Fans have been queuing outside cinemas to catch the latest Spider-Man film, with many hailing it as a spectacular return for the web-slinging superhero.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks Tom Holland's fourth standalone adventure as the protagonist and hero Peter Parker.
Picking up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the film follows Parker as he devotes his time to protecting New York City while adjusting to a life in which everyone, including his closest friends, has forgotten who he is.
The fourth Spider-Man film is director Destin Daniel Cretton's second project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), having previously been at the helm of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Appearing together in the same film for a second time this summer, Holland reprises the role alongside his wife Zendaya, who stars once again as MJ.
There is also a return for Jon Bernthal's Punisher, making his first appearance in an MCU feature film, and an introduction to the MCU for Sadie Sink, whose role in the plot has been kept firmly under wraps.
The reviews from critics have been largely positive.
Many critics have welcomed the film-makers' decision to scale back from the multiverse seen in No Way Home, in favour of a more personal, character-centred story.
The Telegraph's Robbie Collin called it, external "the best Spider-Man film since the Tobey Maguire era", and praised the relationship between Holland and Zendaya, who create a "real yearning and perplexity" that we have not seen previously in the dynamic between their characters.
In his review for The Wrap, William Bibbiani, external described it as the strongest entry in Holland's Spider-Man series, applauding its emotional focus and character-driven storytelling, and praising its "wonderful, propulsive quality".
Meanwhile, Empire's John Nugent awarded the film four stars, external, declaring the web-slinging hero is "still Marvel's ace in the pack", and in its five-star review The Standard said the film had "verve, intelligence and above all, heart".
However, others have been more reserved.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw declared, external that Zendaya "saves this film" from "silliness and the generic déjà vu overfamiliarity that is always threatening to sink it".
This opinion was supported by David Rooney in the Hollywood Reporter, external, who wrote that the film "chugs along satisfyingly even with the occasional patch of sluggishness and the usual overly convoluted plot contortions".
He adds: "As much as the movie revels in the thrill of Spidey swinging between skyscrapers with erratic command of his shooters, the more intimate scenes with MJ and Ned are what supplies the emotional charge."
Danny Leigh of the Financial Times awarded the film three stars, external, praising the chemistry between Holland and Zendaya but criticising the film's insistence on falling back on CGI-heavy action sequences.
But that is just what the critics say. What do audiences think?
Holland and Zendaya were just 20 and 19 years old, respectively, when they first met in 2016 on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming, during the movie's casting and initial production.
Ten years and multiple other blockbusters later, there is an ever-growing speculation that their futures now lie away from the MCU.
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, external with Josh Horowitz, Holland hinted that a new chapter was on the horizon, albeit not clarifying when.
"It's going to change, for sure", he said.
"There is a whole plan that we have been working on since, I would say, Spider-Man No Way Home.
"I have a really clear vision to the passing on of the baton, and I think it is really exciting."
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As for Zendaya, she has hinted previously that she is planning on taking a career break at the end of 2026, after a busy schedule that included the promotion of her films The Drama, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Dune: Part Three.
Earlier this year Zendaya told Elle, external that "I think that after this, I'm going to have to take a little bit of a break".
She backed this notion up when asked about her future plans, external by Entertainment Tonight at the NYC premiere of The Odyssey, replying, "Oh, girl, nothing. Just mind my business!".