Blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” delivered a major boost to Sony‘s September quarterly earnings on the top and bottom lines. Sony Pictures Entertainment, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, reported sales up 37% to $3.23 billion and operating income of $488 million — a year-over-year increase of 527%. The results were largely driven by the box-office success of “Brand New Day.” SPE’s theatrical revenue for the period came in at a whopping $1.28 billion, an 11-fold increase from the year-earlier period.
Television productions segment revenue dropped 45% year over year, to $483 million. Overall for the quarter ended Sept. 30, Sony’s Q2 of fiscal year 2026, the company reported revenue of 3.429 trillion yen ($21.5 billion), up 10%, and net income of 450 billion yen ($2.8 billion), up 44%. It’s got plenty of whiz-bang, but that’s not what the secret is.
The secret is it’s a relatable story that almost everybody has related to.” The conversion rate Sony used in reporting earnings was $1 to 159.3 yen.
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