Americans close this weekend the summer period with a long weekend due to the Labor Day holiday, which makes this Monday a holiday and extends the box office by one more day. A box office that, aside from that, presents few novelties and continues the trend of the last weeks.
The leadership, for the sixth consecutive week, remains with ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, which adds another $18 million to its impressive box office, a figure that still seems far from hitting a ceiling. In the United States, the film has amassed $923 million in gross, while its worldwide total exceeds $2.408 billion.
The Tom Holland film is already about $13 million away from becoming the highest-grossing film in US history, which for now remains Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens with 936 million. As for the global ranking, it remains the third-highest-grossing film of all time, and here its ascent will be tougher, since it still trails Avengers: Endgame by less than 400 million and Avatar by around 500 million.
We never tire of repeating how strong the numbers are, but we should not overlook ‘Odyssey’, which has already spent 8 weeks in theaters and remains the second-highest grossing film in the United States. It adds another $13 million to its $584.7 million gross. These figures place the film at the 14th spot on the all-time list, and it should have no trouble climbing at least to position 11 over the course of the week.
‘Coyote vs Acme’ holds up exceptionally well in its second week
The third place in the box office goes to ‘Coyote vs. Acme’, the film that David Zaslav did not want to release for an “accounting effect” and which only drops 27% in its second week, proving that word-of-mouth and good reviews have paid off.
The film adds $11.3 million to its $33.843 million domestic gross, which rises to $44 million worldwide. However, it still has to premiere in several territories (including Spain), so the film’s total will be considerably higher.
Moderate opening of ‘By Any Means’
The only debut in the top 10 this week lands in fourth place. It is the true crime feature ‘By Any Means’, led by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The film manages a debut of $7.4 million, and is expected to approach $10 million with today’s holiday data. Solid figures for a movie with an approximate budget of $29 million.
Mid-ranking sees us find ‘Insidious: Beyond the Beyond’, which continues to rack up revenues despite its modest budget. The horror film earns this weekend $6.515 million more, bringing its US total above $54 million.
Another success is found in sixth place, where the re-release of ‘Cars’ for its twentieth anniversary grosses $6.1 million. It’s clear that distributors have struck a gold mine with classic re-releases, which are becoming more frequent and bring in millions at virtually zero cost.
‘Buddy’ confirms 2026 as the year of low-cost horror
First came ‘Obsession’, then ‘Backrooms’, and now ‘Buddy’. With a budget of barely $3 million, the horror film holds up superbly in its second week, adding $5.7 million to a total of $14.2 million, landing in seventh place. These are excellent figures that once again prove that ingenuity can do well without large investments.
The eighth place in the box office goes to the animated film ‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’, adding $3.3 million more. Finally, the bottom two spots are taken by two films that disappointed, namely ‘The End of Oak Street’ ($2.9 million) and ‘Dog Constellation’, which only adds $2.7 million in its second week.
That concludes this weekend’s box office. Next Sunday we will see if Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are still capable of working box-office magic.
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