Brand New Day has effectively rewritten the Hollywood box-office hierarchy in India in less than two weeks. With ₹383.79 crore in India net collections, it has crossed Avengers: Endgame and is now closing in on Avatar: The Way of Water, which earned ₹391.40 crore net in India.
The Tom Holland starrer is also far ahead of its predecessor Spider-Man: No Way Home, which collected around ₹217.10 crore net in India according to Sacnilk, while trade reports have put its India gross at around ₹265 crore.
In gross terms, the gap with Avatar: The Way of Water is also narrowing. Avatar 2 has an India gross of ₹477.50 crore, meaning Brand New Day, at ₹458.92 crore, is now less than ₹20 crore away from that mark.
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The film's performance has been particularly notable because it has continued to hold strongly beyond its opening week. By Day 7, it had already crossed ₹380 crore in India, and its second weekend brought another surge in collections.
A new benchmark for Hollywood in India
The film had already made history at the start of its theatrical run, surpassing Avengers: Endgame's opening-day record for a non-Indian film in India. Its opening also set the tone for what has become one of the strongest Hollywood runs in the country's box office history.
Globally, the film has also emerged as a major blockbuster. It opened to an estimated $932 million worldwide, making it the second-biggest global opening in cinema history behind Avengers: Endgame. Its domestic opening weekend in the US and Canada reached $360 million, narrowly surpassing Endgame's $357 million opening there.
What is Spider-Man: Brand New Day about?
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the latest live-action film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man series and serves as the follow-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home. The story picks up four years after the events of the previous film, with Peter Parker living alone and fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a New York City where nobody remembers his identity.
The film is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, with Tom Holland returning as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Zendaya plays MJ, while Jacob Batalon returns as Ned. The cast also includes Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion, Tramell Tillman and Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk.
The screenplay is by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, based on the Marvel comic-book characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The film is produced by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures and continues the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man story that began with Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017.