World Movie News: The Last 24 Hours
D23 closes out with Iger, Johnson and Miranda inducted as Disney Legends; the weekend box office actuals confirm Spider-Man’s three-peat; and sad news for Indian cinema’s Raja Sen.
Morning all — after Friday’s avalanche of X-Men reveals, D23 wrapped up its three days in Anaheim yesterday, and the weekend’s box office numbers have now settled into their final shape too. Here’s what happened in the world of movies during the last 24 hours.
Disney crowns its 2026 Legends class: Sunday’s Disney Legends Awards Ceremony, hosted by Ryan Seacrest at the Honda Center, closed out the D23 weekend with eleven honourees inducted into the ranks — now 329 strong in total. Former Disney CEO Bob Iger led the class, joined by Dwayne Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Lin-Manuel Miranda among others, in what Disney billed as a celebration of the “deep emotional connections” fans have built with the company’s stories over the decades. It capped a genuinely stacked weekend that also included Saturday’s Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase, where an exclusive first look at LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian was unveiled ahead of its 2nd September Disney+ debut — a fittingly tidy bow on top of Friday’s X-Men cast reveal.
Spider-Man’s three-peat confirmed in the actuals: As reported yesterday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day held the US box office top spot for a third straight weekend, and the final numbers have now locked that in alongside its two dinosaur-flavoured challengers, The End of Oak Street and PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, filling out the podium in second and third. Nothing’s shifted dramatically from yesterday’s estimates, though Nolan’s The Odyssey continues its quiet, steady climb up the all-time domestic chart in fourth — worth watching given how comfortably it’s now outperforming its China opening weekend expectations too.
And in one final, sad piece of news: Indian cinema has lost director Raja Sen, who died yesterday aged 70. Best known for films including Damu and Desh, Sen built a career across decades of Indian filmmaking; his passing has been marked with tributes from across the industry over the last 24 hours.
That’s all for today.
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