Sony Photos Posts Large Q2 Revenue Swing Thanks To ‘Spider-Man’

The pleasant neighborhood Spider-Man has swung Sony Photos Leisure (SPE) to an enormous hike in second quarter revenue.

The field workplace success of Spider-Man: Model New Day was the primary purpose SPE posted earnings of $581 million for the three months to September 30, an enormous 527% swing on the $93 million posted within the interval final yr on a greenback foundation.

Adjusted working revenue earlier than depreciation and amortization was additionally as much as $670.4 million from $183 million in 2025. Revenues got here in at $3.2 billion, up 37% on final yr, with theatrical gross sales rising considerably, largely because of SPE’s web-handed tremendous hero.

Spider-Man: Model New Day launched on the finish of July and posted historic North American field workplace numbers, surpassing Avengers: Endgame‘s three-day file. That set in movement a tidal wave of big numbers which have propelled SPE to its large Q2 figures right this moment, and it’s now the third-highest grossing film in historical past.

In August, the film grew to become the highest-grossing Hollywood film of all time in India, because it grew to become the second-fastest movie in move $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace, trailing solely Avengers: Endgame. It was already the second-fastest to hit $1 billion on the world field workplace, and set a bunch of different data.

This time final yr, SPE generated $2.3 billion in revenues on $93 million in revenue, which was a 25% dip on the earlier yr.

General, media and electronics big Sony posted Q2 2026 group revenues of $3.43 trillion ($21.5 billion), up 10%, with working revenue coming in at 622.3 billion yen ($3.9 billion), which is a rise of 45%. The yen to greenback trade price conversion was 159 yen to $1.

Sony can be anticipating extra monetary positive factors in coming weeks with Grand Theft Auto 6 set to launch on Sony PlayStation 5 and the Xbox. The sport is among the many most-eagerly awaited in historical past, with followers holding on for a full 13 years from the earlier instalment.