‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Tops U.S. Box Office for Sixth Weekend as ‘The Odyssey’ Takes Global Lead

Sharad Jaiswal

September 7, 2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to dominate the U.S. domestic box office, spending a sixth consecutive weekend at No. 1 with an estimated $18 million. However, the weekend delivered a notable shift on the worldwide front, with The Odyssey finally overtaking the superhero blockbuster for the first time since Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened in theaters.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey grossed an estimated $45.96 million worldwide over the weekend, compared with approximately $44.1 million for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. While that gives The Odyssey the global weekend crown, the domestic picture remains firmly in Spider-Man’s favour.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day added another $18 million in North America, taking its domestic total to roughly $923 million. The film is now within striking distance of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which finished its domestic run at around $936 million. With another few weeks of strong business potentially ahead, Spider-Man is positioned to move into the upper reaches of the all-time U.S. box office rankings.

The sixth consecutive weekend at No. 1 also extends the film’s remarkable run at the top. Its current streak puts it among the longest-running domestic chart leaders of recent years, with only a handful of major blockbusters managing comparable sustained control of the box office.

The film’s performance has also been a major contributor to an exceptionally strong summer theatrical season. The domestic summer box office has reached approximately $4.73 billion, putting 2026 just behind the record-setting $4.755 billion summer of 2013. The result underscores how a combination of major franchise releases, event movies and strong-performing original films has helped theaters maintain momentum through the season.

At No. 2 domestically, The Odyssey earned approximately $13 million for the weekend, declining just 9% from its previous frame. The strong hold has pushed its North American total to around $584.8 million. The film’s domestic run remains particularly notable given the scale of its international performance, which has driven its worldwide total to roughly $1.63 billion.

Although The Odyssey could not challenge Spider-Man for the domestic top spot, its latest weekend marks another strong chapter in what has become one of the year’s biggest theatrical successes. The film also managed to take the global weekend lead, something it had not achieved since Spider-Man: Brand New Day launched and established itself as the worldwide box-office leader.

Coyote vs. Acme remained in third place with approximately $11.34 million in its second weekend. The film dropped around 29% and has now collected roughly $33.84 million domestically. Its relatively moderate second-weekend decline allows it to remain comfortably among the weekend’s leading performers despite competition from several established releases.

The weekend’s biggest new entry was By Any Means, which opened in fourth place with an estimated $7.42 million from 2,903 theaters. The historical crime thriller stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg and marks the only major new release to enter the domestic top five this weekend. Its opening now sets the baseline for its theatrical run, with the film expected to rely on audience response and weekday holds to determine how far it can travel in the coming weeks.

Insidious: Out of the Further held fifth place with approximately $6.52 million. The horror sequel declined around 36% in its latest frame and has accumulated roughly $54.1 million domestically. The film remains one of the more durable titles among the season’s genre releases, although its weekend-to-weekend drop indicates that its strongest theatrical period is beginning to pass.

The weekend also brought an unusual result for Cars, which returned to the top 10 with approximately $6.1 million from its theatrical re-release. The Pixar favourite’s appearance gives the current domestic chart a mixture of current releases and revived theatrical titles, showing the continuing ability of established properties to draw audiences back to cinemas.

Buddy moved up the rankings with approximately $5.75 million, an increase of around 5% from its previous weekend. Its domestic total now stands at approximately $14.26 million. The positive weekend movement makes it one of the few films in the upper portion of the chart to actually grow its business rather than decline.

Further down the rankings, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie earned approximately $3.3 million, bringing its domestic total to around $48.48 million. The End of Oak Street followed with roughly $2.91 million, taking its domestic haul to approximately $50.64 million.

Rounding out the top 10, The Dog Stars collected an estimated $2.7 million. The film suffered the steepest decline among the major titles in the weekend’s top 10, falling approximately 65% from the previous frame. Its domestic total now stands at around $13.04 million.

The broader weekend therefore presents two different box-office stories. Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to command the U.S. market and is closing in on the $936 million domestic benchmark set by The Force Awakens. At the same time, The Odyssey has demonstrated that its worldwide momentum remains strong enough to finally surpass Spider-Man on a global weekend basis. For the domestic market, however, the superhero blockbuster remains firmly in control as the summer season moves toward its final stretch.