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Box Office Weekend Forecast: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY and THE ODYSSEY On Course for Potential $300M+ Combined Moviegoing Frame

Photo Credits: Sony & Marvel Studios ("Spider-Man: Brand New Day"); Universal & Syncopy ("The Odyssey")

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Sony)
BOT Domestic Opening Weekend Forecast Range: view on Substack
Studio Tracking: $195 million

The Odyssey (Universal)
BOT Domestic 3rd Weekend Forecast Range: view on Substack

Key Tracking Factors & Rationale:

  • The first live-action Peter Parker movie in nearly five years continues to soar in final pre-release tracking. Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s excellent reviews (91 percent Certified Fresh from 158 critics on Rotten Tomatoes) only add to the weekend’s potential.
  • When we start talking numbers this large, all variables of context have to be kept in mind. For starters, the Spidey and broader Marvel franchises are massively pre-sale focused, which warrants at least some caution for ballooning expectations as the weekend approaches.
  • (view the complete analysis in our Substack newsletter)