Weekend Box Office Recap: Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hits $1.67B as The Odyssey Crosses $1B

The weekend of August 7–9, 2026 was less about competition and more about confirmation.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day did not just stay at No. 1. It continued one of the most dominant box office runs in modern movie history, earning an estimated $145 million domestic in its second weekend and pushing its global total to about $1.67 billion after only 10 days in theaters.

That would have been enough to define the weekend by itself. But Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey also crossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever, not adjusted for inflation. Together, Spider-Man and The Odyssey turned the weekend into another massive chapter in what has become a historic 2026 box office run.

The story is clear: audiences are not just going back to theaters. They are showing up in huge numbers when the movie feels like an event.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Keeps Its Record Pace

The top story remains Spider-Man: Brand New Day. After a massive opening, the Sony-Marvel release followed with an estimated $145 million domestic second weekend, a staggering sophomore frame that nearly matched the all-time second-weekend record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The film has now earned about $655.1 million domestic and $1.67 billion worldwide in only 10 days. That makes it the highest-grossing film of 2026, passing Toy Story 5, and puts it on a trajectory toward the upper tier of all-time global blockbusters.

The number is especially important because second weekends are where huge openings often reveal their real strength. A massive debut can be driven by fan urgency. A massive second weekend means the audience is still expanding. Brand New Day is not behaving like a front-loaded superhero title. It is behaving like a cultural event with real repeat-viewing power.

Sony also reached a major milestone. No Sony film had ever made more than $100 million in its second weekend before. Brand New Day cleared that mark easily.

Domestic Top 10

Here is the estimated domestic top 10 for August 7–9, 2026:

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day — $145.0 million
2. The Odyssey — $31.5 million
3. One Night Only — $5.7 million
4. Super Troopers 3 — $4.0 million
5. Toy Story 5 — $3.9 million
6. Minions & Monsters — $3.5 million
7. Moana — $2.8 million
8. Ice Cream Man — $2.0 million
9. The Invite — $717,568
10. CatVideoFest 2026 — $568,414

The Odyssey Becomes Nolan’s Biggest Movie Ever

In second place, The Odyssey added $31.5 million domestic in its fourth weekend. That would be a strong number for most films at any point in their run, but the bigger headline is global: Nolan’s mythological epic has now crossed $1.1 billion worldwide.

That makes The Odyssey Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever, not adjusted for inflation, passing The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight. It also gives Nolan his first billion-dollar film since The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.

The IMAX story remains central. The Odyssey has become IMAX’s highest-grossing domestic release ever, with the film continuing to drive premium-format demand weeks after opening. That speaks to the unique power Nolan has built with audiences. People are not just seeing his movies; they are seeking out specific formats and treating the release like a limited theatrical experience.

The film still has another major market left, with China opening next. That gives The Odyssey room to climb even higher.

Two Billion-Dollar Movies in the Same Weekend

The biggest industry headline is that Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey both crossed the $1 billion mark globally during the same weekend.

That is a major symbol of where the 2026 box office stands. For much of the post-pandemic era, studios were asking whether theatrical moviegoing could fully recover. This weekend suggests that recovery is no longer the right question. The better question is what kinds of movies can turn theatrical attendance into a must-participate event.

Brand New Day did it through Marvel scale, nostalgia, Tom Holland’s return, strong fan investment, and the feeling of a new Spider-Man chapter. The Odyssey did it through Nolan’s name, IMAX, a massive cast, and the promise of old-school cinematic spectacle.

The movies are very different, but the lesson is the same: audiences respond when the movie feels urgent.

One Night Only Leads the New Releases

The strongest new wide release of the weekend was One Night Only, which opened in third place with $5.7 million.

The Universal dystopian romantic comedy stars Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner and imagines a world where premarital sex is outlawed except for one night a year. That is a big, strange hook, and the film’s opening is modest but not meaningless. With a reported budget around $25 million, it does not need blockbuster numbers to become a reasonable performer.

The problem is that opening against Spider-Man and The Odyssey leaves very little oxygen for anything else. The movie landed as the weekend’s top non-tentpole option, but it was still operating in a marketplace completely dominated by two giants.

Audience response was better than the reviews, which may help it avoid disappearing immediately. But the path to a long theatrical run will depend on whether it can become a date-night alternative rather than just a quirky opening-weekend curiosity.

Super Troopers 3 Opens Quietly

Super Troopers 3 opened in fourth place with $4 million, giving Searchlight a modest comedy launch.

The long-running Broken Lizard franchise has a loyal audience, but this opening shows the limits of that audience in 2026. The movie did not break out beyond the core fanbase, and like One Night Only, it faced the challenge of opening in a weekend where most casual moviegoing attention was focused on Spider-Man and The Odyssey.

Still, expectations for this kind of comedy are different from a studio tentpole. A smaller opening does not automatically make the release a failure. But theatrically, this was a quiet return rather than a major comedy event.

Family Holdovers Keep Adding

The middle of the chart belonged to family holdovers.

Toy Story 5 earned $3.9 million, bringing its domestic total to about $470.4 million. The Pixar sequel is no longer the weekly headline, but it remains one of the year’s biggest successes and one of 2026’s billion-dollar global titles.

Minions & Monsters added $3.5 million, bringing its domestic total to about $176.4 million. The film opened softer than past entries in the Despicable Me universe, but it has continued to add money steadily.

Moana earned $2.8 million, bringing its domestic total to about $121.4 million. That remains underwhelming for a costly Disney live-action remake, especially compared with the strength of other 2026 family titles.

The larger family takeaway is that Toy Story 5 clearly became the summer’s dominant animated story, while Minions & Monsters and Moana settled into more modest lanes.

Smaller and Specialty Releases Find Their Own Space

The lower half of the chart included several smaller releases trying to survive beneath the blockbuster shadow.

Ice Cream Man opened with $2 million, a limited but noticeable launch for Iconic Events Releasing. The Invite continued its A24 run with about $717,568, bringing its domestic total to roughly $24.3 million. That is a respectable number for an adult-skewing ensemble comedy that has expanded gradually.

CatVideoFest 2026 also cracked the top 10 with $568,414, a reminder that specialty programming can still pull a theatrical audience when the event nature is clear. It is not a traditional movie in the same way as the other top 10 titles, but that is exactly why it works. It gives audiences a communal, novelty-driven reason to go.

Outside the top 10, A24’s Tony, starring Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain, delivered one of the year’s best limited openings with about $348,955 from six theaters. Mubi’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma also opened strongly in limited release, earning about $251,500 from five theaters. Those numbers show that even in a tentpole-heavy weekend, specialty audiences are still active.

Obsession Finally Slows Down

After one of the most remarkable runs of the year, Obsession has finally moved out of the domestic top 10. The Focus Features horror phenomenon earned about $200,000 in its thirteenth weekend, bringing its domestic total to about $263.3 million.

That total is still staggering for a microbudget horror film. Obsession spent much of the summer redefining what a creator-driven, word-of-mouth horror breakout could look like. Even if its theatrical run is now winding down, it remains one of 2026’s clearest return-on-investment champions.

Its exit from the top 10 also signals a broader shift. The summer began with horror and creator-driven surprises helping carry the marketplace. Now, the box office is being dominated by traditional event-scale blockbusters again — but the lessons from Obsession and Backrooms still matter.

The Bigger Story: 2026 Is Turning Into a Historic Box Office Year

This weekend’s biggest story goes beyond any single title.

According to Rentrak, 2026 domestic ticket sales are running 18.5% ahead of last year, and the summer box office is on the edge of crossing $4 billion. That is a major recovery benchmark and one Hollywood has not consistently reached in the post-pandemic era.

The year now has five billion-dollar movies: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, Toy Story 5, Michael, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. That kind of depth matters. The box office is not being carried by one breakout. It is being powered by multiple lanes: superhero spectacle, director-driven epic filmmaking, family animation, music biopics, and video game/franchise entertainment.

That variety is what makes 2026 feel different. Earlier in the year, horror breakouts and mid-budget surprises showed that smaller movies could still matter. Now, late summer is showing that the biggest movies can still become truly massive when they connect.

For theaters, this weekend was another sign that the audience is there. The challenge is giving them something that feels worth leaving the house for.

International Box Office

Internationally, Spider-Man: Brand New Day remained the dominant global force. The film has already surpassed $1 billion overseas and reached about $1.67 billion worldwide after only 10 days. Its second-weekend global total was reported around $381 million, showing that the movie is not just a North American phenomenon. It is a worldwide blockbuster operating at historic speed.

The Odyssey also continued its huge international run, adding about $110.7 million globally this weekend and reaching roughly $1.104 billion worldwide. With China still ahead, Nolan’s epic has room to keep climbing. The international performance confirms that its appeal extends far beyond domestic IMAX devotees; this is a true global event film.

Among holdovers, Toy Story 5 remains one of the year’s biggest worldwide hits, while Minions & Monsters and Moana continue to add smaller amounts globally. But the international story this weekend belongs almost entirely to Spider-Man and The Odyssey.

Bottom line: Spider-Man: Brand New Day is racing toward all-time blockbuster territory, The Odyssey has become Nolan’s biggest movie ever, and 2026 is now firmly positioned as Hollywood’s strongest post-pandemic box office year.