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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' $36M+, 'Insidious 6' $23M+ Opening - Deadline
Entertainment and CultureBy Anthony D'Alessandro8/22/20261 min read
Sony owns the top of the box office with 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' at $36M+ in its 4th frame and 'Insidious: Out of the Further' opening to $23M+.
✨ Key Highlights
- Sony dominated the box office weekend, holding the top two spots with Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Brand New Day earning $39 million in its fourth weekend across 4,006 sites, and Insidious: Out of the Further opening to $25.3 million at 3,303 theaters.
- Brand New Day, now the highest-grossing film for director Destin Daniel Cretton and star Zendaya, reached a running domestic cume of $854.9 million, putting it just $3.4 million shy of surpassing Avengers: Endgame's $858.3 million to become the second highest-grossing domestic release ever.
- The performance marks a sharp turnaround from a year ago, when Sony's Darren Aronofsky film Caught Stealing opened to just $7.8 million and finished at $19 million domestically against a roughly $65 million budget.
- The domestic box office passed $7 billion for 2026 (Jan. 1–Aug. 23), up 20% over the same period last year and only 7% behind 2019, while the summer stands at $4.4 billion, 26% ahead of last summer.
- Insidious: Out of the Further marks the fifth time the franchise has opened above $20 million, earning a C+ CinemaScore matching its predecessor Red Door, while the series' best grades belong to Insidious 2 and 3 with a B+.
- The horror sequel skewed toward female audiences at 57% versus 43% men, with women under 25 giving it a stronger definite recommend at 62%, continuing Sony's successful history of late-August horror programming.
SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday afternoon update:Refresh for more and chart…This weekend belongs to Sony, or at least the top two spots at the box office do, with Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand