Spider-Man: Brand New Day Joins $2 Billion Club; Here Are 7 Films That Did It Before

Tom Holland’s latest Spider-Man adventure has reportedly entered one of Hollywood’s most exclusive box-office clubs.


Crossing the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office is a rare achievement, reserved for some of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history. Now, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has reportedly joined that elite group.

Starring Tom Holland, the superhero film has earned around $2.02 billion worldwide after just three weekends in theatres, making it the eighth film ever to cross the $2 billion milestone.

Released globally on July 31, the film is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and continues the Spider-Man franchise with Holland in the lead.

According to the figures cited in the report, Spider-Man: Brand New Day reached $2 billion in just three weekends, making it the second-fastest film to hit the milestone after Avengers: Endgame.

The achievement is also significant for the Spider-Man franchise. The film has surpassed Spider-Man: No Way Home, which finished with approximately $1.9 billion worldwide.

Here are the other seven films that have crossed the $2 billion mark.

7. Avengers: Infinity War — $2.05 billion

Released in 2018, Avengers: Infinity War became the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to cross $2 billion worldwide.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the superhero epic brought together a huge ensemble of Marvel characters as they battled Thanos, who was seeking all six Infinity Stones.

The film eventually earned around $2.05 billion globally.

6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — $2.07 billion

Star Wars: The Force Awakens revived the iconic franchise in 2015 and introduced a new generation of characters alongside familiar faces.

Directed by J.J. Abrams, the film earned approximately $2.07 billion worldwide, becoming one of the biggest box-office successes of its era.

5. Titanic — $2.26 billion

James Cameron’s Titanic remains one of cinema’s most enduring box-office successes.

The 1997 romantic disaster film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, eventually accumulated around $2.26 billion worldwide.

Interestingly, the movie did not reach $2 billion during its original theatrical run. Its subsequent releases, including the 2012 3D re-release, pushed its lifetime earnings beyond the milestone.

4. Ne Zha 2 – $2.27 billion

Ne Zha 2 made history as the first non-Hollywood film and first animated feature to cross the $2 billion threshold, according to the figures cited.

Directed by Yu Yang, the Chinese animated blockbuster became a cultural phenomenon in its home market and earned approximately $2.27 billion worldwide.

Its extraordinary performance placed it among the highest-grossing films ever made.

3. Avatar: The Way of Water — $2.33 billion

James Cameron returned to Pandora with Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022, more than a decade after the original Avatar.

The sequel expanded the story of the Sully family while showcasing Pandora’s underwater world.

The film crossed $2 billion within around six weeks and ultimately collected approximately $2.33 billion worldwide.

With Avatar, Titanic and Avatar: The Way of Water, Cameron also became the first director to have three films cross the billion-dollar mark.

2. Avengers: Endgame — $2.80 billion

Few films generated the same level of anticipation as Avengers: Endgame.

Released in 2019, the Marvel blockbuster brought several long-running character arcs to a dramatic conclusion following years of interconnected storytelling.

The film earned approximately $2.80 billion worldwide and became the fastest film to cross $2 billion, reaching the milestone in just 11 days.

It also briefly overtook Avatar as the highest-grossing film of all time before Avatar regained the top spot.

1. Avatar — $2.92 trillion

At the top of the list is James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster Avatar.

The groundbreaking science-fiction film transported audiences to the fictional world of Pandora and transformed expectations around 3D filmmaking and visual effects.

With approximately $2.92 billion in worldwide earnings, Avatar remains the highest-grossing film in history based on the figures cited.

It crossed the $2 billion mark just 47 days after its release, establishing a box-office benchmark that very few films have been able to match.

The $2 billion club

With Spider-Man: Brand New Day now reportedly joining the club, the list of films to cross $2 billion stands at eight:

  1. Avatar — $2.92 trillion
  2. Avengers: Endgame — $2.80 billion
  3. Avatar: The Way of Water — $2.33 billion
  4. Ne Zha 2 – $2.27 billion
  5. Titanic — $2.26 billion
  6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — $2.07 billion
  7. Avengers: Infinity War — $2.05 billion
  8. Spider-Man: Brand New Day — $2.02 billion

With the Tom Holland-led film still playing in theatres, its final worldwide total could rise further.

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