Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened at No. 1 across two of Asia’s biggest theatrical markets this weekend (China and Korea Box Office), delivering one of the strongest Hollywood launches in recent years. The Tom Holland-led Marvel blockbuster topped the box office in both mainland China and South Korea, posting record-setting results that further strengthened its global debut. Here’s how the film performed across the two markets during the weekend of July 31 to August 2.
In mainland China, Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened on July 29 and generated $68.1 million during the Friday-to-Sunday frame, according to Artisan Gateway. Including its Tuesday and Wednesday previews, the film has reached a five-day cumulative total of $121.3 million, making it one of the strongest Hollywood openings in China in recent years. According to Bloomberg, Sony Pictures has confirmed that the film has already become the highest-grossing Hollywood release in China this year.
Its IMAX performance was equally impressive. The film collected $19 million from IMAX China screens during its opening weekend, marking the biggest IMAX opening weekend for a Spider-Man film in the country’s history. Bloomberg also reported that the film delivered the biggest IMAX opening day for a Hollywood release in China since Avengers: Endgame in 2019. The achievement is particularly notable because Spider-Man: No Way Home was never released theatrically in China, making Brand New Day the franchise’s first release in the market since Spider-Man: Far From Home, which opened to $95 million in 2019.
China’s overall weekend box office reached $132.3 million, its biggest weekend in several months. The country’s year-to-date box office now stands at $3.39 billion, still 32% behind the same period in 2025, though the gap has continued to narrow with the arrival of major releases.
Behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Pearl Studio’s animated fantasy All Wishes Come True! finished second with $31.8 million in its third weekend, lifting its domestic total to $171.5 million. Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Soccer remained in third place, continuing one of the year’s strongest theatrical runs in China. Workplace comedy Make Zhonghe Great Again, directed by Dong Runnian, debuted in fourth with $8.9 million for the weekend and $12.4 million including previews, while Universal’s Obsession rounded out the top five with $4.7 million, bringing its China total to $14.5 million.
The Marvel blockbuster enjoyed similar success in South Korea. Opening on July 29, Spider-Man: Brand New Day generated $16.9 million from 2,252,930 admissions during the three-day weekend across 2,409 screens, according to KOBIS, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service. Since its release, the film has amassed $25 million from 3,384,147 admissions in just four days, becoming the fastest release of 2026 to reach 1 million, 2 million and 3 million admissions in the country. The film also accounted for an extraordinary 80.63% of the entire South Korean weekend box office.
The film reached the 2 million admissions milestone in only three days, surpassing the previous record held by Hope, which achieved the feat in four days. IMAX contributed $2.4 million to the opening weekend, setting a new all-time IMAX opening weekend record in South Korea.
After leading the market for two consecutive weekends, Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi thriller Hope slipped to second place with $2.4 million, bringing its cumulative total to $31 million. Minions & Monsters held third with $434,409, followed by Moana with $252,794, while Toy Story 5 completed the top five after adding $222,465 to lift its Korean total to $20.9 million.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s $121.3 million five-day opening in China and $25 million debut in South Korea contributed significantly to its $572 million international opening weekend and $927 million worldwide debut, the second-biggest global opening weekend in box office history behind only Avengers: Endgame. The performance underscores the continued importance of China and South Korea to major Hollywood franchise releases and demonstrates that event films can still generate exceptional results across both markets simultaneously.
Read More:
