Spider-Man: Brand New Day Dethrones Tobey Maguire Favorite as Letterboxd’s Top Spider-Man Movie
In Letterboxd’s live-action rankings, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 2 — so where does that leave the rest of Spidey’s big-screen outings?
The newest Tom Holland movie, Spider- Man: Brand New Day , just edged past Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 on Letterboxd, grabbing a 4.14 community average to become the platform’s top-rated live-action Spider-Man title. Raimi’s 2004 classic now sits at 3.94 by comparison.
The animated films still rule the overall stack, but Brand New Day now leads the live-action pack. It also tied the platform’s fastest climb to one million watches, a signal of just how quickly fans checked it out.
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — 4.40
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — 4.39
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day — 4.14 (highest live-action)
- Spider-Man 2 — 3.94
Brand New Day opened to $927 million worldwide, vaulting Tom Holland into a one-of-one box-office club.
Holland’s weekend record
With that $927 million global opening, Holland is now the first actor to appear in all four of the biggest worldwide opening weekends on record. The list spans two Avengers behemoths and two Spider-Man blowouts.
- Avengers: Endgame — $1.223 billion
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day — $927 million
- Avengers: Infinity War — $640.5 million
- Spider-Man: No Way Home — $600.5 million
Who’s in it, how it’s playing
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Brand New Day leans into a more grounded, emotionally driven Peter Parker, and it comes stacked with MCU and fan-favorite faces.
- Tom Holland
- Zendaya
- Jacob Batalon
- Jon Bernthal
- Mark Ruffalo
- Sadie Sink
- Michael Mando
- Florence Pugh
The blockbuster ’s reception matches the numbers: it’s sitting at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and holds an A CinemaScore from opening-night audiences.