Spider-Man: Brand New Day has swung into the Indian box office with unprecedented success, shattering records for Hollywood openers and setting its sights on the exclusive Rs 500 crore club.
Key Points
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day recorded a blockbuster extended weekend in India, signalling a strong return of audiences to cinemas for both Bollywood and Hollywood releases.
- The film broke the record for the biggest Hollywood opener ever in India, collecting a massive Rs 61 crore (Rs 610 million) on its first day, surpassing Avengers: Endgame's previous record of Rs 53.10 crore (Rs 531 million).
- Over its four-day extended weekend, the film amassed an estimated Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.5 billion), nearing the entire first week collections of Avengers: End Game (Rs 260 crore/Rs 2.6 billion).
The audience is back in theatres, and how!
Back-to-back commercial successes are being seen in cinemas and the trend that started with Bollywood releases Welcome To The Jungle and Dhamaal 4 has now extended to Hollywood as well.
After The Odyssey, it's time for Spider-Man: Brand New Day to rise and shine, and become the baap of all box office successes.
The craze around the film was huge and days before its release, a Rs 50 crore opening seemed possible.
Record-Breaking Opening and Weekend Performance
To set the context right, only one film had done this kind of opening day business in India this year so far -- Dhurandhar: The Revenge -- and it was a massive blockbuster.
No other film has managed to come close to the Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) mark.
But what happened with Spider-Man is unprecedented. Released on Thursday, it not just went past the Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) mark but even broke the record for biggest Hollywood opener ever in India.
It surpassed the first day record of Marvel's own Avengers: End Game (Rs 53.10 crore/Rs 531 million) and ended up collecting a whopping Rs 61 crore (Rs 610 million).
Sustained Audience Acceptance and Future Projections
The second day came close to the Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) mark, the third and fourth days crossed Rs 70 crore (Rs 700 million), and it was clear that the Tom Holland-Zendaya starrer was earning big bucks at the box office.
The four-day weekend total of the film stands at Rs 250 crore* (Rs 2.5 billion), which is close to the entire first week collections of Avengers: End Game in India (Rs 260 crore/Rs 2.6 billion). That film had a lifetime total of Rs 373.22 crore (Rs 3.73 billion).
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is all set to go past that total by the close of the second weekend itself. It will then make a dash towards the Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) club.
This one is turning out to be an All Time Blockbuster in India.
Second Biggest Worldwide Debut
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is making waves internationally as well.
The film has made $355 million from 4,487 North American theatres, according to Variety, making it the second biggest debut in US box office history after 2019's Avengers: Endgame ($357 million).
The third largest US opening belongs to 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260 million) followed by 2018's Avengers: Infinity War ($257 million).
Variety states that Spider-Man: Brand New Day -- made at a cost of $225 million plus marketing costs -- collected $573 million at the international box office, bringing the grand total to a staggering $927 million worldwide.
It enjoys the second biggest worldwide debut after Endgame, which earned $1.2 billion in its first weekend of release).
*Estimates.
Note: All collections as per various box office sources.
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