Kapow! ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Beats ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ As Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Domestic Box Office With $936.7M

September 16, 2026 7:54am Spider-Man Brand New Day and Star Wars Force Awakens Sony/Lucasfilm It finally happened: Sony’s highest-grossing movie ever, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, is now the top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, defeating Star Wars: The Force Awakens ,which held the record for the past 10 years with a cume of $936.66M. As of Tuesday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day counts a running domestic cume of $936.7M. Tuesday’s gross was $915k. Here’s a list of the domestic B.O. milestones for the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed sequel starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, which opened on July 31: Biggest domestic opening weekend of all time ($360 million). Also, biggest North American opening ever for Cretton, Zendaya and Holland. Biggest Thursday previews of all time. Biggest opening day (Friday) of all time. Second-biggest Saturday gross of all time. Biggest Monday of all time. Biggest Tuesday of all time. Second film in history to surpass $300 million during its opening weekend. Highest-grossing opening week in domestic box office history. Highest 10-day domestic gross in box office history. Six consecutive weekends at No. 1 domestically. Fastest film ever to surpass $400 million domestically (4 days). Fastest film ever to surpass $500 million domestically (7 days). Fastest film ever to surpass $600 million domestically (9 days). Fastest film ever to surpass $700 million domestically (13 days). Fastest film ever to surpass $800 million domestically (19 days). Fastest film ever to surpass $900 million domestically (36 days). Only the second film in history to surpass $900 million at the domestic box office. Highest-grossing domestic release of all time. RELATED: The 30 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Global Box Office Watch on Deadline Worldwide, the pic stands at $2.45 billion, and will continue to rank third on the all-time list behind 2009’s Avatar ($2.92B) and Avengers: Endgame ($2.799B). The latter pic is getting a re-release this month and likely will increase its lead over Brand New Day. Holland also starred in Endgame, so it’s his highest-grossing movie ever. Brand New Day remains Cretton and Zendaya’s top-grossing movie. With a global opening of $932M, Brand New Day is the second-biggest of all time behind Avengers: Endgame‘s $1.22B in 2019. Must Read Stories Read More About: Subscribe to Deadline Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. Sign Up