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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Set To Become Biggest Hollywood Grosser In India By Second Sunday
BY SACNILK
Mumbai, August 8 - Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on the verge of creating history at the Indian box office. The Tom Holland-led superhero film has already emerged as one of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters ever in the country and is now expected to become the highest-grossing non-Indian film in India by the end of its second weekend. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Spider-Man: Brand New Day has grossed approximately 418.25 crore in India after its second Friday, completing nine days at the box office. The film continues to show strong momentum in its second week, despite facing competition from new releases. With the film maintaining its pace, the next major target is Avengers: Endgame, which currently holds the second position among the highest-grossing Hollywood films in India with a lifetime gross of around 445 crore. The fourth Tom Holland-led solo Spider-Man movie is expected to cross Avengers: Endgame on its second Saturday itself. Once that milestone is achieved, Brand New Day will have only one major target left — Avatar: The Way of Water. James Cameron's 2022 blockbuster has collected approximately 477.50 crore gross in India, and the current trajectory suggests that Spider-Man 4 could overtake that figure by Sunday, giving it the all-time non-Indian box-office record in the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) The second weekend is turning out to be equally historic. The film is expected to collect 80 crore or more gross during its second weekend, which would be a record second weekend for a non-Indian film in India. The remarkable hold is particularly significant considering the film has already delivered a gigantic opening week and is now sustaining exceptional audience demand in its second week. If the film crosses the 477.50 crore mark by Sunday, Brand New Day is also expected to breach the 500 crore gross milestone before the second week ends, which will be a first instance for a foreign movie. It would also underline the extraordinary theatrical pull of Tom Holland's Spider-Man franchise in the Indian market, following the phenomenal performance of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is currently the fifth biggest grosser. The bigger question now is how far Spider-Man: Brand New Day can go. With the 500 crore gross milestone firmly within reach, the film could potentially create a new benchmark that may remain extremely difficult for another Hollywood release to challenge until Avengers: Doomsday, which arrives in December this year with the potential to shatter almost every record at the Indian box office for Hollywood.