The spectacular run of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” continues. The Destin Daniel Cretton-directed blockbuster easily won its second weekend with a staggering $145 million. That brings its current domestic total to $653 million in the U.S., passing “Titanic’s” $600 million tally from almost 30 years ago and setting the record for the highest 10-day domestic gross in box office history. Globally, “Brand New Day” has already earned a massive $1.67 billion with little competition for weeks to come.
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Remaining strong at No. 2 was “The Odyssey” with another $31.5 million and $461.1 million domestic. Worldwide, the Universal Pictures release becomes Christopher Nolan’s third film to cross the $1 billion mark at $1.1 billion following “The Dark Knight” ($1.01 billion) and “The Dark Knight Rises” ($1.085 billion). And yes, clever reader, that means it’s also the highest-grossing movie Nolan has ever made.
Another Universal movie dropped in third for a somewhat disappointing result. Will Gluck’s “One Night Only” took in just $5.7 million in the U.S. with a worldwide gross forthcoming. It’s unclear what the Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro romantic comedy cost, but pre-release tracking showed it at around $8 million, which, granted, wouldn’t have been ideal either. A B+ CinemaScore is fine, but reviews have not been kind. It has a rotten 46% on Rotten Tomatoes and scored just a 43 grade on Metacritic. Perhaps the government-mandated sex on just one night of the year twist was more off-putting than anyone involved expected. Turner and Barbaro in a rom-com sounds ideal. This storyline, not so much.
“Toy Story 5” kept chugging along in fourth with another $3.9 million for $470 million domestic and $1.093 billion globally.
The other new releases this weekend were Searchlight Pictures’ “Super Troopers 3” and Eli Roth’s “Ice Cream Man.” The former came in at a disappointing $4 million. With a cost in the low teens, it’s not a disaster, but it’s definitely a miss for the Disney division. The last “Super Troopers” came out in 2018 and took in $35 million worldwide on just a $13.5 million budget. That’s a nice single down the line, relatively speaking, but not necessarily indicative that a third installment would be a hit eight years later. The latter earned just $2 million in 1,671 theaters. “Ice Cream” reportedly cost just $5.5 million. It could break even just on foreign sales alone.
The late summer surprise may be Matthew Johnson’s “Tony.” The Anthony Bourdain biopic took in $348,955 in just six theaters for a fantastic $58,159 per screen. That’s the third-highest limited per-screen of the year after two other A24 titles: “The Moment” and “Pillion.” With strong reviews (75 grade on Metacritic, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes), this could be another summer win for the prolific indie distributor. It expands into additional markets next weekend before breaking nationwide on August 21.
Also debuting in limited release was Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” The Mubi pickup took in an excellent $251,500 across just five theaters, averaging $50,300 per screen. With an 89 on Metacritic and a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, “Miasma” is one of the most acclaimed films of the year so far. Even if it doesn’t match the $5.4 million global gross of Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow,” it should be a fixture at the Independent Spirit Awards and Gotham Awards ceremonies and a nice critical feather in Mubi’s cap.
New movies opening wide in one way or another on Friday include “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie,” “The End of Oak Street,” “The Brink of War,” and “The Rivals of Amziah King.”
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Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.
