Movies That Matter / 07-31-26
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Welcome to Movies That Matter, where we look at three movies worth knowing about this weekend.
Spider-Man is swinging back into theaters, Christopher Nolan is still ruling the box office, and Woody and Buzz just joined the billion-dollar club.
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What’s new?
The first standalone Spider-Man movie since 2021’s No Way Home opens this weekend: Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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Tom Holland returns as Spider-Man alongside Zendaya and a cast that includes Sadie Sink.
Holland might be wearing the suit again for the first time in nearly five years – but this weekend, he could also be competing… against himself.
(The Odyssey clip with Tom Holland – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox_O4QGQ82k)
That’s Tom Holland again. Hope you like him this weekend.
There’s also Matt Damon.
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Let’s talk about director Christopher Nolan, because The Odyssey remained number one during its second weekend, earning approximately $87 million domestically.
So now, it has already earned nearly $290 million domestically and approximately $640 million worldwide.
That’s a lot of money – and speaking of which…
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Even after more than a month in theaters, Toy Story 5 remained third at the domestic box office last weekend.
It has now passed $1 billion worldwide.
Woody and Buzz have been around for more than 30 years – and their newest movie just became the biggest movie of 2026.
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That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter – there should be something waiting for you at the movie theatresr. Now, let’s get the extra butter popcorn going.
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