Spider-Man and The Odyssey Dominate Labor Day Box Office

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is projected to earn $18 million over the traditional three-day Labor Day weekend and $23.3 million over the four-day holiday. According to Sony Pictures Entertainment, this secures the film's sixth consecutive weekend at the top of the domestic box office, a first for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is projected to earn a three-day total of $13 million, rising back to second place in its eighth weekend.

The Top Two Hold Firm

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the 38th MCU film starring Tom Holland, has now led the domestic chart since its July 31 debut. While 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home spent six nonconsecutive weekends at number one, no previous MCU film has held the top spot for six weekends in a row after its debut. The Odyssey, which premiered on July 17, topped the chart for two weekends before Spider-Man's arrival. It has spent three weekends at number two and two at number three since. Both films have surpassed the billion-dollar milestone globally, with The Odyssey ranking 14th and Spider-Man ranking 3rd on the all-time worldwide chart. The Odyssey's consistent performance led to an extension of its IMAX 70mm run through the end of September.

New Releases Struggle to Chart

The Labor Day weekend's new releases largely failed to make an impact. The only debut in the top ten was the Mark Wahlberg historical crime drama By Any Means. It landed in fourth place with a projected three-day total of $7.4 million and a four-day total of $9.1 million, reportedly one of the star's ten lowest openings ever.

Other major new releases debuted outside the top ten entirely. The survival thriller sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint is projected to earn $2.3 million over three days. The Adam Wingard action-horror film Onslaught is looking at a three-day total of $1.9 million.

Holdover Performances

Several existing films showed strong staying power. The Looney Tunes movie Coyote vs. Acme, resurrected by Ketchup Entertainment after being shelved by Warner Bros., is expected to drop only 29% in its second weekend. With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%, this would reportedly give it one of the smallest sophomore drops ever for a wide release.

The horror sequel Insidious: Out of the Further dropped one spot to fifth in its third weekend, passing the $50 million domestic milestone. By the end of the holiday weekend, it will have outgrossed the first Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 3 to become the fourth highest-grossing film in the franchise.

Only one holdover title exited the top ten. Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars crashed to ninth place with a 65% drop after debuting at number five the previous week.

The sustained success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, alongside earlier summer hits, has pushed the season's cumulative domestic box office total close to a record. If Monday's numbers align, this summer could beat 2013's record of $4.756 billion.