Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Overtakes ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ as Highest-Grossing Movie of All Time at Domestic Box Office

All hail Peter Parker."Spider-Man: Brand New Day" has reached a big box office success, beating 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" as the biggest movie ever in North America.

"The Force Awakens" was the top-grossing movie in the US for over ten years with $936 million.

Now, Tom Holland's latest Spider-Man movie has passed that with $936.773 million after 47 days in theaters.

Now the big question is whether "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" can become the first movie ever to make $1 billion in the US.

But that might not happen soon without a re-release.

Around the world, "Brand New Day" has made a huge total of $2.45 billion.

It's the third-highest-grossing movie ever, behind 2009's "Avatar" and "Avengers: Endgame," but ahead of "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Titanic."

"Spider-Man: Brand New Day," Holland's fourth solo movie as Peter Parker, has been doing really well since late July.

It opened with a record $360 million in North America and $932 million worldwide in its first weekend.It made $1 billion in just six days and reached $2 billion after three weekends.It's the second movie to reach $1 billion quickly, behind "Avengers: Endgame," which took 11 days.The movie also broke records for reaching $700 million in 13 days, $800 million in 19 days, and $900 million in 36 days.It's only the second movie to hit $900 million at home.

The movie was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, who also directed "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." It starts right after "Spider-Man: No Way Home," where the world forgot Peter Parker.

People were really excited to see what happened next.And they were curious about who Sadie Sink was playing.Spoiler: She plays Jean Grey.The movie stayed popular because people loved it and talked about it a lot.

"Brand New Day" is a big win for Marvel, which had some bad movies in 2025 like "Captain America: Brave New World" and "The Fantastic Four: First Steps." Marvel will build on the success of "Spider-Man 4" with "Avengers: Doomsday" in December, which brings together almost all the superheroes and brings back Robert Downey Jr.

as Doctor Doom, not Iron Man.

'Obsession' Star Inde Navarrette Receives IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival

IMDb, the most popular and trusted source for movie, TV show, and celebrity information, gave the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award to Inde Navarrette, who stars in the supernatural horror movie Obsession, at the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro during the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.The IMDb STARmeter Awards honor actors who are most loved by fans, based on the page views of IMDb's over 250 million monthly visitors worldwide.

Navarrette had an amazing year thanks to her role as Nikki in Obsession, written and directed by Curry Barker.

The movie has become a big part of pop culture.It was made for just $750,000 but has made over $512 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing horror film of all time, the highest-grossing film ever made with a budget under $1 million, and the highest-grossing live-action English-language original film of the 2020s.The movie has a 7.8/10 rating from nearly 367,000 IMDb users.It has stayed on top of the IMDb MOVIEmeter chart and is expected to be one of the top IMDb titles of the year.

Since Obsession came out on May 15, Navarrette's IMDbPro STARmeter rankings have gone up a lot.

Fans are visiting her page a lot.She's currently ranked #10 on the STARmeter chart and is trending as one of the top breakout stars of the year.This will be officially announced in December during the annual "Best Of" campaign.Her popularity is growing even more with her upcoming role as Rogue in the Marvel X-Men film (2028).She has also been cast in the lead role in Apple Original Films' sci-fi thriller The Waffle House Index and recently was announced as a host for the "Saturday Night Live" Halloween episode on October 31.This recognition puts her in the same group as past TIFF IMDb STARmeter Award winners like Barry Keoghan, Lewis Pullman, Sydney Sweeney, Priyanka Chopra, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Brie Larson, Felicity Jones, Sam Rockwell, Tatiana Maslany, Riz Ahmed and fellow 2026 TIFF honoree Kate O'Flynn.

Prime Video in Talks to Take Over Emmys Telecast

 Another major awards ceremony might soon be moving to a streaming service.

The Television Academy and Prime Video are discussing the possibility of Prime Video becoming the new home for the Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast, according to sources from The Hollywood Reporter.

If this agreement is reached, it would be the first time in the Emmys' history that the ceremony does not air on a traditional broadcast network.

The Television Academy's previous eight-year agreement with ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC ended Monday night with NBC hosting the 78th Emmys.

The Emmys have been broadcast by these four networks since the mid-1990s.

If an agreement is reached between the Television Academy and Prime Video, the Emmys would become the second of the major EGOT awards shows to move away from network TV.

The Oscars will be moving to YouTube starting in 2029 through a five-year deal with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Given the timing of the Oscars deal, the Emmys are likely to be the next major awards show to move to streaming.

Prime Video isn't new to hosting awards events.

It has had the rights to the Academy of Country Music Awards since 2021.The streamer also has a lot of experience with live events through its sports broadcasting rights with the NFL, NBA/WNBA, and NASCAR.

Meanwhile, the Grammy Awards are set to move to ABC, with live streams on Hulu and Disney+, starting next year.

CBS's 10-year deal with the Tony Awards (the T in EGOT) has ended, but the network is still in the middle of a five-year deal with the Golden Globes.

Netflix Is Going Straight to Hell With a ‘Diablo’ Animated Series

 Netflix is working on an animated TV series based on Blizzard Entertainment's popular Diablo video game franchise, according to Variety.

The Diablo games take place in the dark world of Sanctuary, where humans are caught in a long-standing battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells.

Blizzard shared a statement about the project, saying, "After many years of creating entire worlds through our games, we're teaming up with some top creative talents to tell more stories beyond gaming on new platforms.

A new animated series set in the world of 'Diablo' is in development with Netflix.More details will come later, but this is just the start, with even more projects in the works across our universes."

The first Diablo game was released in 1996, making this year the 30th anniversary of the action-RPG series.

The latest game, Diablo IV, came out in 2023.

The news about the Diablo TV series was announced by Blizzard president Johanna Faries during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026 at the Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday.

The two-day fan event, which is the first BlizzCon since Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $69 billion in 2023, celebrates all of Blizzard's games, including Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.

Faries told Variety in an interview before the event, "BlizzCon means a lot to all of us because it lets us highlight all the great work happening at Blizzard.

We've thought carefully about this moment and why now, and how we can keep building on the energy we're feeling as a company."

Allison Janney Wins Emmy for Supporting Actress in Drama, Tying Record for Most Wins by a Performer

 Allison Janney, who stars in "The Diplomat," has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.This is her eighth Emmy win as an actor, which makes her one of the most successful performers in Emmy history.She now shares the record for the most Emmys won by any performer with eight wins.

Speaking on stage, Janney said, "This is not what I planned for this category at all.

I'm very surprised and very, very grateful to be here.I thank all the members of the Television Academy.And of course I have to thank Debra Kahn, our writer.So much fun.And Alex Gray, our director, who I adore, and Janice Williams, and the coolest woman on the planet, Keri Russell, who leads us all every day.And Rufus, the entire cast is divine.And I am so grateful and so lucky.And I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart."

On a historic night, "Hacks" star Jean Smart also won her eighth Emmy, tying the record with Janney.

They now join Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the only performers with eight Emmy wins.Janney previously won four Emmys for "The West Wing" (outstanding supporting drama actress in 2000 and 2001, then lead drama actress in 2002 and 2004), two for "Mom" (supporting comedy actress in 2014 and 2015), and one as a guest drama actress on "Masters of Sex" (2014).She has 16 Emmy nominations in total.

Janney beat out a group of talented actors, including Taylor Dearden (as Dr.

Mel King, "The Pitt"), Fiona Dourif (as Dr.Cassie McKay, "The Pitt"), Katherine LaNasa (as Charge Nurse Dana Evans, "The Pitt"), Sepideh Moafi (as Dr.Baran Al-Hashimi, "The Pitt"), Julianne Nicholson (as Sinatra, "Paradise"), and Karolina Wydra (as Zosia, "Pluribus").

In addition to the drama series category and drama lead actress, "The Diplomat" was also nominated for drama series, drama lead actor (Rufus Sewell, as Hal Wyler), drama lead actress (Keri Russell, as Kate Wyler), drama writing, drama casting, and drama guest actor (Bradley Whitford, as First Gentleman Todd Penn).

Janney has also received nominations at the SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Critics’ Choice Awards.

The 78th Emmys are held at the Peacock Theater at L.A.

Live in downtown Los Angeles, and they air on NBC and Peacock."Law & Order SVU" star Mariska Hargitay is the host, and Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing the ceremony.This year’s Emmy nominations were led by HBO Max’s "The Pitt" with 25 nominations, followed by "Hacks" with 24 (the most ever for a comedy).After the first two Emmy ceremonies (now known as "Night 1" and "Night 2"), Apple TV’s "Widow’s Bay" was in the lead with the most wins so far this year, with eight.Apple TV also had 19 wins leading into the final Emmy ceremony, the most of any outlet so far.

Matthew Rhys Makes Emmy History With Best Actor Win for ‘Widow’s Bay’

 When Matthew Rhys won his second Emmy of the night, for best actor in a comedy series for *Widows Bay*, he made history.

The Welsh actor is now the first person in history to win the lead acting Emmy across all three genres.

He previously won for drama in 2018 for *The Americans*, and he’s also the first man to win two lead-acting Emmys in one night.

In his acceptance speech, Rhys praised the showrunner of *Widows Bay*, Katie Dippold, saying she had a "depraved and twisted mind." He added, "Her genius really does live in the recesses of her disturbed brain." He also thanked Hiro Marai, the executive producer and director, for his work on the show.

Rhys also thanked the people behind the series, including Apple’s Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, his agent, and his sister, who was there with him at the Emmys.

He also gave a shoutout to the people of Wales, saying, "We are a small but mighty nation.This is incredible."

Unlike in the limited series category, Rhys was considered the heavy favorite for this win, given *Widows Bay*’s strong showing in the nominations.

He beat out four other nominees: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (*Wonder Man*), Steve Carell (*Rooster*), Jason Segel (*Shrinking*), and Martin Short (*Only Murders in the Building*).

*Widows Bay* was a surprise hit this spring.

It caught critics off guard and built up a lot of buzz as it aired week after week.Rhys played Tom Loftis, a mayor of a New England island town that he really hopes isn’t haunted as tourists arrive.His performance was praised for mixing physical humor with deep emotion.

The show was already winning awards, including a first-ever Emmy for guest star Betty Gilpin.

Rhys told *The Hollywood Reporter* earlier this year, "When I first read it, I was like, 'What the fuck is this?

I’ve never read anything like this, and I’ve certainly never played anything remotely like this.' When I got on my first Zoom with Hiro, he just said, 'Look, we’re not making a comedy.We’re not making horror.We’re just going to create a real world with real people that have real backstories — and we’ll play it for real.'"

The finale of the show had some of the most intense moments of Rhys’s career.

He said, "I’m coming off the back of *Beast in Me*, and I was like, 'This feels heavier than that!' But the drama becomes magnified and far richer as a result of it."

*Widows Bay* has been renewed for a second season.

Rhys is also nominated tonight for best comedy series, as an executive producer on the show.

The 2026 Emmys aired live on Monday from the Peacock Theater at L.A.

Live in Los Angeles.Mariska Hargitay hosted.

Practical Magic 2’ Summons $30M to End Spider-Man’s Streak at No. 1

Practical Magic 2 conjured up a win over the unstoppable Spider-Man: Brand New Day as the box office had a sleepier weekend overall amid its shift to fall.

Earning a B+ CinemaScore from audiences, Practical Magic 2 opened to around $30 million domestically for the weekend, hitting the low end of Warner Bros.’ projected range.

Director Susanne Bier’s sequel launched in over 4,000 North American locations and carries a $75 million production budget.Internationally, the movie added $16 million from 77 overseas markets.

Overall, the domestic weekend stands at roughly $86 million cumulatively, according to Rentrak, putting it around 43 percent below the comparable weekend from 2025, when Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle debuted to a stunning $70.6 million.

This weekend’s box office is down 9 percent from the previous frame, while the year-to-date total for 2026 stands at $7.5 billion after a hot summer, marking a 19 percent improvement over this point last year.

For Practical Magic 2, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles as the Owens sisters from the 1998 original that topped out at $46 million domestically for its initial run.

Adapting the work of author Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic 2 focuses on witches Sally (Bullock) and Gillian (Kidman) as they look to end the curse that has prevented their family members from finding love.Joey King, Maisie Williams and Lee Pace round out the cast for the co-production between Warner Bros.and Alcon Entertainment that hails from Di Novi Pictures, Fortis Films and Blossom Films.

The sequel has had trouble working its magic on critics, as it holds a 39 percent approval rating from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a bit better than the score of 29 for the original.

The new one has a 92 percent audience score.In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Angie Han wrote that Practical Magic 2 “works better the less you look for any sense of logic, and the more you just lean into the transient joys of watching these [two] actresses bounce off each other.”  

Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson in Runner.

Angel Studios  

Bullock’s most recent lead theatrical role came with Paramount’s original action-comedy The Lost City, opposite Channing Tatum.

Hitting theaters in March 2022, that movie opened to $30.5 million domestically before ending its run with $192 million globally.

This marks the first frame without Spider-Man: Brand New Day in the top spot since its July 31 release, as the Tom Holland film has led the domestic box office for the past six weekends.

Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton’s blockbuster is expected to gross around $8.4 million for the weekend to take second place, bringing its domestic cume to $935.171 million.This puts it just shy of taking the top spot on the all-time domestic chart, as it remains behind the $936.6 million domestic total for 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.

Taking third place for the weekend is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which is heading for around $7.4 million.

The Universal Pictures title brings its domestic total to $600.5 million in its ninth frame.It also becomes the studio’s highest-grossing global release ever, besting 2015’s Jurassic World.

In fourth place is Angel Studios’ Runner, as director Scott Waugh’s action-comedy debuted with a frame of around $6.4 million.

Earning an A- CinemaScore, the film stars Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson and centers on an organ delivery gone wrong.

Runner played in over 2,500 North American theaters and has a 71 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

One critic, Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter, said it "doesn't get boring for a second but has trouble managing its different tones."

Andrew Garfield stars in The Uprising.

Focus Features

Coyote vs.

Acme is in fifth place this weekend with about $6.2 million earned from domestic audiences.Ketchup Entertainment's revived Looney Tunes movie keeps doing well and is expected to make around $47.8 million after three weeks.

Andrew Garfield's historical action movie The Uprising had a rough opening.

Paul Greengrass' film made an estimated $3.25 million from more than 2,000 theaters in North America after Focus Features bought the domestic rights for less than $12 million.The Uprising has a 53 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Scheck said it's "well-made and acted, but exhausting."

Na Hong-jin's monster movie Hope opened in 1,500 North American theaters through Neon, earning an estimated $3.3 million domestically this weekend.

Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and Hoyeon star in the South Korean film.THR's chief film critic, David Rooney, praised it for "expert camera work, a heart-pounding score, fast-paced action, and well-developed characters."

Music documentary Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger opened with $1.4 million from 1,225 North American locations for Disney.