Hot Ones has become one of the internet’s most reliable stages for celebrity chaos, equal parts press junket and endurance test. Over the years, the show has delivered unforgettable laughs, stress faces, and viral confessionals as guests push through hotter and hotter wings while Sean Evans keeps the questions coming.

That is why a new episode with Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal immediately felt like it might produce another legendary moment, and Holland ended up making show history.

In the messiest way possible.

Some achieve fame through talent. Tom Holland achieved his by losing his lunch on national television. He sat beside Jon Bernthal on Hot Ones, made it clean through the gauntlet of wings, and then — just as the outro loomed — his body rendered its own verdict. He coughed. He folded. He became history in the least glamorous way available to a man of his profession.

Holland was greeted by a burst of cheering, especially from his co-star, who demanded a picture to be taken of the mess and was further followed by Sean Evans confirming a record that Holland is not likely to keep on his resume: Tom Holland becomes the first to puke on the Hot Ones site.

Holland, wiping his mouth and apparently his pride, said: "I love being the first."

“You can use that!” Holland said on Hot Ones and even pointed out that he had not gotten any on his clothes. That offhand line is part of why the scene plays more like a comedy beat than a disaster, because Holland seemed more amused than mortified.

The moment also fed into a broader conversation about Holland and Bernthal’s easy chemistry, which they have carried into The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Their shared interview turned into a genuine viral event, but Holland’s final verdict was clear. He may have lost the wing challenge, but he still won the internet.

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That viral energy now rolls straight into a film that could dominate the box office conversation.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is shaping up to be one of the year’s biggest theatrical events, with early tracking suggesting a domestic opening somewhere in the $230 million to $250 million range and some more bullish estimates pushing as high as $300 million. That puts it within striking distance of Spider-Man: No Way Home’s franchise-record $260.1 million debut, so the record is very much in play.

The case for a new record is strong because the film already has huge momentum behind it. Advance ticket sales have reportedly been among the strongest of the post-pandemic era, and the latest trailer response has only added to the sense that general audiences are locked in. If reviews land well and walk-up business stays hot, the opening could easily climb toward the upper end of current forecasts.

Even if Brand New Day falls a little short of No Way Home, it would still represent a massive win for Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios after several softer MCU results. As for Avengers: Doomsday, Holland’s involvement has not been officially locked in based on available information, so the answer remains uncertain. What is clear is that Brand New Day itself may already be powerful enough to carry Marvel’s box office momentum into the rest of 2026.

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What do you think about Tom Holland’s wild Hot Ones moment and the massive expectations around Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Let us know in the comments.