Before Dunesday, it’s about to be a Brand New Day all over again. Earlier this year, news broke that the biggest film of the year (and all time), Spider-Man: Brand New Day, would be coming back to theaters with all-new footage. And now, thanks to AMC’s website, we believe it’s called Spider-Man: (Brand New) Brand New Day, it’ll be out on December 4, and will include 7 extra minutes of footage.
That has not yet been officially confirmed, however. io9 reached out to Sony for comment or clarification but had not heard back as of publication. We’ll update this post if or when we hear back.
When news of the re-release broke in September, the only confirmed addition was deleted scenes of Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple in the hospital. However, now that the film is likely to open a mere two weeks before the release of Avengers: Doomsday, and the fact that Brand New Day already has a Doomsday connection thanks to Avengers Endgame: Encore, you have to think there will be something new tying that in as well.
Or, maybe it’s just more Spider-Man, which is fine with us. There’s a reason why Brand New Day broke basically every single all-time domestic box office record. It’s because the film is really, really good. And now, with another week or two in theaters, it’ll push those numbers even further. It’s unlikely to get to the $1 billion mark domestically, having to gross about $40 million to do that, but each dollar just makes history that much more impressive.
Oddly, though, if this release date is true, it’s at odds with what happened the last time. Back in 2022, Sony re-released Spider-Man: No Way Home as the “More Fun Stuff Edition,” which added 11 minutes to the film. That hit theaters about eight months after No Way Home first came out, and now this is coming while Spider-Man is still playing in a handful of theaters. You probably would have thought the studio would wait until a less competitive few weeks. Or, maybe, it had to come out before Doomsday.
We’ll have more on Spider-Man: (Brand New) Brand New Day when we hear back.
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