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Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by David Koepp, it is the first installment in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Produced by Columbia Pictures and Laura Ziskin Productions in association with Marvel Enterprises, it stars Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. The plot follows the timid teenager Peter Parker, who gains superhuman abilities after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider. He adopts the masked persona "Spider-Man" and begins to fight crime in New York City, facing the malevolent Green Goblin in the process.

Development of a live-action Spider-Man film began in 1975, but stalled for nearly 25 years due to licensing and financial issues. Columbia Pictures finally licensed the project for a worldwide release in 1999. Koepp was hired to create a working screenplay, which was eventually rewritten by Scott Rosenberg and refined by Alvin Sargent. Various directors were considered before Raimi was hired in 2000. Filming took place in Los Angeles and New York City from January to June 2001. Danny Elfman composed the musical score, while Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the visual effects.[6]

Spider-Man premiered at the Mann Village Theater on April 29, 2002, and was released in the United States on May 3, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised the story, performances, visual effects, action sequences, musical score and Raimi's directing. It was the first film to reach $100 million in a single weekend, as well as the most successful film based on a comic book at the time. With a box office gross of $826 million worldwide against its $139 million budget, it was the highest-grossing superhero film, the sixth-highest-grossing film overall at the time, and third highest-grossing film of 2002. The film garnered nominations for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects at the 75th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. Spider-Man is credited for redefining the modern superhero genre and the summer blockbuster.[7][8][9] It was followed by two sequels, both directed by Raimi: Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). Maguire and Dafoe later reprised their roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), which explores the concept of the multiverse and links the Raimi trilogy to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

On a high school field trip, Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory with his best friend, Harry Osborn, and his love interest, Mary Jane Watson. There, he is bitten by a genetically engineered spider, and falls ill upon returning home. Meanwhile, Harry's father Norman tests a performance-enhancing chemical on himself in an attempt to secure a military contract for Oscorp, the company he founded. The chemical gives him superhuman strength but causes him to go insane and kill one of his scientists.

The next day, Peter develops spider-like abilities, including enhanced strength, senses, agility and speed, organic webbing in his wrists, and the ability to cling to walls. Hoping to buy a car to impress Mary Jane, Peter enters an underground fighting event and wins his first match but is swindled out of his earnings. Soon after, Peter's Uncle Ben is killed by a thief who robbed the event, and whom Peter let escape. Peter pursues the thief, who eventually falls to his death. Meanwhile, a crazed Norman sabotages a product test by an Oscorp rival and kills several people.

Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight crime, donning a costume and adopting the alias "Spider-Man". J. Jonah Jameson, the publisher of the Daily Bugle newspaper, hires Peter as a freelance photographer, since he can provide high-quality images of Spider-Man. When Oscorp's board of directors ousts Norman and sells the company, Norman uses a disguise to assassinate them during the Unity Day festival. As Spider-Man, Peter fends off Norman and rescues Mary Jane. Afterwards, Jameson bestows the name "the Green Goblin" upon the mysterious masked killer.

Norman offers Peter a place at his side, but Peter refuses. They fight, and Peter flees after being wounded. Peter's Aunt May invites Mary Jane, Harry, and Norman for Thanksgiving dinner. Norman notices Peter's injury and deduces that he is Spider-Man. Later, Norman attacks and injures May, who is hospitalized. Peter is still unaware of the Goblin's identity but realizes that the Goblin is targeting his loved ones. While visiting the hospital, Mary Jane confesses to Peter her infatuation with Spider-Man, who has rescued her twice. Harry, who is dating Mary Jane, sees her holding Peter's hand and assumes she has feelings for him. A distraught Harry tells his father about Peter's relationship with Mary Jane.

That night, Norman captures Mary Jane and a Roosevelt Island Tramway car full of children. He tells Peter to choose whom to rescue, then drops them both from the Queensboro Bridge. Peter saves everyone, then lowers them onto a nearby barge for safety. An enraged Norman throws Peter into an abandoned building, then brutally beats him. After Norman reveals his intentions to kill Mary Jane, Peter finds the strength to fight back. Norman reveals his identity and begs forgiveness, discreetly preparing to impale Peter with his glider. Warned by his spider-sense, Peter dodges the attack, and the glider fatally skewers Norman instead. Before dying, Norman begs Peter not to reveal his identity to Harry. Peter takes Norman's body to the Osborn house, where Harry confronts him, but Peter escapes.

At Norman's funeral, Harry vows revenge on Spider-Man, whom he falsely holds responsible for his father's death. Mary Jane then confesses to Peter that she loves him. However, Peter feels he must protect her from his enemies, so he hides his true feelings and tells her they can only be friends. As Peter leaves, he recalls his uncle's words: "With great power comes great responsibility".

• Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man: A high school student who is bitten by a genetically engineered spider. He gains spider-like abilities and begins fighting crime as a masked vigilante.
• Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin: A scientist who becomes a costumed terrorist. He is the founder of Oscorp and the father of Harry Osborn.
• Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson: Peter's love interest, who is dating Harry.
• James Franco as Harry Osborn: Peter's best friend, Mary Jane's boyfriend and Norman's son.
• Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker: Peter's uncle who is killed by a carjacker.
• Rosemary Harris as May Parker: Peter's aunt.[10][11]
• J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson: The Daily Bugle publisher, who considers Spider-Man a menace.

Joe Manganiello plays the bully Flash Thompson, while Michael Papajohn appears as The Carjacker who kills Ben Parker.[a][12] Ron Perkins portrays Dr. Mendel Stromm, Norman's head scientist, while Gerry Becker and Jack Betts play the Oscorp board members Maximillian Fargas and Henry Balkan, respectively. Stanley Anderson appears as General Slocum, and K. K. Dodds portrays Norman's assistant Simkins. Bill Nunn, Ted Raimi and Elizabeth Banks play the Daily Bugle employees Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, Ted Hoffman, and Betty Brant, respectively.[13][14] Tim deZarn and Taylor Gilbert portray Philip Watson and Madeline Watson, respectively. Randy Savage appears as Bonesaw McGraw, Bruce Campbell portrays the Ring Announcer, Octavia Spencer plays the Ring Receptionist, and John Paxton plays Bernard Houseman, the Osborn family's butler.[15] Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, has a cameo appearance at the World Unity Fair.[16]

Development

Beginning in 1975, Marvel Comics made plans to bring its characters to films. By the early 1980s, the company was in negotiations with producers to bring its flagship character Spider-Man to the big screen, a process which was influenced by the critical and commercial success of Superman (1978), which was based on rival DC Comics' flagship character Superman. The producer Roger Corman was the first to hold an option on the Spider-Man property, and began to develop the film at Orion Pictures. Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, was brought in to write a screenplay which featured Cold War themes and Doctor Octopus as the primary antagonist. The project did not come to fruition following budgetary disputes between Corman and Lee, as well as the critical and commercial failure of Superman III (1983), which made film adaptations of comic books a hard sell in the industry.[17]

The film rights were then acquired by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus of The Cannon Group for $225,000 in 1985.[18][19] Golan and Globus were not familiar with Spider-Man and mistook him for a werewolf-like character. Leslie Stevens, creator of The Outer Limits, was hired to write a screenplay based on this concept. Stevens' script depicted Peter Parker as a photographer who is subjected to a mad scientist's experiment, which transforms him into a human tarantula. Tobe Hooper, who was preparing to shoot The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Invaders from Mars (both 1986) for Cannon, signed on to direct.[20] Lee despised the horror route the studio was taking with the character and demanded that a new script be written that was closer to the source material.[21][22] By 1985, a new screenplay was being developed by Ted Newsom and John Brancato. In this version, Peter Parker receives his spider-like abilities from a cyclotron experiment. Doctor Octopus served as the antagonist and was written as Peter's mentor-turned-enemy. Barney Cohen was brought in to do a rewrite which added humor, additional action scenes, and a supporting villain.[23] Newsom and Brancato had John Cusack in mind for the part of Peter Parker.[24]

Cannon hired as director Joseph Zito, who had previously directed the commercially successful Invasion U.S.A. (1985) for the studio. Cannon considered Tom Cruise for the role of Peter Parker, while Zito was interested in casting the actor and stuntman Scott Leva, who had previously done promotional appearances as Spider-Man for Marvel.[25] Bob Hoskins was considered for Doctor Octopus while Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn were considered for Aunt May, while Gregory Peck and Paul Newman were considered for Uncle Ben. Lee expressed his desire to make a cameo appearance as J. Jonah Jameson in the film. The project was tentatively titled Spider-Man: The Movie and was budgeted between $15–20 million. Following the critical and financial failures of two 1987 Cannon films—Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Masters of the Universe—the budget for Spider-Man: The Movie was cut to $7 million. Zito was unhappy with the lower budget and stepped down as the director. He was replaced by Albert Pyun, but the project was cancelled following Cannon's acquisition by Giancarlo Paretti and Golan's departure from the studio.[20]

Golan extended his option on Spider-Man during his tenure as CEO of 21st Century Film Corporation. By 1989, he was attempting to revive the project using the script, budget, and storyboards developed at Cannon. In order to receive production funds, Golan sold the television rights to Viacom, the home video rights to Columbia Pictures, and the theatrical rights to Carolco Pictures, where James Cameron signed on to write and direct the film.[26] Cameron had previously met with Stan Lee to discuss a possible X-Men film, but Lee convinced Cameron that he would be a good choice to direct a Spider-Man film.[b]

Cameron submitted a treatment to Carolco in 1993, which was a darker, more mature take on the Spider-Man mythos.[30] In addition to Spider-Man's origin story, it also included reimagined versions of the villains Electro and Sandman. Electro was described as a megalomaniacal businessman named Carlton Strand, while Sandman was depicted as Strand's personal bodyguard. Cameron's treatment featured heavy profanity and a sex scene between Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson atop the Brooklyn Bridge. Carolco set a $50 million budget for the film, but progress stalled when Golan sued Carolco for attempting to make the film without his involvement.[31] Cameron had recently completed True Lies (1994) for Twentieth Century Fox, and the studio unsuccessfully attempted to acquire the Spider-Man film rights for him. Cameron then abandoned the film and began work on Titanic (1997) and other projects.[32][33] He revealed in a 1997 interview that he had the Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio in mind for the role of Peter Parker.[34]

In 1995, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired 21st Century Film Corporation's rights to produce the film, which gave them access to previous Spider-Man scripts. MGM then sued Viacom, Sony Pictures, and Marvel, which they accused of fraud in the original deal with Cannon. The following year, 21st Century, Carolco, and Marvel all filed for bankruptcy.[35]

Following the disastrous reception of Batman & Robin in 1997, film studios viewed comics as merely for children and did not take the superhero genre seriously. No studio showed interest in a Spider-Man film until the release of Blade in 1998 and the development of X-Men (2000), projects which convinced some studios that a Marvel character could carry a film.[36] Marvel emerged from bankruptcy in 1998 and declared that Menahem Golan's option had expired and that the rights had reverted to them. Marvel then sold the rights to Sony for $7 million.[37][38] Although Sony optioned from MGM all preceding Spider-Man screenplays, it only exercised the options on "the Cameron material", which contractually included a multi-author screenplay and a forty-five-page "scriptment" credited only to Cameron. However, the studio announced it was not hiring Cameron to direct the film nor would it be using his script.[39]

Sony lined up several potential directors, including Michael Bay, Jan de Bont, Tim Burton, Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, David Fincher, Ang Lee, Tony Scott, M. Night Shyamalan and Barry Sonnenfeld.[c] Fincher considered taking the job, but did not want to depict Spider-Man's origin story, as he felt it was "dumb". He proposed basing the film on The Night Gwen Stacy Died storyline, but the studio was not interested in that approach.[d][36] Columbus turned down the project and directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) instead.[46]

The chair of Columbia Pictures, Amy Pascal, had a first choice for director: Sam Raimi, who was a fan of the Spider-Man comics during his youth.[47][48] However, Raimi's agent warned him that he was not Sony's preferred choice.[49] During a meeting with Pascal, Sony Pictures CEO John Calley, Marvel Films chief Avi Arad, Sony executive Matt Tolmach, and the film's producer, Laura Ziskin, Raimi pitched himself as the ideal director for the project. He abruptly ended his pitch after one hour, not wanting to overstay his welcome if the executives did not want him.[36] However, Raimi's passion for Spider-Man earned him the job. He was attached to direct in January 2000, for a summer 2001 release.[50][51]

David Koepp was brought aboard to write the screenplay. Cameron's script was the foundation for his first draft, often word for word.[52][53] Koepp pitched the idea that Peter Parker should not get his Spider-Man suit until halfway through the film, so his origin story could be lengthened. He also proposed that Peter and Mary Jane should not be a couple by the end of the film, feeling it was more romantic if they remained apart. In this version of the script, Electro was the main antagonist.[36]

Koepp's rewrite substituted the Green Goblin as the main antagonist and added Doctor Octopus as the secondary antagonist.[54] However, Raimi cut Doctor Octopus from the story, so as to focus on the surrogate father-son dynamic between Norman Osborn and Peter Parker, which he found interesting.[55][56] In June 2000, Scott Rosenberg was hired to rewrite Koepp's material. Remaining a constant in all the rewrites was Cameron's idea that Peter shoots organic webbing from his wrists, as opposed to him inventing mechanical webshooters, which is how he shoots webs in the comics.[57] Raimi felt the mechanical webshooters would stretch the audience's suspension of disbelief too far.[58] This decision was controversial with long-time fans of the comics.[59][42]

As production neared, Alvin Sargent was hired by Ziskin to polish the dialogue, primarily between Peter and Mary Jane.[60] Although Rosenberg, Sargent and Cameron all could have received credit for the final Spider-Man script, all three voluntarily relinquished credit to Koepp.[52]

Casting

For the role of Peter Parker, the filmmakers sought an actor who was not excessively tall or handsome, but who had the "heart and soul" for the audience to identify with.[36] The studio expressed interest in Wes Bentley, Zach Braff, Chris Klein, Jude Law, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Chris O'Donnell and Freddie Prinze Jr. Leonardo DiCaprio had been considered for the role in 1995 by James Cameron.[e] James Franco, Jay Rodan, and Scott Speedman were involved in screen tests for the part.[67][68] Joe Manganiello auditioned, but was cast as the bully Flash instead.[69]

Tobey Maguire was Raimi's first choice for Peter Parker after he saw him in The Cider House Rules.[70] The studio was initially hesitant to cast someone who did not seem like a "adrenaline-pumping, tail-kicking titan", but Maguire impressed studio executives with his audition.[71] He was cast in the role in July 2000, and signed a deal in the range of $3 to $4 million with higher salary options for two sequels.[71][71] To prepare for the role, Maguire improved his physique over several months by training with a physical trainer, a yoga instructor, a martial arts expert, and a climbing expert.[58][72] He studied spiders and learned how to perform arachnid-like movements.[73]

Nicolas Cage, Jason Isaacs, John Malkovich and Billy Bob Thornton were considered for the role of Norman Osborn, but all turned it down.[f] Willem Dafoe was selected for the part in November 2000.[78] He was intrigued by the prospect of working with Raimi and by the idea of a film based on comics.[g] He insisted on wearing the Green Goblin costume himself, as he felt that a stuntman would not convey the character's necessary body language. The 580-piece suit took half an hour to put on.[42]

Kate Bosworth, Eliza Dushku, Jaime King and Mena Suvari all auditioned for the role of Mary Jane Watson.[h] Alicia Witt was considered for the role, and Kate Hudson was offered the part but turned it down.[84][85] Elizabeth Banks auditioned, but at 28 she was deemed too old, despite being only sixteen months older than Maguire. Banks was cast as Jameson's secretary Betty Brant instead, and 18-year-old Kirsten Dunst was cast as Mary Jane a month before filming began.[86][42] To create Mary Jane's red hair, Dunst's hair was dyed in the front and she wore a half-wig.[87] The producers wanted Dunst to get her teeth straightened, but she refused.[88][14]

Stan Lee was interested in playing J. Jonah Jameson, but the filmmakers felt he was too old to convincingly play the part. Lee was supportive of the eventual casting of J.K. Simmons, feeling that Simmons gave a better performance than he could have achieved.[89] Hugh Jackman was supposed to have a cameo as the X-Men film series character Wolverine, but the appearance was scrapped after the production team realized they did not have the Wolverine costume.[90][91]

Design

The Green Goblin's original headgear was an animatronic mask created by Amalgamated Dynamics.[92] Dafoe described it as a silly-looking Halloween mask. The second version was a helmet that Dafoe termed "very angular, very modern ... more like an armor."[36] Dafoe wanted the costume to be flexible enough to allow him to do the splits.[93]

The Spider-Man suit worn by Maguire took six months to create. It was one piece, including the mask and boots. The eye lenses were hand-sculpted by Hans Moritz, who had created the visor for the character Cyclops in X-Men (2000). An alternate suit with a detachable mask was used for scenes in which Spider-Man takes his mask off.[i]

A Steatoda grossa spider was used for the genetically-modified spider that bites Peter and gives him his abilities. It was painted with red and blue makeup.[96]

Filming

Principal photography for Spider-Man began on January 8, 2001, in Culver City, California.[60] The cinematographer, Don Burgess, shot the film with Panavision Platinum and Millennium XL cameras and Primo lenses.[97] After the September 11 attacks, certain sequences were re-filmed, and a shot of the Twin Towers was removed from the film.[j] Sequences in Peter's home and in the wrestling arena were filmed on soundstages. The Times Square sequence in which Spider-Man and the Green Goblin fight for the first time was filmed on soundstages and in Downey, California. In Downey, a construction worker named Tim Holcombe was killed when a forklift modified as a construction crane crashed into the construction basket he was in.[101][102] The following court case led the state of California to fine Sony $58,805.[103]

In a now-iconic scene, Mary Jane kisses Peter while he is hanging upside down in the rain. To prepare for the scene, Dunst was given a book describing famous film kisses. During filming, water was pouring into Maguire's nose, which made it difficult for him to breathe.[k] For the wrestling scene, Randy Savage insisted on doing his own stunts, one of which resulted in injury.[109] The shot in which Peter catches Mary Jane's food tray was achieved without visual effects and with Maguire's hand glued to the tray. The shot took 156 takes and 16 hours to accomplish.[110]

In Los Angeles, filming locations included the Natural History Museum for the Columbia University laboratory where Peter is bitten, the Pacific Electricity Building for the Daily Bugle offices, and Greystone Mansion for the interiors of Norman's home.[111] On April 4, Spider-Man costumes were stolen, and Sony put up a $25,000 reward for their return.[112] They were recovered after 18 months; a former studio security guard and an accomplice were arrested.[l]

In New York City, filming took place at the Queensboro Bridge, Columbia University's Low Memorial Library, the New York Public Library, the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, and a rooftop garden at the Rockefeller Center.[m] The Flatiron Building was used for the offices of the Daily Bugle.[60] Production then returned to Los Angeles, and filming wrapped in June 2001.[60]

Visual effects

John Dykstra was hired as the film's visual effects supervisor in May 2000.[118][119] He convinced Raimi to use computer-generated imagery (CGI) for many of the stunts that were physically impossible. Raimi—who had used more traditional special effects in his previous films—worked hard to plan all the sequences of Spider-Man swinging from buildings, which he described as "ballet in the sky."[48] The complexity of such sequences meant the budget rose from an initially planned $70 million to around $100 million.[70] Spider-Man and the Green Goblin had to be shot separately for effects shots: Spider-Man was shot in front of a greenscreen, while the Goblin was shot against a bluescreen. Shooting them together would have resulted in one character being erased from a shot.[n]

Dykstra said the biggest difficulty of creating Spider-Man was that as the character was masked, it immediately lost a lot of characterization. Without the context of eyes or mouth, a lot of body language had to be put in so that there would be emotional content. Raimi wanted to convey the essence of Spider-Man as being, "the transition that occurs between him being a young man going through puberty and being a superhero." Dykstra said his crew of animators had never reached such a level of sophistication to give subtle hints of still making Spider-Man feel like a human being.[122] When two studio executives were shown shots of the computer generated character, they believed it was actually Maguire performing stunts.[42] In addition, Dykstra's crew had to composite areas of New York City and replaced every car in shots with digital models. Raimi did not want it to feel entirely like animation, so none of the shots were 100% computer-generated.[123]

Spider-Man was originally scheduled for release on November 2, 2001. Due to an extended post-production schedule, the release was postponed until May 3, 2002.[71][124]

Danny Elfman composed the musical score for Spider-Man. The film's soundtrack combines traditional orchestration, ethnic percussion, and electronic elements. Its distinct ethnic characteristics are credited to Elfman, who spent a year in Africa studying its unique percussion.

Marketing

After the September 11 attacks occurred in 2001, Sony recalled a Spider-Man teaser poster and a teaser trailer, both of which depicted the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.[125] The poster showed a close-up of Spider-Man's face with the towers reflected in the eye of his mask, while the trailer showed a helicopter getting caught in a giant spider web between the towers.[o] The trailer, which according to Sony did not contain any actual footage from the film, was also removed from the home video release of A Knight's Tale (2001).[p] Raimi later stated that the helicopter scene was originally in the film, but was removed after the attacks.[133] A new teaser poster featuring Spider-Man and the Green Goblin was unveiled in November 2001.[134] A month later, a new trailer debuted on television and in theaters.[135] An additional trailer was released online and in theaters near the end of March.[136]

To promote the film, Sony partnered with CKE Restaurants to release Spider-Man products at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. restaurants. Beginning in April 2002, the restaurants offered Spider-Man cups and toys, as well as Spider-Man figures that could be attached to a car radio antenna.[137] KFC offered Spider-Man kids meal toys in the United Kingdom.[138] Other promotional partners included Dr Pepper, Hershey's, Kellogg's, and Reebok.[139]

Box office

Spider-Man was first released in theaters on May 3, 2002, in 18 markets.[140] According to Rick Lyman of The New York Times, film industry executives expected Spider-Man to have a strong opening. Competition from other films was limited, and polls showed strong interest in Raimi's film from every age group. However, neither executives nor polling firms predicted that the film's earnings would exceed those of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).[141] Upon release, Spider-Man became the number one film at the box office.[q] In the United States and Canada, it opened on 7,500 screens at 3,615 theaters and earned $114.8 million during its opening weekend, surpassing Sorcerer's Stone to set a record for the largest opening weekend in history at the time.[r] Spider-Man became the first film to gross $100 million in a single weekend (even when adjusting for inflation), and the first film to reach $100 million in three days.[147][148] It also set a record for highest three-day gross.[149]

Spider-Man earned $39.4 million on its opening day, an average of $10,901 per theater.[150] This opening-day gross was the all-time highest until 2004, when it was surpassed by the $40.4 million opening of Spider-Man 2.[151] During opening weekend, Spider-Man grossed an average of $31,769 per theater. According to Box Office Mojo, this was the all-time highest per-theater average for an "ultra-wide release."[143] On its second day of release, the film set a record for the highest earnings in a single day, with $43.6 million.[s] On its third day, Spider-Man earned $31.8 million, the highest gross at the time for a Sunday.[150][143] Within four days, the film had the biggest non-holiday Monday of all time with $11 million, which increased its total gross to $125.1 million.[153]

Spider-Man remained at the top of the box office in its second weekend, dropping 38% and grossing another $71.4 million while averaging $19,756 per theater; this was the highest-grossing second weekend for any film at the time.[154][154] Spider-Man reached the $200 million mark on its ninth day of release, also a record at the time.[154] This made it the fastest film to cross the $200 million mark, surpassing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).[155] At the end of its second weekend, the film had earned a 10-day total of $223 million, and it quickly surpassed Ice Age to become the highest-grossing film of the year.[154][154]

The film dropped to the second position in its third weekend, behind Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, but still made $45 million, dropping 37% and averaging $12,458 per theater, which brought its 17-day tally to $285.6 million.[156] Its third weekend haul set the record for highest-grossing third weekend, which was first surpassed by Avatar in 2009.[157] Spider-Man would beat another record that was previously held by The Phantom Menace, becoming the quickest film to hit $300 million in just 22 days.[158] It stayed at the second position in its fourth weekend, grossing $35.8 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, dropping only 21% while expanding to 3,876 theaters, averaging $9,240 over four days, and bringing the 25-day gross to $333.6 million.[159] Within 66 days, Spider-Man reached a total gross of $400 million.[160][161]

Spider-Man became 2002's highest-grossing film with $407.8 million in the US and Canada, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Attack of the Clones.[162] As of 2024, Spider-Man ranks as the 77th-highest-grossing film of all time in the US and Canada, not adjusted for inflation. The film sold an estimated 69.5 million tickets in the US.[163]

Outside the US and Canada, Spider-Man opened in 17 territories in its first week, earning a total of $13.3 million. It set a record for the highest opening gross in Spain and Switzerland; the second-highest opening in Iceland, Singapore and South Korea; and the third-highest opening in Russia, Germany and Yugoslavia.[t] In the United Kingdom, Spider-Man made $13.9 million from 509 screens in its first week, making it the country's fifth biggest opening.[167] It stayed at number one for three weeks, until it was displaced by Minority Report.[168] In India, Spider-Man was Sony's first major release since Godzilla in 1998. It was simultaneously released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu across 250 screens, becoming the widest reach and return for a Hollywood film since The Mummy Returns (2001).[169] The international markets that generated grosses in excess of $10 million include Australia ($16.9 million), Brazil ($17.4 million), Germany ($30.7 million), Italy ($20.8 million), Japan ($56.2 million), Mexico ($31.2 million), South Korea ($16.98 million), Spain ($23.7 million), and the multi-nation markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta ($45.8 million), and France, Algeria, Monaco, Morocco and Tunisia ($32.9 million).[170]

Outside the US and Canada, Spider-Man grossed $418 million and was the third-highest-grossing film of 2002, behind The Two Towers and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Worldwide, the film's gross was now $825.8 million, and it became the 58th-highest-grossing film of all time.[163][171] It also set records for highest-grossing Sony film and highest-grossing superhero film.[u][v]

In March 2024, Sony announced that all of its live-action Spider-Man films would be re-released in theaters as part of Columbia Pictures' 100th anniversary celebration. Spider-Man was re-released on April 15, 2024.[177]

In June 2025, it was announced that Sony, in collaboration with Fathom Events, would be re-releasing the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy in theaters. Spider-Man was re-released on September 26, 2025, and was followed by an encore screening on October 3, 2025.[178]

Ratings in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Spider-Man was given a "12" rating, meaning that no child under the age of 12 could see the film in a theater. In applying the rating, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) claimed that the film depicted strong violence as an appropriate solution to problems. Some local councils, pressured by cinema operators, changed the rating in their jurisdictions so that younger children could see the film. John Wilkinson, chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, said that theaters wanted a lower rating to avoid complaints from parents of young children who wanted to see Spider-Man.[w] In late August, the BBFC changed the "12" rating to "12A", meaning children under 12 could watch a film if accompanied by an adult. Following the change, Sony re-released Spider-Man with the 12A rating.[x]

Spider-Man was released on VHS and DVD on November 1, 2002, in North America and Australia, and on November 25, 2002, in the United Kingdom by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.[186] It set a record for having the highest single-day DVD sales, surpassing Monsters, Inc. (2001) and selling over 7 million DVD copies on its first day of release.[187] The film would hold this record for a year until it was taken by Finding Nemo in 2003.[188] As of 2022, it has the single-day record for any live-action film.[189] In just a few days, the DVD release sold more than 11 million copies.[190] While the VHS release sold over 6.5 million copies, the DVD release went on to become one of the best-selling live-action DVD titles of all time with over 19.5 million copies being sold.[191][192] This two-disc DVD release comes in separate widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) and fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) versions. Bonus features include commentaries, promotional material, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and other information on both the film and the comic books that inspired it.[193]

The film's American television rights (Fox, TBS/TNT) were sold for $60 million.[194] Related gross toy sales were $109 million.[194] Its American DVD revenue by July 2004 was $338.8 million.[194] Its American VHS revenue by July 2004 was $89.2 million.[194] As of 2006, the film has grossed a total revenue of $1.5 billion from box office and home video (sales and rentals), in addition a further $880 million from television (pay-per-view, broadcast TV and cable TV).[195]

In the United Kingdom, the film was watched by 700,000 viewers on subscription television channel Sky Movies 1 in 2004, making it the year's ninth most-watched film on subscription television.[196]

The film made its Blu-ray debut in 2007 as part of the Spider-Man Trilogy.[197] Just three years later, it was released as a separate Blu-ray on November 16, 2010.[198] This was followed by another release on July 5, 2011.[199] Spider-Man was also included in the Spider-Man Legacy Collection, which includes 5 Spider-Man films in a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collection, which was released on October 17, 2017.[200] Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy was released on Disney+ on April 21, 2023.[201]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 277 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Not only does Spider-Man provide a good dose of web-swinging fun, it also has a heart, thanks to the combined charms of director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire."[202] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[203] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[204]

The casting—mainly of Maguire, Dafoe and Simmons—is often cited as one of the film's high points. Eric Harrison of the Houston Chronicle was initially skeptical of Maguire's casting, but later said it was difficult to imagine anyone else in the role.[205] Mike Clark of USA Today praised the casting as well.[206] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly had mixed feelings about Maguire in the title role, writing: "Maguire, winning as he is, never quite gets the chance to bring the two sides of Spidey—the boy and the man, the romantic and the avenger—together."[207] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal criticized the "strident intensity" of Dafoe, claiming that he delivered a poor villain compared to Gene Hackman in Superman and Jack Nicholson in Batman.[208] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter applauded the creativity of the opening credits and the upside-down kiss scene.[209]

LA Weekly's Manohla Dargis wrote, "It isn't that Spider-Man is inherently unsuited for live-action translation; it's just that he's not particularly interesting or, well, animated."[210] Giving the film two and a half stars out of four, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times criticized the scene in which Peter is given a choice between saving Mary Jane or a cable car full of children. Ebert said the visuals "could have given an impression of the enormous weights and tensions involved, but instead the scene seems more like a bloodless storyboard."[211] In a 2007 retrospective on the first two Spider-Man films, Richard George of IGN called the Green Goblin's costume "almost comically bad". He wrote of the Goblin's mask: "Not only is it not frightening, it prohibits expression."[212]

Entertainment Weekly put the upside-down kiss on its 2009 list of the best pop culture creations of the decade, saying: "There's a fine line between romantic and corny. And the rain-soaked smooch between Spider-Man and Mary Jane from 2002 tap-dances right on that line. The reason it works? Even if she suspects he's Peter Parker, she doesn't try to find out. And that's sexy."[213] In 2008, Empire magazine ranked Spider-Man 437th on its list of the 500 best films of all time.[214]

The film won several awards ranging from Teen Choice Awards to the Saturn Awards, and was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick), but lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Chicago, respectively.[215][216] While only Danny Elfman brought home a Saturn Award, Raimi, Maguire, and Dunst were all nominated for their respective positions. It also took home the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Motion Picture."[216] The film was nominated for Favorite Movie at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, but lost to Austin Powers in Goldmember. The upside-down kissing scene won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in 2003.

Two sequels to Spider-Man were produced and directed by Raimi. Spider-Man 2 was released on June 30, 2004, while Spider-Man 3 was released on May 4, 2007. A spin-off animated series, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, aired from July to September 2003. It was intended to serve as a continuation of the first film.[217]

A video game based on the film of the same name was released.[218] The game was developed by Treyarch (only for the home consoles) and published by Activision, and released in 2002 for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. The game has many scenes and villains that did not appear in the film. It was followed by Spider-Man 2 two years later to promote the release of the second film. In 2007, to promote the release of the third film, Spider-Man 3 was released. Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe were the only actors who reprised their roles from the film. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe was released in 2007, the games borrow the film characters, and it serves as non-canon plot of the film series.[219]

The critical reviews for the game were positive. By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of Spider-Man had sold 2.1 million copies and earned $74 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 15th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of Spider-Man console games released in the 2000s reached 6 million units in the United States by July 2006.[220]

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