{"id":36601,"date":"2026-08-10T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36601"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:41:47","slug":"brand-new-day-becomes-biggest-hollywood-film-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36601","title":{"rendered":"Brand New Day\u2019 Becomes Biggest Hollywood Film In India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/spider-man-brand-new-day\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spider-man-brand-new-day\" data-tag=\"spider-man-brand-new-day\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a> <\/em>is now the highest-grossing Hollywood film of all time in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/india\/\" id=\"auto-tag_india\" data-tag=\"india\">India<\/a> after taking $10.6M over the weekend for a cumulative $52.8M take.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, overtook the record previously held by James Cameron\u2019s 2022 <em>Avatar: The Way Of Water<\/em> after only 11 days of release. Opening in India on July 30, the day before its global release, the film has not faced much competition, although two big local films \u2013 <em>Batwara 1947<\/em>, starring Sunny Deol, and Nitin Kakkar\u2019s <em>Awarapan 2,<\/em> starring Emraan Hashmi \u2013 are set to open this coming weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been a strong summer for Hollywood films in India, with both Christopher Nolan\u2019s <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, which opened on July 17, and <em>Obsession<\/em>, an early summer release on May 29, reportedly grossing more than the INR1B ($10M) benchmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hollywood and other foreign films usually only have a 10-15% share of the Indian market, where local fare dominates. In 2025, international films clocked up a 10% market share with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/avatar-fire-and-ash\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avatar-fire-and-ash\" data-tag=\"avatar-fire-and-ash\">Avatar: Fire And Ash<\/a> <\/em>the top-grossing Hollywood film on $26.4M, according to Ormax Media figures. In comparison, the highest-grossing local film last year, Hindi-language action epic <em>Dhurandhar<\/em>, took $104.8m<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first half of 2026, international films had an 8% share, with <em>Obsession<\/em> grossing around $10M (INR1B) and <em>Project Hail Mary<\/em> on $9.2M (INR880M). <em>Dhurandhar: The Revenge<\/em> topped the first half chart with $132m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, India is having an encouraging year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/box-office\/\" id=\"auto-tag_box-office\" data-tag=\"box-office\">box office<\/a>. Ormax Media has reported that revenues for the six months January to June 2026 reached $661.66M (INR63.98B), making it the highest-grossing first half of any year since the pandemic, and surpassing the first half of 2025 by around 10%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upcoming films include Geetu Mohandas\u2019 <em>Toxic, <\/em>starring Yash, scheduled for August 26; and <em>Ramayana: Part 1,<\/em> which is expected for Diwali in November and was recently picked up by Sony for worldwide distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the highest-grossing Hollywood film of all time in India after taking $10.6M over the weekend for a cumulative $52.8M take.\u00a0 The film, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, overtook the record previously held by James Cameron\u2019s 2022 Avatar: The Way Of Water after only 11 days of release. 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