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Sunday, August 23, 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Claims No. 3 Domestic All-Time Title in Record Fourth Weekend
Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its historic run, grossing $39 million in its fourth weekend to bring its domestic cumulative total to $854.9 million — surpassing Spider-Man: No Way Home to become the No. 3 highest-grossing domestic release of all time. Globally, the Tom Holland-led Marvel adventure has reached $2.22 billion, placing it sixth on the all-time worldwide chart and just behind Titanic ($2.26 billion). Only Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($858 million) rank ahead domestically, with Brand New Day now within reach of both records.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
Insidious: Out of the Further Bows Below Franchise Opening Record With $25.3M Debut
The sixth installment of the Insidious horror franchise opened in second place with $25.3 million from 3,303 theaters, slightly below the series record held by 2013’s Insidious: Chapter 2 ($40 million) and trailing 2023’s The Red Door ($33 million). Stage 6 Films and Blumhouse Atomic Monster produced the sequel, Insidious: Out of the Further, on an $18 million budget — well below what the opening weekend alone will generate domestically, with an additional $35 million earned internationally. Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea and returning franchise star Lin Shaye lead the cast, which earned a C+ CinemaScore from audiences.
A24’s Anthony Bourdain Film Tony Expands to 1,600 Theaters in Third Weekend
A24’s biographical drama Tony, starring Dominic Sessa as a teenage Anthony Bourdain, claimed seventh place at the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $5 million after expanding to 1,600 North American screens in its third weekend of release. The film originally opened in just 37 theaters, building gradually to this weekend’s nationwide rollout, which lifted its domestic cumulative total to approximately $6.6 million. Tony’s move to wide release arrived on a weekend crowded with studio fare and franchise titles, signaling audience appetite for the Anthony Bourdain-inspired feature.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
Universal Marks 25 Years of Fast & Furious With Nostalgia Re-Release, Opens at No. 8
Universal Pictures rereleased the original The Fast and the Furious in theaters this weekend to mark its 25th anniversary, opening to an estimated $3.1 million at eighth place at the domestic box office. The Vin Diesel vehicle grossed $207 million globally in its initial theatrical run to launch what became one of Hollywood’s most durable action franchises. The re-release coincides with the franchise’s long-awaited eleventh installment in development, positioning the nostalgic re-release as both a celebration of the original and a strategic audience engagement effort ahead of the upcoming conclusion.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
2026 Summer Box Office Surpasses $4.4 Billion, Chasing 2013’s All-Time Record
The 2026 domestic box office crossed the $7 billion mark for the full calendar year, with the summer moviegoing season generating an estimated $4.444 billion in domestic ticket sales through this weekend, per Rentrak data cited by The Hollywood Reporter. The figure places summer 2026 revenues 20.4 percent ahead of the same period in 2025, and within range of the all-time summer box office record of $4.75 billion set in 2013. The milestones are anchored by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has generated $854.9 million domestically across four weekends, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with $539 million.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
Box Office — Currently in Theatres
| # | Title | Release Date | Weekend | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Jul 31 | $39.0M | $854.9M |
| 2 | Insidious: Out of the Further | Aug 21 | $25.3M | $25.3M |
| 3 | The Odyssey | Jul 17 | $19.5M | $539.0M |
| 4 | PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie | Aug 14 | $9.1M | $35.4M |
| 5 | The End of Oak Street | Aug 14 | $9.0M | $38.0M |
| 6 | Mutiny | Aug 21 | $7.5M | $7.5M |
| 7 | Tony | Aug 7 | $5.0M | $6.6M |
| 8 | The Fast and the Furious (25th Ann.) | Aug 21 | $3.1M | — |
| 9 | Spa Weekend | Aug 21 | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| 10 | The Magic Faraway Tree | Aug 21 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 11 | Six: The Musical Live! | Aug 14 | $3.0M | $3.0M |
| 12 | The Brink of War | Aug 14 | $2.7M | $2.7M |
| 13 | Toy Story 5 | Jun 26 | $2.4M | $475.6M |
| 14 | One Night Only | Aug 7 | $2.0M | $9.9M |
| 15 | Vishwanath and Sons | Aug 14 | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| 16 | Minions & Monsters | Jul 3 | $1.6M | $180.2M |
| 17 | Your Name (10th Anniv.) | Aug 14 | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| 18 | Super Troopers 3 | Aug 7 | $1.3M | $6.6M |
| 19 | Moana (2026 Re-release) | Jul 10 | $1.3M | $124.6M |
| 20 | The Rivals of Amziah King | Aug 14 | $1.0M | $1.0M |
Source: The Hollywood Reporter & Box Office Mojo · Weekend estimates (Aug 21–23); rows 11–20 reflect prior weekend actuals
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