Spider-Man is Big Potato — Weekend Box Office Report for August 7th-August 9th, 2026

What am I even supposed to say about this? Spider-Man: Brand New Day has already made $655 million stateside. It’s massive on a level no one was expecting and frankly might make very little sense to some. It is in the same company as mega-tentpoles The Force Awakens, No Way Home, and Avengers: Endgame. But all three of those films had massive hype surrounding them on a deafening level (everyone knew the three Spider-Men would join forces in No Way Home despite it being a “secret”). Brand New Day, on the surface at least, was simply another Spidey flick. It was always going to be huge–heck, it was probably always a lock for $1 billion worldwide–but never this huge.

Were audiences just that eager to learn if Sadie Sink was playing SPOILER? Was the promise of a Spider-Man/Hulk beatdown that alluring? The fifteen seconds of Tombstone? Who knows. Just never take the “no one likes the Tom Holland Spider-Man films because they’re slop” claims from YouTube and Twitter seriously. That’s about as accurate as saying everyone hated the Star Wars prequels.

Still, after last weekend’s insanity, annalists did go a bit crazy with projections for Spidey’s second frame, with many of them proclaiming it would cross the $2 billion mark today. We’re not quite that bonkers yet. Still, Brand New Day should easily be able to swing past that milestone before all is said and done. Which is nuts in itself. All I can say is Disney has to make sure Spider-Man shows up in the next Doomsday trailer.

As I said last weekend (well, last Tuesday), there are really only two movies that matter in theaters right now: Brand New Day and The Odyssey. Everything else is just small potatoes, including our newcomers. Universal made a fatal mistake when choosing to release One Night Only–a film born for Valentine’s Day if there ever was one–one week only after Spider-Man. “Oh, it will be a great date flick!” Brand New Day already is a date flick. One Night Only never stood a chance, and once it got out that a premise this raunchy was actually pretty tame with its sex and nudity (that’s like making Kick-Ass with no violence), I’d say interest lessened even more. This one is going to have to find a home on streaming, as those Anyone But You legs simply aren’t going to happen here.

Likewise, Ice Cream Man isn’t a financial frozen treat with a take of only $2 million. As we’ve seen recently, the Terrifier franchise is the only one that can really get away with releasing their films unrated. That’s because audiences want to see what terrible and unspeakable things that clown is going to do next. Ice Cream Man had a villain who looked like Walt Disney for some reason. Not exactly as intimidating as an evil clown. All of that being said, I thought the latest from Eli Roth had some pretty solid marketing behind it. So I was expecting a bit more.

Super Troopers 3 is likewise finding itself completely buried. It’s a cult series and as such can’t really compete with the big boys of summer, so I’m not sure why Disney gave this an August release, but hey, it’s not like they’ll lose much money from it.

Lastly, it hasn’t been getting much attention, but good on Minions and Monsters for being quite leggy after a less-than-stellar opening. It’s a super fun little film which I’m glad people are enjoying. Despicable Me 5 is still eventually going to happen.

Next week we somehow get two dinosaur movies. Will either of them dethrone Brand New Day? No.

Anyway, the top ten, via The Numbers