Mark your calendar: 2026’s biggest film hits Netflix this December
Netflix is set to stream one of this year’s biggest movies — and yes, the heavyweight hitting your home screen is the one you’re hoping for.
Spider- Man: Brand New Day is set to swing onto Netflix in December, only months after its theatrical run, under the streamer’s pact to be the U.S. streaming home for Sony’s big-screen releases. Fresh off a $1B-plus box office and crowned the year’s top earner, the film is already being eyed as a record-breaker on streaming.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits Netflix in December 2026.
According to Complex, the movie is expected to challenge Netflix history as the service’s most-streamed non-original film ever. Powered by Tom Holland ’s return as Peter Parker, it also stands as the highest-grossing Spider-Man movie to date.
The Sony–Netflix pipeline has been on a heater: Sony’s animated KPop Demon Hunters has amassed more than 325 million views on Netflix, the platform’s most-watched original movie so far. If Brand New Day lands the way its theatrical momentum suggests, Netflix could be looking at another milestone from the same studio relationship.
How to watch at home
The movie hit digital purchase and rental platforms on October 6, 2026. If you missed it in theaters, you can already queue it up here:
- Apple TV
- Prime Video
- Fandango
- Sony Pictures Core
Deleted scene answers a lingering question
The digital release includes a new deleted scene set in a hospital, where medics remove Spider-Man’s mask and Peter gasps for air. The moment, which spread quickly on social media, sheds light on a hot post-screening question: what actually happened to Peter’s secret identity when he was rushed in for surgery?
As the cut makes clear, his face is exposed to hospital staff — but, as seen in the final film, they don’t reveal who he is. It’s a small but punchy reveal for anyone returning to the movie ahead of its December Netflix debut.