"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" remained the No. 1 film at the domestic box office for a third consecutive weekend, with studios estimating a haul of $65 million to $67 million from Friday through Sunday, as Warner Bros.' dinosaur adventure "The End of Oak Street" opened below its target in second place.
The Sony-Marvel sequel's third-weekend hold pushes its North American total to roughly $783 million. The film has already crossed $1 billion worldwide, reaching that mark faster than all but one prior "Spider-Man" release, according to distributor estimates reported by Deadline. The summer domestic box office overall has now passed $4 billion, a milestone driven largely by "Brand New Day" and Universal's "The Odyssey" despite a thinner slate of mid-budget releases than in past summers.
"The End of Oak Street," directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella and Christian Convery, opened to an estimated $18 million to $20 million domestically against a production budget reported at $80 million or more. The film follows a suburban family thrown into the prehistoric past after their 1982 street is swallowed by a wormhole, and industry estimates suggest it will need upward of $200 million worldwide to break even. The opening ranks among the softer wide-release debuts of Hathaway's career, though the film has fared far better with critics than with opening-weekend audiences: it holds an 85% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a "B" grade in CinemaScore exit polling, both signs it could hold up better than a typical soft opener.
A crowded, uneven weekend
Several smaller wide and limited releases, including "Super Troopers 3" and "One Night Only," opened alongside "Oak Street" but managed only modest returns, unable to make a dent in a marketplace still dominated by the "Spider-Man" holdover. The result extends what has been a lopsided summer at the domestic box office, with a handful of tentpoles accounting for an outsized share of ticket sales while mid-budget studio films continue to struggle for attention.
Final weekend figures, typically confirmed by studios on Monday via Box Office Mojo and similar trackers, could adjust the estimates slightly in either direction. "The End of Oak Street" will be watched closely in the coming weeks for whether strong reviews and word of mouth can extend its theatrical run and narrow the gap to its budget, while "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" faces its first real test next weekend as new wide releases enter the marketplace.
