With over a week to spare 2026 has the biggest August in Domestic history

This post is a little late as it was confirmed at the weekend but 2026 overtook 2016 on Friday 21st to become the biggest August in North American history. The previous record was $1,019b and, as of the 24th, 2026 is at $1,118b. This record is not just important in of itself but it's the first time an all time monthly record has been broken since the Pandemic.

Obviously this is largely down to Spiderman's $689m in the month so far (already enough to beat August 2025 by itself) but it was ably supported by $183m from the Odyssey, around $100m from the months 'major' releases (Paw patrol, Oak Street and Insidious) and a little over $50m from the family film holdovers (Toy Story, Minions and Moana).

The month is expected to end up north of $1.2b come the 31st.