Spider-Man: Brand New Day Significantly Boosted Sales of Marvel's Spider-Man 2

This summer, Sony released a new Spider-Man movie—Spider-Man: Brand New Day—set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film proved to be a huge success—it was highly praised by critics and fans alike, and its box office receipts reached incredible heights—over $2.5 billion. The film also significantly contributed to increased sales of a certain video game.

This is about Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games. This week, Sony released its latest financial report, in which it once again emphasized just how important Spider-Man: Brand New Day was to the game. The report states the movie not only boosted Sony’s quarterly profits but also doubled sales of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. You can check out more comments from company representatives below:

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day, released in July, was a record-breaking hit with worldwide cumulative box office revenue exceeding USD 2.5 billion. It is the highest grossing film of all time in North America and the third highest grossing film of all time globally.

Following the film's release, unit sales of related game titles approximately doubled and all the SMG released features in the film have generated more than 1 billion cumulative streams. This demonstrates how the real-world experience of watching the movie in the theater serves as a catalyst for enhancing IP value across the Sony Group in multiple ways. SPE has a strong lineup of upcoming releases.”

This summer, Alinea Analytics released specific statistics: over 300,000 copies were sold in total on Steam and PlayStation 5, generating over $11 million. Incidentally, the game is currently on sale on Eneba, and you can also use a 5% promo code to get an additional discount. What's more, Eneba is offering 14% cashback on your purchase—don't miss out on this great deal.

In its financial report, Sony also reported sales figures for Marvel's Wolverine, which was released this September. The company confirmed that the game sold 2.4 million copies, which isn’t the best result, especially compared to the Spider-Man games. However, Sony added they are satisfied with the result and that Marvel’s Wolverine improved PlayStation’s quarterly financial performance following its release.