Spider-Man, a superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for comic books published by Marvel Comics, has appeared in film since the 1970s. The character debuted in CBS's TV-movie pilot for the series The Amazing Spider-Man in 1977, the first of a trio of companion films including Spider-Man Strikes Back (1979) and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981). Marvel Comics pursued plans for a more ambitious feature film in the 1980s, in a tumultuous development involving multiple directors, writers, and financiers. After a period of protracted litigation over the Spider-Man copyrights, Sony Pictures and subsidiary Columbia obtained the film rights under a joint agreement with Marvel in 1999.
Columbia developed a Spider-Man film trilogy directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire in the 2000s, followed by a reboot duology featuring Marc Webb as director and Andrew Garfield as the titular superhero. Marvel Studios produced another Spider-Man film series under a renewed licensing agreement with Sony, incorporating the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Three MCU films starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man were released between the 2010s and the 2020s: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), with a fourth MCU entry, Spider-Man: Brand New Day , scheduled for release in 2026. Holland has also appeared in crossover films within the MCU. The animated Spider-Verse spotlight several reimagined Spider-Men, chiefly Miles Morales, the main protagonist voiced by Shameik Moore. Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) operates with a loosely-shared continuity to all existing Spider-Man film franchises but does not explicitly feature the character.
The Spider-Man films are highly successful, collectively grossing over $9 billion worldwide. The most successful entry, No Way Home, is the eighth highest-grossing film of all time. On average, individual films have been well received by critics, occasionally garnering Academy Awards attention for achievement in special effects and animation.
In the 1970s, Marvel Comics partnered with CBS to produce TV adaptations of their characters, including Spider-Man. [1] The Marvel–CBS partnership yielded three Spider-Man films starring Nicholas Hammond for the live action series The Amazing Spider-Man , which aired sporadically for thirteen episodes. [2] The first film, an E. W. Swackhamer-directed TV-movie pilot released in 1977, follows Spider-Man's quest to thwart an extortionist's plot to kill a group of civilians with a mind control device. [3] Two more sequels, Spider-Man Strikes Back (1979) and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981), were developed from unaired footage of The Amazing Spider-Man resulting from budget constraints. [4] Each film received minor distribution in theaters outside of the United States. [5]
Two foreign Spider-Man adaptations were conceived in the same period. The earliest version was the Turkish exploitation film 3 Dev Adam (lit. '3 Giant Men', 1973), featuring an unauthorized depiction of Spider-Man as a villain. [4] In Japan, Toei Company undertook a theatrical spinoff of the live action tokusatsu television series released in July 1978, [6] part of a four-year licensing deal with Marvel. [2] Their origin story is a significant departure from the source material, portraying Spider-Man as the alter ego of a motorcyclist seeking to avenge his deceased father with powers inherited from Garia, the lone survivor of the extinct Spider Planet. [2] [6]
After the success of Superman (1978), Marvel began a concerted effort to produce more ambitious feature film projects. [7] They abandoned several early Spider-Man proposals, including a musical and another concept culminating in a battle against Nazis and a 100-foot robot. [8] By 1982, Roger Corman, an experienced producer of low-budget B films, optioned the rights to develop an adaptation with Orion Pictures from Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee's film treatment. [8] [9] Lee's original treatment featured Doctor Octopus as the primary antagonist and a narrative with Cold War subtext, exemplified with a subplot of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. [8] However, Lee and Corman ended their collaboration when they could not agree on a budget. [10]
The Cannon Group executives Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus acquired the film rights to Spider-Man for $225,000 in 1985, with a provision that would restore ownership to Marvel should a film not be made within five years. [11] [12] They brought on Tobe Hooper to outline an origin story with screenwriter Leslie Stevens, the result being one depicting Spider-Man as a literal spider. [13] Lee, upset with the changes, persuaded Cannon to discard the work and begin anew. [13] Joseph Zito replaced Hooper as director, and a script was concocted from a pitch developed by Ted Newsom and John Brancato. [13] In total, Cannon spent $2 million on a script and subsequent rewrites, but financial woes and disputes over the artistic direction frustrated the development. [14] [15] After Pathé Communications purchased Cannon, Galon and Globus split, and the Spider-Man film rights transferred to Golan's 21st Century Film Corporation through a severance package, before being sold to Carolco Pictures for $5 million in 1988. [12] [15] Carolco hired James Cameron as director and screenwriter with a stipulation that granted him the right to control producing credits, similar to his contract for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). [16] Cameron's scriptment, which was about 57 pages long, concentrated on Spider-Man as a dark, morally ambiguous character. [17] In the meantime, Carolco extended Cannon's original deal with Marvel to May 1996, [18] but the total cost of production rose to $50 million from their initial $15 million budget, leading the company to abandon the project by 1992. [12] [15]
A period of protracted litigation over the disposition of the Spider-Man copyrights followed, with Golan suing Carolco in 1993 over the claim that it had violated his contractually guaranteed credit as producer in the Cannon–Marvel agreement. [18] Carolco then sued Viacom and Sony subsidiary Columbia Pictures over the syndication and home video rights, which Golan had sold them in separate sales, and the two studios countersued in lawsuits that, additionally, disputed Marvel's ownership stakes. [19] [20] 20th Century Fox, though not a main party in the litigation, contested Cameron's participation with a claim of exclusivity on his services as a director. [17] By the mid-1990s, Carolco, 21st Century, and Marvel filed for bankruptcy, complicating the dispute. [15] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) purchased all 21st Century-owned assets and Carolco's film rights during the proceedings, [12] [21] and instigated another lawsuit alleging fraud in the Cannon–Marvel deal. [18] According to a Los Angeles Times report, legal inquiries found that Marvel's licensing agreements overlapped, at times on terms that were dubious and poorly documented. [17]
After Marvel reemerged from bankruptcy in 1998, the courts ruled that the rights sold to Golan had expired, reverting the rights back to the company. [19] The studios spent the following year settling the remaining lawsuits, owing in part to soaring attorney fees. [20] Marvel settled with Sony in a merchandising joint venture that conveyed the rights to produce film, television, and sequels to Sony and subsidiary Columbia. [22] At the same time, MGM compromised with Sony by surrendering its claim to the Spider-Man film rights in exchange for copyrights to the James Bond franchise. [23] Sony's ownership is perpetual provided that they release a new Spider-Man film at least once every five years. [24]
Columbia began developing Spider-Man after their rights acquisition in 1999. [19] They appointed Sam Raimi as director in January 2000, from a raft of candidates due to his enthusiasm for the source material. [25] [26] Screenwriter David Koepp was hired to write the Spider-Man script, expanding on ideas introduced in Cameron's treatment. [17] The script was revised under Scott Rosenberg and again by Alvin Sargent to improve dialogue. [27] [28] Columbia signed Tobey Maguire to a three-picture, $3–4 million pay-or-play contract as Peter Parker in July 2000, with greater compensation for subsequent films. [29] [30] Maguire was Raimi's preferred choice based on his performance in The Cider House Rules (1999). [31] Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr., Heath Ledger, Scott Speedman, and Wes Bentley were among the actors Columbia considered to star. [32] [33] Spider-Man explores Parker's struggles adapting to his newfound superpowers, which he acquires from the bite of a genetically engineered spider. After the death of his uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson), Parker vows to contain crime in New York, climaxing in a confrontation with the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe). Spider-Man was shot from January to June 2001, [27] and released in May 2002 after Sony extended the post-production schedule. [34] It was the third highest-grossing film of 2002, grossing over $825 million globally. [35] At the 75th Academy Awards, Spider-Man was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound. [36]
A sequel to Spider-Man was announced by Columbia in April 2002. The studio re-hired most of the filmmaking crew responsible for creation of the original film. [37] Koepp, Alfred Gough, and Miles Millar conceived a draft that Michael Chabon reworked into the screenplay, [27] itself modified further by Raimi, his brother Ivan Raimi, and Sargent. [38] Maguire received an upfront salary of $17 million after month of negotiations for a new contract. [39] The actor complained of persistent pain in his back sustained while shooting Seabiscuit (2003), and Columbia fired him as they considered his behavior disruptive. [39] The studio reversed its decision when Ronald Meyer, the then-president of Vivendi Universal and Maguire's father-in-law, intervened. [39] The Spider-Man 2 plot was partially inspired by the Spider-Man No More! story arc in The Amazing Spider-Man comics. [40] Parker's powers become impotent as a result of strife in his daily life, forcing him to repudiate his duties as Spider-Man. Meanwhile, his mentor Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina) conducts a nuclear experiment that corrupts the tentacled contraption fused to his spine and then his mind, transforming him into Doctor Octopus, a mad scientist committed to creating a fusion reactor to destroy New York. Filming occurred in 2003, and Spider-Man 2 premiered in theaters in June 2004. [27] The film won Best Visual Effects at the 77th Academy Awards. [41]
Because the studio wanted to commence soon on a sequel, the Raimis spent about two months preparing a treatment while Spider-Man 2 was in theaters. [42] Sargent returned to write a screenplay following the direction of the Raimi treatment. [42] [43] The filmmakers were interested in resolving the character arcs with a tale of redemption and forgiveness. [44] They also developed the script with an emphasis on Parker's evolving relationship with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). [42] Spider-Man 3 sees Parker facing multiple threats, including Flint Marko / Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), an extraterrestrial symbiote that nearly consumes him, and Edward "Eddie" Brock Jr. / Venom (Topher Grace). Filming took place from January to July 2006, [45] and the film was released in May 2007. [46] Despite ending the theatrical run grossing $890.9 million, [47] Spider-Man 3 drew mixed reviews in the media. [48]
Media coverage of Spider-Man 4 give contradictory accounts about the project's development. One report disseminated by Deadline said Sony was prioritizing the sequel to shoot back-to-back with a fifth film. [49] However, Raimi maintained in a 2009 interview that the studio only pursued Spider-Man 4 and had no definitive proposals for further sequels. [50] Even so, Sony recruited screenwriter James Vanderbilt to write scripts for a fourth, fifth, and sixth Spider-Man film after initial reports claimed the studio was negotiating with Koepp. [51] [52] The Spider-Man 4 script was rewritten by David Lindsay-Abaire and Gary Ross in November 2008 and October 2009. [53] Raimi had been unhappy with Spider-Man 3 and wanted to create a satisfying narrative to conclude the franchise, but found himself at odds with Sony because he was unable to rectify problems in the story within the allotted time. [54] They were such that the release was postponed several times to accommodate additional rewrites. [55] Ultimately, Raimi withdrew as Spider-Man 4 director, prompting Sony to cancel the film for a reboot in January 2010. [55] The media has since publicized information about plot, characters, and casting from interviews conducted with filmmakers involved in the project. [a]
Following Maguire's appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), a fan campaign went viral on Twitter under the hashtag "#MakeRaimiSpiderMan4" calling for the revival of Raimi's Spider-Man franchise. [62] Despite support from Dunst and Maguire, [63] [64] Raimi stated that he had no immediate plans for such a project. [65]
Columbia committed to a Spider-Man reboot with Marvel Studios, envisioning an origin story that would showcase Peter's civilian life. [66] They hired Marc Webb as director from a shortlist of filmmakers including David Fincher and Wes Anderson. [67] Sargent and Steve Kloves produced the finished script, which coalesced from Vanderbilt's Spider-Man 4 draft. [68] [69] Casting reflected specifications for mostly unknown actors. [70] Andrew Garfield joined as Peter Parker in July 2010, signing a three-picture deal with a starting salary of $500,000. [71] Webb said he was convinced by Garfield's screen test of a cutscene eating a burger. [72] The filmmakers felt it was important Parker's perception as an outcast be adapted to a modern context. [73] The Amazing Spider-Man features Parker confronting the Lizard, the monstrous form of Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), an Oscorp scientist who previously had a partnership with Parker's deceased father. It was shot from December 2010 to April 2011, [74] [75] and released in the United States in July 2012. [76] The Amazing Spider-Man finished as the seventh highest-grossing film of 2012, amassing $758 million at the box office. [77]
Webb and Garfield were confirmed in the press to be returning for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in September 2012. [78] Vanderbilt resumed his duties for the drafting, [79] while scriptwriting responsibilities were assigned to Jeff Pinkner, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. [78] [80] Filmmakers redesigned the eyes, suit fabric, and web shooters of the Spider-Man costume to more closely resemble comic book suits. [81] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 depicts Parker's quest to protect Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), resulting in battles with the electricity-manipulating Electro (Jamie Foxx) and a vengeful Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan). Filming last about 100 days, followed by the theatrical rollout in May 2014. [82] [83] The Amazing Spider-Man 2, while profitable, failed to replicate the success of The Amazing Spider-Man. [84]
The Amazing Spider-Man's success spawned immediate discussion of an expanded Spider-Man film universe. [85] Sony commissioned a third and fourth sequel for releases in 2016 and 2018; they secured Webb's commitment as director only for the former. [86] [87] [88] Eventually, a number of spinoff projects took precedence, owing to the relative failure of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and sequel development collapsed when Sony entered a new licensing agreement with Marvel and parent company The Walt Disney Studios. [89] [90]
A Twitter campaign under the hashtag "#MakeTASM3" went viral after Garfield's appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), demanding for the revival of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise. [91] Garfield expressed interest returning should such a project be considered. [92]
Marvel had been seeking to incorporate Spider-Man into their film franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), as early as 2014. [93] By this point, they were pursuing control of the film rights thanks to their recent box office success. [94] Studio president Kevin Feige suggested retroactively integrating The Amazing Spider-Man franchise into the MCU to Amy Pascal, then-Sony co-chairman, to improve the prospects of associated films. [95] [96] At the same time, Pascal and producer Avi Arad had attempted to establish continuity by authorizing use of the design of The Amazing Spider-Man's Oscorp Tower for The Avengers (2012), but the approval process occurred too late into the production of The Avengers. [97] Another idea brought forward was a crossover film combining The Amazing Spider-Man universe with that of the Raimi trilogy. [98] In December 2014, an anonymous group hacked Sony's computer networks and leaked confidential information, among them emails of discussions between Sony and Marvel pertaining to the licensing of Spider-Man for the MCU film Captain America: Civil War (2016). [98] Negotiations over the copyrights stalled until Sony and Disney brokered an agreement in February 2015. [99] [100] It reinstated the conditions of their preexisting arrangement, with a clause that entitled Marvel the right to reduce their annual royalty payments to Sony based on the performance of their films. [94] [101]
The studios once more renegotiated in 2019, briefly resulting in the dissolution of their partnership. [102] Sony sought to maintain their original agreement, which conferred merchandising rights and 5% of first-dollar gross to Disney. [103] [104] On the other hand, Disney demanded that future Spider-Man films produced by Feige be funded equally in a cooperative venture, increasing their share of profits. [105] Negotiations resumed after public backlash to Sony, and the studios reached a new deal that September, the terms of which guaranteed a third Spider-Man film and a related MCU project. [106] [107]
Work on an MCU Spider-Man production began in February 2015. [108] Ted Melfi, Jonathan Levine, and Jon Watts were among the filmmakers executives considered to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Watts ultimately signed as director in June 2015. [109] Watts came to Marvel's attention for his work in the independent thriller Cop Car (2015). [110] The studios hired a succession of writers to produce the script for Homecoming. [111] [112] Some 1,500 actors were scouted for the role of Peter Parker / Spider-Man. [113] Six of the actors auditioned in screen tests with Robert Downey Jr. in character as Iron Man / Tony Stark, which the producers viewed to observe their onscreen chemistry. [109] [113] The filmmakers held further auditions when Tom Holland and Charlie Rowe were picked as the finalists. [109] Holland was cast as Parker in June 2015, signing a six-picture deal to appear in three Spider-Man films and three other MCU films. [114] [115] Homecoming details Parker's transformation into Spider-Man, in what the filmmakers described as a coming-of-age story. [110] [112] Shooting took place from June to October 2016, [116] [117] [118] and the film was released in July 2017. [119]
Studio executives were already contemplating sequels to Homecoming before the original film's release. [120] [121] The filmmakers developed Spider-Man: Far From Home as the final film of the third phase of the MCU's Infinity Saga. [122] [123] Watts and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers were confirmed to be returning for the film in late 2017. [124] [125] Watts was especially interested in resolving the narratives about the Spider-Man characters from Avengers: Endgame (2019) because they received an ambiguous resolution. [126] In Far From Home, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits Parker to help Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) defeat the Elementals. Filming transpired from July to October 2018, [127] [128] and the theatrical release was scheduled in July 2019. [129] Far From Home became the first Spider-Man film to gross $1 billion at the box office. [130]
A third entry in the MCU Spider-Man franchise began development shortly after Sony and Marvel's contract was effective. [107] Watts continued his duties as director, [131] while McKenna and Sommers returned to write the screenplay of what would become Spider-Man: No Way Home. [132] The writers conceived a multiverse story from an idea inspired by the fantasy drama It's a Wonderful Life (1946), wherein Parker convinces Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to reverse the events leading to the exposure of his identity as Spider-Man with a spell. [133] The film connects Sony's Spider-Man universes to the MCU and features several of the associated characters. [134] [135] No Way Home's production lasted from October 2020 to March 2021, [136] and the film debuted in theaters in December 2021. [137] By the end of the global rollout, it became the highest-grossing film of 2021 with a box office take of $1.910 billion. [138] [i]
Pascal announced work on a second trilogy of MCU Spider-Man films in 2021. [139] Although No Way Home had been Holland's final contracted standalone film as Spider-Man, the actor was confirmed to be reprising the role for Spider-Man: Brand New Day in 2024. [140] [141] The film will be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. [142] Principal photography was postposed to accommodate Holland's simultaneous commitments to Avengers: Doomsday and the Christopher Nolan-directed film The Odyssey (both 2026). [143] Brand New Day is scheduled for release on July 31, 2026. [144] [145]
Captain America: Civil War marked Spider-Man's first appearance in the MCU. [98] [146] Filmmaking duo Joe and Anthony Russo helmed Civil War; they lobbied intensively to reintroduce the character through the film story. [147] Filming of Civil War commenced in 2015, lasting four months. [148] [149]
Marvel produced two sequels to The Avengers (2012) featuring Holland as Spider-Man: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. [150] [151] Infinity War and Endgame were initially conceptualized as a two-part film, but the studios later split the project into two distinct films that they shot concurrently in 2017. [152] [153] Holland is slated to appear in the forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday. [154]
Following The Amazing Spider-Man 2's mediocre box office run, Sony began planning spinoffs to rehab the franchise, including an animated feature. [98] Pascal approached, then hired, the filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for a co-production. [139] Their concept gleans from the "Spider-Verse" story arc of The Amazing Spider-Man comics, featuring Miles Morales, a reimagined Spider-Man from Marvel's Ultimate Comics imprint, as the main protagonist. [155] [156] Lord and Rodney Rothman prepared the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse script, and the responsibility for directing was split between Rothman, Bob Persichetti, and Peter Ramsey. [157] [158] Actor Shameik Moore stars as Morales, which was announced in the media in April 2017. [159] Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Nicolas Cage, and Chris Pine voice Spider-Men from alternate universes. [160] [161] [162] The Spider-Verse timeline exists independently from the live-action Spider-Man films. [163] After its December 2018 release, [164] Into the Spider-Verse became the first non-Disney film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in seven years. [165]
Studio discussions for a sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, preceded the release of Into the Spider-Verse. [166] Across the Spider-Verse originated from a planned two-part film that was revised once the filmmakers developed the story to indicate a separate follow-up film. [167] Lord and Miller returned to undertake the scriptwriting with David Callaham, based on a plot depicting a romance between Morales and Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld). [168] [169] Sony engaged Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson to direct Across the Spider-Verse. [170] The film's production was mired in labor disputes. [171] After a delay in the release schedule, Across the Spider-Verse opened to theaters in June 2023, [172] [173] finishing the year as the sixth highest-grossing film with $690.9 million. [174] As well, the film was a candidate for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards. [175]
Creation of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse coincided with Into the Spider-Verse. [176] Sony originally scheduled a March 29, 2024 release date for Beyond the Spider-Verse, but postponed the film indefinitely in the wake of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [173] [177] In 2025, the studio announced a release date of June 4, 2027 at a CinemaCon presentation event, before delaying it again by three weeks to June 25, 2027. [178] [179]
Due to the success of the Spider-Verse, development is ongoing on spinoffs that explore the mythology of Spider-Man. [169] The completed projects take the form of short films. The first, Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham, was released in tandem with Into the Spider-Verse's digital launch on February 26, 2019, featuring Mulaney reprising his role as Spider-Ham. [180] On the other hand, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France in June 2023 and later on YouTube in March 2024. [181] [182] A Spider-Verse Story depicts Morales undergoing a panic attack induced by stress in his personal life. [181]
Among the upcoming projects are a Spider-Women spinoff and a Spider-Punk adaptation. [169] [183] [184] Daniel Kaluuya is writing the script for the Spider-Punk film with Ajon Singh. [184] The premise of the Spider-Women spinoff will be a Stacy-centric narrative introducing Cindy Moon / Silk and Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman onscreen. [183] In May 2023, reports emerged that Sony was contemplating a live-action Morales film, which would take priority after the releases of Brand New Day and Beyond the Spider-Verse. [185] [186]
Since 2018, Sony has distributed a series of live-action films based on secondary characters of the Spider-Man canon, part of a broader multimedia project dubbed Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). [187] [188] The franchise's first entry is Venom (2018), itself comprising a trilogy with Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Venom: The Last Dance (2024). [189] Three other titles complete the SSU: Morbius (2022), Madame Web , and Kraven the Hunter (both 2024). [190] Sony ceased their output of films indefinitely after the box office failures of Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter. [191] The SSU operates with a loosely-shared continuity to all existing Spider-Man film franchises but does not explicitly feature the character beyond the depiction of Parker's birth in Madame Web. [b]
Spider-Man has appeared in the following animated films:
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in multiple "franchises" of Spider-Man films.
Films | Sam Raimi’s trilogy | Marc Webb’s films | MCU Spider-Man films | Animated Spider-Verse trilogy | ||||||||
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Spider-Man | Spider-Man 2 | Spider-Man 3 | The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | |
2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2026 | 2018 | 2023 | 2027 | |
Director(s) | Sam Raimi | Marc Webb | Jon Watts | Destin Daniel Cretton | Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey Rodney Rothman | Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson | Bob Persichetti Justin K. Thompson | |||||
Producer(s) | Laura Ziskin Ian Bryce | Laura Ziskin Avi Arad | Laura Ziskin Avi Arad Grant Curtis | Laura Ziskin Avi Arad Matt Tolmach | Avi Arad Matt Tolmach | Kevin Feige Amy Pascal | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Avi Arad Amy Pascal Christina Steinberg | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Avi Arad Amy Pascal Jinko Gotoh | ||||
Writer(s) | David Koepp | Screenplay by: Alvin Sargent Story by: Alfred Gough Miles Millar Michael Chabon | Screenplay by: Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi Alvin Sargent Story by: Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi | Screenplay by: James Vanderbilt Alvin Sargent Steve Kloves Story by: James Vanderbilt | Screenplay by: Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Jeff Pinkner Story by: Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Jeff Pinkner James Vanderbilt | Screenplay by: Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley Jon Watts Christopher Ford Chris McKenna Erik Sommers Story by: Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley | Chris McKenna Erik Sommers | Screenplay by: Phil Lord Rodney Rothman Story by: Phil Lord | Phil Lord Christopher Miller David Callaham | |||
Executive producer(s) | Avi Arad Stan Lee | Stan Lee Kevin Feige Joseph M. Caracciolo | Stan Lee Kevin Feige Michael Grillo | E. Bennett Walsh Stan Lee Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci | Louis D'Esposito Victoria Alonso Patricia Whitcher Jeremy Latcham Avi Arad Matt Tolmach Stan Lee | Louis D'Esposito Victoria Alonso Thomas M. Hammel Eric Hauserman Carroll Rachel O'Connor Stan Lee Avi Arad Matt Tolmach | Louis D'Esposito Victoria Alonso JoAnn Perritano Rachel O'Connor Avi Arad Matt Tolmach | TBA | Will Allegra Brian Michael Bendis Stan Lee | Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey Rodney Rothman Aditya Sood Brian Michael Bendis [204] | Christina Steinberg Peter Ramsey Rodney Rothman Aditya Sood Brian Michael Bendis | |
Composer(s) | Danny Elfman | Christopher Young | James Horner | Hans Zimmer The Magnificent Six [xxi] | Michael Giacchino | TBA | Daniel Pemberton | |||||
Director of photography | Don Burgess | Bill Pope | John Schwartzman | Dan Mindel | Salvatore Totino | Matthew J. Lloyd | Mauro Fiore | TBA | — | — | Alice Brooks | |
Editor(s) | Bob Murawski Arthur Coburn | Bob Murawski | Alan Edward Bell Michael McCusker Pietro Scalia | Pietro Scalia | Dan Lebental Debbie Berman | Dan Lebental Leigh Folsom-Boyd | Jeffrey Ford Leigh Folsom Boyd | TBA | Robert Fisher Jr. | Michael Andrews | TBA |
Title | Format | Release date | Ref. |
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Spider-Man | VHS, DVD | November 1, 2002 | [205] [206] |
Blu-ray | October 30, 2007 | [207] | |
Spider-Man 2 | VHS, DVD | November 30, 2004 | [208] [209] |
Blu-ray | October 30, 2007 | [207] | |
Spider-Man 3 | DVD, Blu-ray | October 30, 2007 | [207] |
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) | DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D | November 9, 2012 | [210] |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D | August 19, 2014 | [211] |
UHD | March 1, 2016 | [212] | |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, UHD | October 17, 2017 | [213] |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | DVD, Blu-ray, UHD | February 26, 2019 | [214] |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | DVD, Blu-ray, UHD | September 17, 2019 | [215] |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | DVD, Blu-ray, UHD | April 12, 2022 | [216] |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | DVD, Blu-ray, UHD | September 5, 2023 | [217] |
In March 2024, Sony spearheaded a re-release campaign of the live-action Spider-Man films to commemorate Columbia's centennial anniversary. [218] They commenced the theatrical rollout with the Raimi trilogy in April, followed by The Amazing Spider-Man films in mid-May, before concluding with the MCU trilogy in multiple weekends from late May to early June. [218] Sony will again screen the Raimi trilogy in a two-weekend release campaign in late 2025, part of a joint venture with Fathom Events. [219]
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Ref. | ||||
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North America | Other territories | North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America | All time worldwide | |||
1977 film | |||||||||
Spider-Man | — | 1977 | — | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | — | Unknown | Unknown | [220] |
Sam Raimi films | |||||||||
Spider-Man | May 3, 2002 | $407,774,549 | $418,020,347 | $825,820,266 | 35 | 82 | $139 million | [221] | |
Spider-Man 2 | May 7, 2004 | $374,337,514 | $410,198,687 | $784,561,571 | 46 | 95 | $200 million | [222] | |
Spider-Man 3 | May 4, 2007 | May 1, 2007 | $337,281,992 | $554,359,494 | $891,697,618 | 60 | 64 | $258 million | [223] |
Marc Webb films | |||||||||
The Amazing Spider-Man | July 6, 2012 | June 27, 2012 | $262,782,352 | $495,918,171 | $758,725,893 | 115 | 104 | $230 million | [224] |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | May 2, 2014 | April 16, 2014 | $203,605,622 | $513,278,887 | $716,934,779 | 208 | 121 | $250 million | [225] |
Marvel Cinematic Universe | |||||||||
Spider-Man: Homecoming | July 7, 2017 | July 5, 2017 | $334,952,829 | $545,983,955 | $880,978,185 | 64 | 68 | $175 million | [226] |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | July 5, 2019 | June 28, 2019 | $391,283,774 | $741,414,082 | $1,132,723,226 | 40 | 25 | $160 million | [227] |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | December 17, 2021 | December 15, 2021 | $814,866,759 | $1,106,533,944 | $1,921,426,073 | 3 | 7 | $200 million | [228] |
Animated Spider-Verse | |||||||||
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | December 14, 2018 | December 12, 2018 | $190,241,310 | $203,361,125 | $393,602,435 | 232 | 335 | $90 million | [229] |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | June 2, 2023 | $381,593,754 | $309,230,984 | $690,824,738 | 50 | 147 | $100 million | [230] | |
Total | $3,698,438,020 | $5,307,299,676 | $9,006,294,784 | 3 | 2 | $1.702 billion | [231] [232] |
Film | Known box office ticket sales | ||
---|---|---|---|
United States and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | |
Sam Raimi films | |||
Spider-Man | 70,626,300 [233] | 55,422,620 [c] | 126,048,920 |
Spider-Man 2 | 60,158,700 [233] | 44,373,272 [d] | 104,531,972 |
Spider-Man 3 | 48,914,300 [233] | 61,237,414 [e] | 110,151,714 |
Marc Webb films | |||
The Amazing Spider-Man | 33,677,900 [233] | 45,703,072 [f] | 79,380,972 |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 24,363,300 [233] | 38,344,664 [g] | 62,707,964 |
Marvel Cinematic Universe | |||
Spider-Man: Homecoming | 37,418,200 [233] | 68,217,737 [h] | 105,635,937 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | 43,340,300 [233] | 94,868,990 [i] | 138,209,290 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | 82,901,987 [263] | 113,246,350 [j] | 196,148,337 |
Animated Spider-Verse | |||
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 21,093,500 [233] | 24,735,866 [k] | 45,829,366 |
Total | 422,494,487 | 546,149,985 | 968,644,472 |
Film | Critical | Public | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||
Spider-Man | 90% (249 reviews) [270] | 73 (38 reviews) [271] | A− [272] | |
Spider-Man 2 | 93% (275 reviews) [273] | 83 (41 reviews) [274] | A− [272] | |
Spider-Man 3 | 63% (263 reviews) [275] | 59 (40 reviews) [276] | B+ [272] | |
The Amazing Spider-Man | 71% (339 reviews) [277] | 66 (42 reviews) [278] | A− [279] | |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 50% (313 reviews) [280] | 53 (50 reviews) [281] | B+ [282] | |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | 92% (400 reviews) [283] | 73 (51 reviews) [284] | A [285] | |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 97% (398 reviews) [286] | 87 (50 reviews) [287] | A+ [288] | |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | 91% (455 reviews) [289] | 69 (55 reviews) [290] | A [285] | |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | 93% (432 reviews) [291] | 71 (60 reviews) [292] | A+ [288] | |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 95% (385 reviews) [293] | 86 (60 reviews) [294] | A [295] |
Title | U.S. release date | Length | Artist(s) | Label | Film | Ref. |
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"Hero" | March 1, 2002 | 3:20 | Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott | Roadrunner, Sony Music Entertainment | Spider-Man | [305] |
"What We're All About (The Original Version)" | April 17, 2002 | 3:49 | Sum 41 featuring Kerry King from Slayer | Aquarius | [305] | |
"Vindicated" | May 31, 2004 | 3:21 | Dashboard Confessional | Vagrant, Interscope | Spider-Man 2 | [306] |
"Signal Fire" | April 24, 2007 | 4:29 | Snow Patrol | Fiction, Record Collection | Spider-Man 3 | [307] |
"It's On Again" | March 31, 2014 | 3:49 | Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer | RCA | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | [308] |
"The Edge" | April 1, 2014 | 3:02 | Tonight Alive | Sony Music Australia | [309] | |
"Sunflower" | October 19, 2018 | 2:38 | Post Malone and Swae Lee | Republic | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | [310] |
"What's Up Danger" | November 1, 2018 | 3:20 | Blackway and Black Caviar | [311] | ||
"Calling" | May 31, 2023 | 3:39 | Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Nav and A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Boominati, Republic | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | [312] |
Multiple Across the Spider-Verse crew members... describe the process of making the $150 million Sony project as uniquely arduous...
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