Spider-Man: Brand New Day set a domestic box office preview record at $72 million. AMC, Regal and Cinemark benefit from the Marvel release. Analysts expect a $270 million opening weekend.
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Sony and Marvel's "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" pulled in $72 million in domestic preview ticket sales, the biggest pre-show haul in Hollywood history. The previous record belonged to 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," which collected $60 million ahead of its opening weekend.
The number covers Wednesday early access screenings and Thursday night previews. Analysts expect the film to gross roughly $270 million domestically over its debut weekend, with some forecasts running higher. The previous Spider-Man installment, "No Way Home," opened to $260 million in 2021, the second-best domestic debut ever. "Endgame" holds the top spot at $357 million.
"The demand for 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' is nothing short of astonishing," said Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Rentrak. "For a film to earn more than $70 million in pre-shows is unprecedented and it reflects massive enthusiasm among moviegoers to head to the multiplex for the latest Marvel epic."
For theater operators, the numbers are a direct catalyst. AMC Entertainment, the largest chain, stands to benefit from the film's reach across its U.S. locations. Regal and Cinemark are also in the mix, along with regional players carrying premium large-format screens. "Brand New Day" is playing on ScreenX, 4DX, Dolby Cinema and HDR by Barco, plus proprietary formats from the major chains. Thursday alone, ScreenX pulled $1.8 million domestically. 4DX tallied roughly $1.3 million. Those format revenues should hit $4 million and $4.5 million over the three-day weekend.
Dergarabedian cautioned that pre-show records don't guarantee a record full weekend. "While pre-shows are a very strong indicator of potential opening-weekend success, several factors can come into play, including a heavily front-loaded preview and opening day driven by fans motivated by the shared urgency of opening-weekend FOMO," he said.
The film lacks an Imax release. Those screens are reserved for Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" from Universal, limiting the top-line weekend ceiling. Premium large-format screens from other vendors are picking up some of that slack.
The broader domestic box office has collected $5.6 billion in ticket sales this year through Sunday, 16% behind 2019 levels. The summer corridor is only 9% off the 2019 pace at $3.05 billion. That gap could narrow as "Brand New Day" plays through August, typically the softest month of the summer calendar. The film's run extends into the fall, giving chains a revenue bridge to November's "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" and December's double feature of "Dune: Part Three" and "Avengers: Doomsday."
AMC carries an Alpha Score of 35 out of 100, a Weak label in the Communication Services sector. The preview record and expected opening weekend provide a near-term catalyst. The stock's fundamentals remain challenged by debt and a slow box office recovery. For the theater group, the real test is whether "Brand New Day" can sustain attendance through August and close the gap to 2019 levels. The film doesn't get the Imax tailwind, premium formats like ScreenX and 4DX are filling part of that gap. Monday's actual weekend figure will be the next concrete data point.
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