Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is projected to dominate the domestic box office for a fifth consecutive weekend, while Disney’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars suffers an $8 million opening bomb.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Continues Historic Box Office Run
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel’s blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day is expected to remain atop the domestic box office for a fifth consecutive weekend, extending a rare run as the studio dominates a relatively light theatrical slate. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Sadie Sink, the superhero epic made history during its opening weekend from July 31 to August 2 by pulling in a staggering $360 million in ticket sales across 4,487 North American theaters, according to Forbes.
That opening tally eclipsed the previous record domestic debut held by Avengers: Endgame
, which earned $357.7 million from 4,662 venues in April 2019. By the following Tuesday, the film crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. By Thursday of its first week, it surpassed $500 million in North American ticket sales, making it the first film in history to reach half a billion dollars domestically in its initial week of release.
Going into its second weekend, the picture earned $510 million domestically and $706.3 million internationally for a running worldwide tally of $1.216 billion. On Sunday, Sony projected that Spider-Man: Brand New Day would rake in an additional $145 million domestically—a figure bolstered by ticket sales from IMAX venues. While the film initially opened on premium large format screens, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey
had held an exclusive three-week engagement on IMAX screens.
The Dog Stars Melts Down With an $8 Million Domestic Opening
While Sony celebrates historic milestones, Disney and 20th Century’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars suffered a major theatrical collapse, opening to just $8 million domestically from 3,330 locations for a fifth-place finish. Produced for more than $80 million, the film stars Jacob Elordi as Hig, a lonely apocalypse survivor accompanied by a canine companion who sets out to track the source of a mysterious broadcast signal. Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney, and Benedict Wong round out the cast.
Critical and audience reception has proven bleak, yielding a 40% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a C+
grade from CinemaScore polls. Industry analysts note the feature is poised to lose tens of millions during its theatrical run, marking one of director Ridley Scott’s biggest misfires. The disappointing debut echoes Scott’s 2021 historical drama The Last Duel
, which opened to $4.7 million in October of that year against a budget of about $100 million.
The misfire brings an up-and-down summer to a close for Disney. Although the studio scored massive wins with Toy Story 5
at $1.12 billion and The Devil Wears Prada 2
at $692 million, it also absorbed losses from the live-action Moana
($308 million gross against a $250 million budget) and The Mandalorian and Grogu
($345 million gross against a $165 million budget). Studio executives face little cause for long-term alarm, however, with Avengers: Doomsday
waiting in the wings for a December release.
The Odyssey, Coyote vs. Acme, and the Rest of the Box Office Slate
Universal Pictures’ Greek epic The Odyssey
continued a strong theatrical run, placing second with an estimated $14.6 million in its seventh weekend, which boosts its North American haul to $564 million after crossing the $1 billion threshold globally on Thursday. Meanwhile, Ketchup Entertainment’s Coyote vs. Acme landed in third place with an estimated $13.5 million domestically across 3,575 screens.
The live-action-animation hybrid faced significant turbulence after Warner Bros. initially abandoned the project for tax credits, sparking industry outrage. Ketchup Entertainment rescued the title in March 2025 to schedule a theatrical rollout. The film features Wile E. Coyote taking the Acme Corporation to court over faulty products in his pursuit of the Road Runner, featuring a cast that includes Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Martha Kelly, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, and John Early under director Dave Green.
| Film Title | Studio / Distributor | Weekend Gross / Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Sony Pictures / Marvel | $145 million (Domestic Weekend 2) |
| The Odyssey | Universal Pictures | $14.6 million (Domestic Weekend 7) |
| Coyote vs. Acme | Ketchup Entertainment | $13.5 million (Opening Weekend) |
| The Dog Stars | Disney / 20th Century | $8 million (Opening Weekend) |
Other titles on the crowded late-summer slate included Sony’s horror sequel Insidious: Out of the Further
, which brought in $10.1 million—marking a 60% drop—for a fourth-place finish and a domestic total of $43 million against an $18 million budget. Universal’s romantic comedy One Night Only
, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, opened in third place among new releases with an estimated $5.7 million from 3,012 venues, while Super Troopers 3
opened at No. 4 with $4 million across 2,760 theaters.
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