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Spider-Man: Brand New Day posted a reported Day 1 net of ₹60.60 crore in India, surpassing Avengers: Endgame's previous record of ₹53.10 crore for a Hollywood film. Its two-day India net reached ₹109.95 crore across 16,902 shows, though that figure still trails Endgame's three-day opening weekend net of ₹157.20 crore. U.S. opening weekend and worldwide totals remain unconfirmed as of August 1, 2026, with domestic estimates ranging from $270M to $275M.

Disney/ABC filed a 59-page opposition on July 29 asking the FCC to dismiss petitions to deny early renewal of eight television station licenses, with petitioner replies due August 5, 2026. The FCC invoked early-renewal authority it has not used in over 50 years, citing an ongoing investigation into potential Communications Act violations including possible unlawful discrimination. ABC argues the proceeding violates the First Amendment and due process, while former FCC commissioners from both parties and civil liberties groups have filed separate comments opposing the early-renewal process itself.

Op-Fortitude Ltd. filed suit against Netflix on July 29, 2026, alleging that an unencrypted Digital Cinema Package for the unreleased film Fortitude was stolen from a Netflix office desk after an acquisition screening, with no vault storage, chain-of-custody tracking, or post-screening deletion as the plaintiffs had requested. The complaint pleads conversion, breach of bailment contract, and breach of implied contract, while Netflix publicly disputes liability on the grounds that the DCP was delivered without industry-standard safeguards. No Netflix answer has been filed, the $105 million demand lacks a fully itemized calculation in the complaint, and key facts including whether the film leaked or which security standard legally applied remain unresolved.

Disney+ reversed a March 2026 renewal order for Wonder Man and canceled the series on July 30, 2026, after one season. The show peaked at No. 8 on Nielsen's streaming chart with 618 million minutes viewed in one week but did not reappear in the top 10 after that. The cancellation leaves only two live-action Marvel Disney+ series, Loki and Daredevil: Born Again, having run beyond a single season across a 13-series catalog.