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Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day maintained its number one ranking with an estimated $145m second weekend that propelled Sony’s tentpole to $655.1m for the highest 10-day gross in North American box office history. The smash dropped 60% from last weekend’s spectacular debut and ranks tenth in the all-time box office pantheon, behind Titanic on $674.4m. 2012 release and is expected to cross $800m by the end of its run, with 2021 predecessor’s third place on $814.9m well within its sights. Scoring the third-highest second weekend, Brand New Day has overtaken Avengers: Endgame’s 10-day mark of $621.3m established in May…

A huge shroud containing the names of 60,000 people killed in Gaza was unfurled tonight (August 8) at the Locarno Film Festival in a peaceful demonstration outside the Piazza Grande. The protest took place shortly before a sold-out Piazza Grande screening of Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, which is being attended by over 8,000 people. The protest, which was organised by three Swiss groups, saw a white shroud printed with the names of victims of the war in Gaza being rolled out over several hundred metres and lifted in the air by dozens of attendees.  Organisers said the shroud gives “a…

UK-Ireland box office revenue jumped 35% year-on-year in July due to the performance of summer blockbusters The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to figures provided by Rentrak, the £178m earned last month is up on the £132m generated in July 2025. The year-to-date has passed £783m, running 18% ahead of 2025 and 34% ahead of 2024, and making it likely that 2026 will be the strongest box office year since the Covid pandemic. UK-Ireland July 2026 top 10  Rank Film (origin) Distributor Release date 3/7/26-6/8/26 Total 1  The Odyssey (US)  Universal 17/7/26   £56.2m  £56.2m 2   Spider-Man: Brand New…

EXCLUSIVE: Lucky Number has secured international sales rights to Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou’s second feature A Day In The Life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra ahead of the film’s world premiere at Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti strand. The coming-of-age drama with metaphysical themes follows titular teenager Jo as she goes about an ostensibly ordinary day – missing the school bus, rebelling against her mother and hanging out with her friends – unaware that it is the last day of her life. The film was shot in Greece and is produced by Greece’s Avion Films and Atalante Productions, Germany’s Kelek…

In his first full quarter as Disney CEO, Josh D’Amaro floated the idea of a free ad-supported Disney+ tier as executives and analysts discussed solid Q3 earnings. D’Amaro, who took over the reins from Bob Iger in March, said the idea was to broaden the company’s reach to price-sensitive customers, increase advertising revenue, and eventually grow subscribers. “Nothing specific to announce today, but definitely something that we’re considering,” the executive said on Wednesday. Streaming was a key driver for the period ending June 27. Disney+ and Hulu revenues climbed 11% year-on-year to $5.5bn revenue, and profits more than doubed to…

Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $1bn at the worldwide box office in six days, becoming the second-fastest film ever to reach the milestone. Only Avengers: Endgame has accomplished the feat in less time – five days back in April 2019. As of Tuesday morning Brand New Day stood at $1.052bn, comprising $407m in North America, where the tentpole crossed $400m in four days, and according to Sony Pictures sources recorded an industry-high Monday. Internationally Brand New Day has reached $645.8m and has opened top of the charts in all 66 markets across 82 territories. China leads the…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has beaten Avengers: Endgame to set the record North American opening weekend after all, arriving on a confirmed $360m reported by Sony Pictures on Monday. The updated number improves on the weekend estimate of $355m and exceeds Endgame’s $357.1m opening weekend in unadjusted terms, although the April 2019 number equates to $466.7m when factoring in inflation. Nonetheless Sony’s poster child has delivered a spectacular debut – and earned a confirmed $932m worldwide – to keeps summer box office on course for a $4bn seasonal yield and keeps alive the goal of certaintly a $9bn and possibly…

Universal executives said the studio became the first in 2026 to reach $4bn at the global box office after crossing the milestone on Sunday (August 2). This marks the first time since 2023 that the studio has accomplished the feat and its fifth overall. As of Sunday the studios’ films had grossed $1.5bn in North America and $2.5bn internationally. The key drivers are The Odyssey, which currently stands at $911.4m worldwide ($395.5m North America, $515.9m international), The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on just over $1bn worldwide ($429.8m North America, $581.7m international), and the international box office of Michael on more…

Sony Pictures confirmed on Saturday morning that Spider-Man: Brand New Day delivered an opening day record for the studio and franchise on Friday with $168m from 4,487 sites. The spectacular debut blew away the unadjusted $157.4m in from previous record-holder Avengers: Endgame in April 2019 (in real terms that would now equate to $205m) and puts that film’s opening weekend frame in the spotlight. Sony sources are estimating the new release will gross approximately $325m over the weekend, which would make it the second-highest opening weekend of all time in North America, usurping the last Spider-Man film, No Way Home, on…

Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the widest opening in UK and Ireland cinemas in an otherwise quiet weekend for new releases. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is being released in 714 cinemas as the fourth entry in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man series. The previous film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, opened in 2021 in 645 sites, grossing a huge £7.6m in its first day and £19.5m over the opening weekend. 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming opened with £9.4m while 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home opened with £14.2m. According to Vue CEO Tim Richards, pre-sales have already surpassed the cinema chain’s biggest advance ticket sales of the year…