Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Sky’s the Limit: “Spider Man: Brand New Day” Swinging to $700 Million in the US Today, Closing in On $2 Billion Worldwide

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Today’s the day.

Peter Parker and pals are hitting the $700 million mark this very afternoon and evening with “Spider Man: Brand New Day.” The Tom Holland-Zendaya led comic book film moves to number 8 on the all time list.

Worldwide, the number is up to a shocking $1.7 billion.

Stan Lee is up there in heaven passing out cigars. He could never have imagined his creation going this far

And today is just Day 13. That’s it. This movie will be playing in theaters well past Labor Day. And it’s going into IMAX, where the ticket prices are something twenty five bucks.

At the same time, “The Odyssey” is heading toward $500 million. That’s pretty wild, and Homer — now 3,000 years old — may be taunting Stan if they run into each other. “The Odyssey” also features Holland and Zendaya. Chris Nolan’s epic is heading to massive awards attention.

What’s not happening? “Cookie Queens,” a documentary about Girl Scout cookies, is DOA. Meghan Markle is executive producer with Prince Harry. These two have no idea what they’re doing, do they? They let the documentary be distributed by Roadkill –er, Roadside — Attractions, a company that couldn’t Girl Scout cookies to Girl Scouts. I’m not sure if they even have an agent left in Hollywood who will work with them. It’s pretty clear that Princess Meghan does not take advice from others. That’s the way the cookie crumbles!

By the way, “Cookie Queens” sounds like it’s about drag stars.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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