#1 of summer 2026 Biggest summer hit
2026 Action Adventure Fantasy 2h 25m English
72 Echo Score $2.5B worldwide
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
About Spider-Man: Brand New Day Summer 2026 · June to August
Summer 2026 Movies: Biggest Hits, Best-Rated & Box Office
131 films on the site were released from June 1 to August 31, 2026. Spider-Man: Brand New Day ruled the box office with $2.5B worldwide, ahead of The Odyssey. The best-rated release is Horsegirls. In all, the season took 42% more at the box office than summer 2025.
- films released June–August
- 131
- worldwide box office
- $8B
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day, #1
- $2.5B
- ranked by rating
- 104
#1 of summer 2026 June · July · August
Summer 2026 Month by Month
July was the strongest month of summer 2026 at the box office ($5.2B), led by Spider-Man: Brand New Day. June had 45 releases, July had 43 releases and August had 43 releases.
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- worldwide gross
- $2B
Biggest hit Toy Story 5 $1.1B - July 2026 Top month
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- 43
- worldwide gross
- $5.2B
Biggest hit Spider-Man: Brand New Day $2.5B -
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- 43
- worldwide gross
- $795.3M
Biggest hit Insidious: Out of the Further $164.7M
Box office
What Were the Biggest Summer Movies of 2026?
Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $2.5B worldwide, ahead of The Odyssey ($1.7B). The top 20 took $7.8B, 97% of the $8B earned by the 85 summer releases with a box office record.
- 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $2.5B worldwide
2026 · Action, Adventure · 2h 25m
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11. The End of Oak Street $120.6M worldwide2026 · Action, Adventure · 1h 39m
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15. The Invite $57.4M worldwide2026 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 47m
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Best-rated
The Best-Rated Summer Movies of 2026
Horsegirls is the best-rated film of summer 2026, followed by American Doctor and Coyote vs. Acme; 104 of the season's 131 releases are ranked. Ranked by Echo Score; 5 of these 12 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.
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#1 89 Echo Horsegirls Comedy, Drama -
#2 86 Metascore American Doctor Documentary, War - #3 88 Echo Coyote vs. Acme Animation, Adventure
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#4 88 Echo Leviticus Horror, Romance -
#5 93 Metascore Remake Documentary -
#6 86 Metascore Wild Inside Documentary -
#7 86 Echo Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) Documentary, Music - #8 84 Echo Toy Story 5 Animation, Adventure
- #9 84 Echo Minions & Monsters Animation, Adventure
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#10 83 Metascore Do You Love Me Documentary, Biography -
#11 83 Echo Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Animation, Action -
#12 82 Metascore Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World Documentary
Every summer since 2011
How Does Summer 2026 Compare?
Summer 2026 took $8B worldwide, up 42% on 2025; rank 11 of 16 summers since 2011, with 2015 the biggest ($10.7B). Totals count films with a box office record; summers with their own page are linked.
- Summer 2026 $8B#1: Spider-Man: Brand New Day · 131 releases
- Summer 2025 $5.7B#1: Jurassic World Rebirth · 792 releases
- Summer 2024 $7B#1: Inside Out 2 · 1,998 releases
- Summer 2023 $8.3B#1: Barbie · 2,066 releases
- Summer 2022 $5.2B#1: Jurassic World Dominion · 2,018 releases
- Summer 2021 $4.4B#1: F9: The Fast Saga · 2,033 releases
- Summer 2020 $1B#1: The Eight Hundred · 1,753 releases
- Summer 2019 $10B#1: The Lion King · 2,053 releases
- Summer 2018 $10.2B#1: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom · 1,862 releases
- Summer 2017 $9.5B#1: Despicable Me 3 · 1,631 releases
- Summer 2016 $10.3B#1: Finding Dory · 1,447 releases
- Summer 2015 $10.7B#1: Jurassic World · 1,419 releases
- Summer 2014 $8.5B#1: Transformers: Age Of Extinction · 1,282 releases
- Summer 2013 $9.3B#1: Despicable Me 2 · 1,186 releases
- Summer 2012 $8.8B#1: The Dark Knight Rises · 1,123 releases
- Summer 2011 $8.6B#1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · 996 releases
FAQ
Summer 2026 Movies: Questions & Answers
Quick answers about the films released from June to August 2026, from the lists above.
What was the biggest movie of summer 2026?
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) earned the most of any film released from June to August 2026: $2.5B worldwide. The Odyssey is second with $1.7B.
About Spider-Man: Brand New Day What was the best-rated movie of summer 2026?
Horsegirls (2026) is the best-rated summer 2026 release on What's After the Movie. Ranked by Echo Score; 5 of these 12 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.
About Horsegirls How much did summer 2026 movies make?
The 85 summer releases with a box office record took $8B worldwide, up 42% on summer 2025. Grosses that look like data errors are left out.
Which dates count as summer?
Films released from June 1 to August 31, 2026: 131 films on the site.