster grossed an estimated $355 million in domestic theaters. That’s second all-time behind only Avengers: Endgame, which grossed $357 million in its opening weekend. Three million bucks more and it would have been the biggest opening weekend ever.SonySonyREAD MORE: ScreenCrush’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day ReviewBrand New Day also earned $573 million overseas, meaning its opening weekend total overall was $927 million worldwide. That’s the second-biggest total ever as well; again, behind only Avengers: Endgame. That film’s worldwide opening weekend still ranks as the clear #1 ever, with $1.2 billion.Spider-Man’s opening is all the more impressive given the fact that the narrative around Marvel and superhero movies in general is that these films have passed their peak, are old-fashioned, are not what modern moviegoers are interested in. That may be true in some ca...