Spider-Man: Brand New Day delivers an exciting, grounded story that raises both the action and emotional stakes. The ending of the previous movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, retains emotional weight because Brand New Day avoids quickly reversing Peter’s sacrifice. The resemblance to the power-dampening collars used against mutants gives Peter’s invention troubling moral and political significance. Sadie Sink, who plays Jean, gives the young mutant a volatile combination of menace, grief and vulnerability. Weekend box-office revenue reached R35.9-million, more than double the opening-weekend earnings of the previous Spider-Man film.