Tom Holland is Hollywood's highest-grossing actor after starring in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey

Get exclusive reporting, celebrity gossip, sensational photos and more every Tuesday morning in our new Spotlight US newsletter HERE See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 09:46 EDT, 14 September 2026 | Updated: 09:48 EDT, 14 September 2026 Tom Holland's massively successful summer has catapulted him into lofty status as the highest-grossing actor in history.The British actor, 30, earned the profitable title after his appearances in two massive blockbusters this past summer: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey.Both movies have been huge box office juggernauts - Spider-Man: Brand New Day has grossed $2.45 billion worldwide as of Sunday, while The Odyssey has grossed $1.68 billion in worldwide revenues.The financial figures have propelled Holland's box office totals to $15.5 billion, according to Comicbook.com, launching him past Zoe Saldana ($15.46 billion) and Scarlett Johansson ($15.40 billion).The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Holland for further comment on the story but has yet to hear back. Spider-Man: Brand New Day's success has also launched it into the top-three of all-time grossing films worldwide.Tom Holland's massively successful summer has catapulted him into lofty status as the highest-grossing actor in history. The actor, 30, pictured July 27 in LA Spider-Man: Brand New Day has grossed $2.45 billion worldwide The top film remains 2009's Avatar with $2.92 billion, while 2019's Avengers: Endgame earned $2.79 billion, according to Box Office Mojo. With more than $935 million in domestic earnings, it's the second-highest earning film in domestic box office totals behind 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ($936 million). The Odyssey has also broken records amid its run this past summer, as it's the only non-sequel/remake movie aside from Avatar to gross in excess of $1 billion out of the U.S. and Canada. Holland 'will make at least' $100 million thanks to the box office success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, according to a report from The Wrap last month.Holland was paid $20 million to reprise his role as Peter Parker and insiders told the outlet that salary would be eclipsed by the backend bonus he will get with the movie grossing $2.45 billion since its July 31 release. The Wrap's source indicated that there is no monetary cap on what the actor can make from the critically-acclaimed motion picture.Holland has made progressively larger salaries for his work in the franchise over the past decade, starting with his first appearance as Spider-Man in the 2016 movie Captain America: Civil War.Holland took in $250,000 in a crossover appearance in the 2016 movie Captain America: Civil War, which marked his first of what has been seven outings in the role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker. Next up came the 2017 movie Spider-Man: Homecoming, for which Holland took in a $500,000 payday.Holland's salaries continued to progress upward, as he took in $4 million for the 2019 movie Spider-Man: Far From Home and $10 million for the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home, after which his initial six-film deal with Sony for the role concluded, according to the outlet. Holland pictured at July's NYC debut of The Odyssey, which has made $1.68 billion in worldwide revenues The financial figures have propelled Holland's box office totals to $15.5 billion, launching him past Zoe Saldana ($15.46 billion) and Scarlett Johansson ($15.40 billion) The deal also included appearances in crossover movies such as 2018's Avengers: Infinity War and 2019's Avengers: Endgame.Holland's next contract had been put together by his attorney Robert Offer and agents at William Morris Endeavor, Liam Buckley, Andrew Dunlap and James Farrell, the report stated. Holland's sound business maneuvers led one executive to describe the actor to The Wrap as 'the new Robert Downey Jr.' – as Holland's financial ascension has mirrored Downey's in the Iron Man franchise.Downey took in $500,000 for the initial 2008 movie, which ultimately escalated to around $50 million for 2013's Iron Man 3 based off an initial $10 million salary with backend proceeds.Downey continued earning massive salaries for his Marvel appearances, including $10 million for a brief appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming and more than $100 million for his efforts in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.