Spider-Man 5 Status Revealed By Sony Pictures CEO As He Celebrates Brand New Day's Success

Spider-Man 5 Status Revealed By Sony Pictures CEO As He Celebrates Brand New Day's Success

Following Spider-Man: Brand New Day's record-breaking box office success, we finally have a positive update from Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja about Spider-Man 5.

By JoshWilding - Sep 09, 2026 02:09 PM EST
Source: Variety

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has resonated with audiences in a way few modern blockbusters manage to. However, with rave reviews from fans and critics, along with a massive $2.4 billion box office haul, everyone is wondering the same thing: when will we see Spider-Man 5?

Speaking at the BofA Securities 2026 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in New York, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja shared a positive update, albeit one that's a little more vague than most would like. 

He started by hailing Spider-Man: Brand New Day's box office success as a "tremendous result," adding, "We obviously hadn’t forecast that. We thought it would do incredibly well, but we didn’t know that would do that well."

"Really, everybody came together to create a great thing," Ahuja continued, saying that "the movie itself is very emotional. So a little bit different from what some of the more recent superhero movies have been. Still very much a superhero movie — there are a lot of big action scenes."

"It’s a lot of fun. But it’s emotional. Some people come away crying, so that is something that clearly resonated with the audience."

The executive added, "Our producers, Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal, did an amazing job, and our film studio also did a tremendous job in the marketing and the distribution," before describing Spider-Man as one of Sony's three biggest franchises. The other two? Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune

So, what of Spider-Man 5? "We don’t have a date for it yet," Ahuja confirmed. "A couple years usually, but there’s a Spider-Verse movie coming next year." That's probably the closest we've come yet to learning that the Spider-Man: Brand New Day sequel could arrive as soon as 2028.

X-Men, Ghost Rider, and Black Panther 3 are scheduled for that year, so 2029 still seems more likely. However, this acknowledgement from Ahuja makes it clear Sony is actively discussing and planning Spider-Man 5.

In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it's a Brand New Day for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter that he may not have the power to control.

But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them.

In our review, we concluded by saying, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day is everything fans could want. Emotional, hilarious, and heartfelt, it’s an action-packed love letter to the comics and one of Spidey’s best big-screen adventures. Spider-Man has never been more amazing."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now playing in theaters.

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Irregular
Irregular - 9/9/2026, 2:28 PM
"So, what of Spider-Man 5?"

Cancelled for all of eternity! Why do reporters ask this stupid question!? Like is the CEO going to say

"Yeah Spider-Man 5 is going to be called Spider-Man Brand New SHIT. Tom Holland and ZENDAYA RETURN! We start shooting tomorrow, SUCK IT DC!"

And to make an article for literally this little nugget "We don’t have a date for it yet,"
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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 9/9/2026, 2:55 PM
@Irregular - Spider-Man: Brand New Day

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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 9/9/2026, 2:37 PM
I think a big reason this movie did so well (besides obviously being good) was the long wait between it and the previous movie; it gave the audience a chance to actually miss the character. I think anything sooner than 2029-2030 will hurt the next movie financially, and maybe even creatively.
TheNewYorkerr
TheNewYorkerr - 9/9/2026, 2:37 PM
Holland looks like a kid. He can easily play Spider-man for the next 20 years.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/9/2026, 2:43 PM
I totally get the astonishment from the CEO, the success of the film is unprecedented. I didn't think it was possible that the early box office projections were of a $900M in just the first weekened, but alas here we are.

And I agree that we are likely gonna have to wait for 2029 to see Spider-Man 5. Destin Daniel Cretton is now busy gathering everything for the live-action Naruto film and he'll be booked shooting it next year. Tom Holland likely will be occupied in doing his Fred Astaire biopic + some Secret Wars stuff.

That should leave 2028 free for the whole gang to get together and work on Spidey 5 and have it ready for 2029.

Hoping for Hobgoblin to be the main villain (a mystery of who he is like in the comics would be neat) and also for the introduction of Black Cat to challenge Peter about the grey areas that can be in his superhero activities and explore a more human core kind of question: to move on or not?

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/9/2026, 3:24 PM
@NinnesMBC - I like your ideas , sounds good to me!!.

Given how the movie ended with MJ playing with the necklace Peter gave her I think , I could see her still getting those feelings back atleast in the back of her head and seeing Peter try to move on creates some jealously aswell.
OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 9/9/2026, 2:50 PM
Spider-Man: Brand New Day the Greatest Comic Book Movie Ever.

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Gambito
Gambito - 9/9/2026, 3:08 PM
Biggest reason why they now take so long to make is Tom and Zendaya. Marvel might as well drop them yeah it might be a blow but they could produce at least 2 films in the span it takes them to make just one with tom plus they wouldn’t have to pay up the asshole on the cast and backends. Keep the money machine going Sony, we want more Spidey
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/9/2026, 4:25 PM
@Gambito - as long fans don’t have power pick who plays who in movie and how movie turns out it be good fans wanted big mess characters more what original movie have had
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2026, 3:26 PM
Recast Spider-Man.

Let Tom Holland be the next Tony Stark for realses.
LSHF
LSHF - 9/9/2026, 3:45 PM
"...everyone is wondering the same thing..."

I'm not. We'll get it when it happens.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/9/2026, 4:00 PM
I genuinely believe Sony didn’t expect this level of success for the film given how the comic book/superhero movie climate has been even if this is Spider Man so i can understand their genuine surprise since it kinda blindsided everyone…

Given 2028 already has X-Men , BP 3 & Ghost Rider slated for release and I don’t see Marvel wanting to put a fourth movie for their calendar for that year , 2029 seems likely for Spider Man 5 at the least especially since DDC is busy with Naruto and Holland with his other projects like the Fred Astaire biopic etc.

Anyway , Brand New Day was quite good and I can’t wait to see it again!!.

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ThorArms
ThorArms - 9/9/2026, 4:26 PM
My guess is 2029

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