India, July 27 -- It was almost five years ago that Spider-Man: No Way Home broke box office records and set new benchmarks for any superhero film not titled Avengers. The film's success gave the Marvel Cinematic Universe a launchpad for its expansion after the dual success of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Now, in 2026, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been entrusted with the task of saving a faltering and dying MCU, and give it the much-needed boost going into Avengers: Doomsday. And if the final projections are to be believed, Tom Holland's friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is again destined to swing his way into the record books.

In the first week of July, Deadline and Variety projected that Brand New Day would open at $180-190 mil...