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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Continues to Smash Records, Beating Avengers: Endgame

The Avengers may have saved the universe, but Spider-Man just beat them at the box office. Seven years ago, the Avengers defeated Thanos, saved half the universe, and turned Avengers: Endgame into a $858.3 million domestic blockbuster. Now a guy in red-and-blue spandex has come along to knock them down to a peg. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has earned $3.4 million as of its fourth Monday, bringing its domestic total to $858.4 million and putting it just ahead of Endgame in the all-time domestic box office rankings. The movie is now headed toward $900 million domestically, a milestone only Star Wars: The Force Awakens has previously approached. It is about $41.6 million away from reaching that mark and roughly $78 million behind The Force Awakens’s $936.7 million domestic record. That would be an extraordinary run for any movie, but Brand New Day has been setting records since opening weekend. Its $360 million domestic debut surpassed Endgame’s record for the biggest opening weekend ever in North America. The movie also crossed $2 billion worldwide in fewer than three weeks, making it the second-fastest film to reach that mark behind — naturally — Endgame. It is only the eighth movie t

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Spider-Man Defeats the Avengers, Only 'Star Wars' Is Left to Beat

Spider-Man has defeated the Avengers again. At the box office, that is. After Spider-Man: Brand New Day squeaked by Avengers: Endgame for the highest-grossing opening weekend in history, the Webslinger has continued his dominance and has…

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Spider-Man Defeats the Avengers, Only 'Star Wars' Is Left to Beat

Spider-Man has defeated the Avengers again. At the box office, that is. After Spider-Man: Brand New Day squeaked by Avengers: Endgame for the highest-grossing opening weekend in history, the Webslinger has continued his…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Continues to Smash Records, Beating Avengers: Endgame

The Avengers may have saved the universe, but Spider-Man just beat them at the box office. Seven years ago, the Avengers defeated Thanos, saved half the universe, and turned Avengers: Endgame into a $858.3 million…

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