Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day $140M+; One Night Only Tops Previews
Two new movies are opening in theaters this weekend.
One is a superhero movie starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, called Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it is having a huge run at the box office.
It reached $500 million in ticket sales faster than any movie ever has — in just seven days, even quicker than Avengers: Endgame.
The other new movie, One Night Only, is a romantic comedy about two New Yorkers looking for love.
It earned the most money in special early preview showings.
Reviewers did not like it very much, but the studio hopes regular audiences will turn it into a hit.
Two more movies are also opening: a comedy called Super Troopers 3 and a scary movie called Ice Cream Man.
Spider-Man is expected to stay number one, but other studios hope the big audiences it attracts will help their movies too.
For movie fans, it is an exciting weekend to go to the theater.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $500 million in seven days, the fastest any film has reached that mark, beating Avengers: Endgame's eight-day pace; its Thursday gross of $29M brought its stateside cume to $510.8M.
Universal's romantic comedy One Night Only topped previews with $1.35M from combined Thursday night and Monday secret screening showings.
One Night Only, directed by Will Gluck (Anyone But You) and starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro, opens at 3,012 theaters with hopes of exceeding $10M despite a 47% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Even with an expected -60% second-weekend drop, Spider-Man: Brand New Day would land around $144M, the third-best sophomore frame ever.
Also opening this weekend: Searchlight's Super Troopers 3 (2,760 theaters, about $350K in previews) and Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man (1,671 theaters).
- Who
- Tom Holland and Zendaya star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day; One Night Only stars Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro under director Will Gluck. Distributors include Universal, Searchlight, and Sony/Marvel Studios.
- What
- The August box office weekend: Spider-Man: Brand New Day targets $140M+ in its second frame while One Night Only tops previews among the new releases.
- When
- This weekend; One Night Only logged previews on Thursday night and in a Monday secret screening.
- Where
- U.S. movie theaters.
- Why
- It is summer's box office finale, and studios and indie distributors hope Spider-Man's draw lifts all boats.
Critical Reception
Commercial Expectations
One Night Only's reviews vs. its box office outlook
Critical Reception
Critics gave One Night Only a low 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, below Anyone But You's 53%, and the other new openers fared worse (Super Troopers 3 at 32%, Ice Cream Man at 29%).
Commercial Expectations
Backers note the movie isn't made for critics; its $1.35M preview take matched Anyone But You, which turned previews into a massive 14.7x opening multiple, and One Night Only is expected to exceed $10M.
Spider-Man's dominance and the fate of smaller films
Critical Reception
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is projected to reign supreme over the box office for the entire month of August, potentially overshadowing the other new releases.
Commercial Expectations
Studios and indie distributors hope a rising tide lifts all boats, with Spider-Man's big crowds bringing audiences to theaters for the rest of summer's slate.
- One Night Only previews
- $1.35M (Thursday night + Monday secret screening)
- One Night Only opening theaters
- 3,012
- One Night Only Rotten Tomatoes score
- 47% (vs. 53% for Anyone But You)
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day Thursday gross
- $29M
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day U.S. cume
- $510.8M
- Days to $500M
- 7 (fastest ever; Avengers: Endgame took 8)
- Projected second-weekend gross
- ~$144M with a -60% drop (third-best sophomore frame ever)
- Other weekend openers
- Super Troopers 3 (2,760 theaters, ~$350K previews); Ice Cream Man (1,671 theaters)