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This has been a terrific year for movie theaters. Cinemas are on course for their best financial year since before the coronavirus pandemic, powered by large-scale hits such as The Odyssey <\/i>and surprise small-budget smashes, particularly Obsession <\/i>and Backrooms<\/i>. Fears about the decline of the big-screen experience amid the rise of at-home streaming seem to have begun dissipating. But one theatrical stalwart is showing serious signs of weakness: the superhero movie, which helped keep blockbusters afloat for most of the 2010s. Marvel\u2019s most anticipated title last year, The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/i>\u2014which reintroduced the fan-favorite comic-book team\u2014failed to meet the studio\u2019s lofty expectations; this June\u2019s DC Comics adaptation of Supergirl<\/i>was an out-and-out bomb.<\/p>\n

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By those metrics, one might have predicted a similar slump for this summer\u2019s new Spider-Man <\/i>sequel, subtitled Brand New Day<\/i>. Instead, it has broken nearly every box-office record imaginable.<\/p>\n

That the film has been able to defy mounting superhero fatigue may seem unexpected. After all, Brand New Day <\/i>is the fourth Spider-Man <\/i>entry set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which owns the rights to the character; it\u2019s Tom Holland\u2019s seventh time playing the character. Whereas its predecessor, 2021\u2019s No Way Home<\/i>, sold itself on bringing back heroes and villains from prior Spider-Man <\/i>entries, Brand New Day <\/i>promised a general reset. Its story also feels smaller, the action confined to the hero\u2019s hometown of New York City, where he faces off with more street-level villains. Given the public\u2019s declining appetite for the MCU\u2014long gone are the days when an installment starring a relatively unknown character could make more than $1 billion worldwide\u2014Brand New Day<\/i>\u2019s streamlined focus seemed like an audience gamble.<\/p>\n

Not so: The movie earned $360 million domestically during its opening weekend, shattering a record set by Avengers: Endgame <\/i>in 2019. Endgame<\/i> was the grand conclusion of Marvel\u2019s initial saga, featuring Spider-Man alongside every other popular character in the company\u2019s wheelhouse. Yet Brand New Day<\/i>, with its far less cataclysmic stakes,could be the first-ever film to make $1 billion in the United States and Canada alone; if it doesn\u2019t break the all-time worldwide box-office record held by Avatar <\/i>($2.9 billion), it will at least come close. Its popularity is proof that for some costumed do-gooders, the exhaustion with superheroes just doesn\u2019t apply. Maybe the simplest rule of thumb is that although audiences are losing interest in most comic-book adaptations, Spider-Man will always endure.<\/p>\n

He initially set a famous box-office milestone back in 2002, when Spider-Man<\/i>\u2014the character\u2019s major-feature debut, starring Tobey Maguire\u2014grossed more than $110 million domestically during its opening weekend. Since then, even as other actors have assumed the role (including Andrew Garfield and an animated version voiced by Shameik Moore), Spider-Man has remained the most consistent of comic-book movie stars. Sony, which owns the film rights to the Spider-Man <\/i>franchise, has attempted to build offshoot storylines that don\u2019t feature him but has consistently failed; though the Venom <\/i>trilogy did well enough, the spin-offs Morbius<\/i>, Madame Web<\/i>, and Kraven the Hunter<\/i> were commercial failures. (Critics hated all of them too.) Yet Spider-Man himself has proved indestructible to theatergoers: The 11 films in which he stars have made nearly $11 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Brand New Day<\/i>\u2019s colossal success can\u2019t just be attributed to the hero\u2019s appeal, however. The genius of the co-creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko\u2019s comic-book invention was that he was more grounded and familiar than DC Comics\u2019 godlike figures, such as Superman and Wonder Woman, or the multibillionaire Batman. Spider-Man, in his original incarnation, was really just a nerdy teen named Peter Parker who readers could relate to, and the installments starring Holland have replicated that zippy, youthful energy. Spider-Man\u2019s brand has also been savvily extended to fans of all ages: Projects such as the wildly popular cartoon Spidey and His Amazing Friends<\/i> appeal to preschoolers, featuring villains including the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus downgraded from homicidal to simply mischievous; the studio Insomniac Games\u2019 three video games focused on the character are best sellers.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, the star power of Holland and Zendaya, who plays Spider-Man\u2019s girlfriend, MJ, is on a level few other young actors can claim. They both feature in the summer\u2019s other biggest hit, Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey<\/i>, and although they largely keep their real-life relationship private, it adds to the authenticity of their romance on-screen. Zendaya in particular has proved exceptionally good at getting young viewers to show up for more daring movies, such as this spring\u2019s The Drama<\/i>;comparatively, something as broadly crowd-pleasing as Brand New Day <\/i>is a layup.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s achievements will likely not be taken for granted. Marvel\u2019s next movie, Avengers: Doomsday<\/i>, will be released in December and stands to benefit from the hype around Brand New Day<\/i>. The studio is also soft-rebooting the franchise following next year\u2019s Avengers: Secret Wars<\/i>, in part by leaning on another well-known superhero team\u2014the X-Men, one of whom is deployed as Brand New Day<\/i>\u2019s surprise antagonist. The industry will probably never return to producing the relentless glut of comic-book adaptations that buttressed the past decade-plus in Hollywood\u2014which is a good thing, because a diversity of genres and cinematic experiences is the wisest thing to have on offer. Perhaps Brand New Day <\/i>could kick off a more stable new phase for superheroes. No matter what, Spider-Man will keep on swinging.<\/p>\n

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