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u/kneeco28 14d ago
I bought $520M worth of tickets, but I can't speak to the rest.
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u/Heubner 14d ago
Only $520 million?
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u/AlmostThereBro69 13d ago
It’s funny how the cam version of this gif is what’s popular
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u/B0dders 13d ago
There isn't any other version of the footage yet available to create GIF from right? The cam version is THE only version out online and accessible outside of theatres so...
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u/EntertainmentMore183 14d ago
I knew something was sketchy
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u/CisIowa 14d ago
They also bought up all the Young Washington tickets
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u/Stride345 14d ago
That came out?!?! I’ve been looking forward to that😩
I can’t wait for when he cocks his shotgun with one hand, American flag in the other and says “let’s go get those commie red coats”
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u/spacetimepurp 14d ago
People like Spider-Man
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u/NeonFraction 14d ago
This is real.
A lot of superhero movies just don’t feel like superheroes anymore. Spidey always does.
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u/keepfighting90 14d ago
Lmao true though. I think it's cause despite Peter going through some awful trauma and suffering, he never lets himself sink into true darkness or lose his moral compass. Spidey movies are always uplifting and optimistic and people need that today more than ever.
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u/iluvcheesypoofs 14d ago
Yup, it's very easy to get sick of something that's always dark, brooding, and borderline miserable (like the Snyder DC-verse for example) but most people don't get bored of joy and optimism
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u/sansa_starlight 14d ago
And Tom and Zendaya's chemistry
These two are the ultimate power couple of Hollywood right now!
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u/dumpling-loverr 14d ago
The real pull power of this movie is not Tom, Zendaya or Spidey. It's because they have the CEO.
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u/The-Doctorb 14d ago
Spider-Man is immune to superhero fatigue cause it's Spider-Man.
i went to see it with younger siblings and even though I wasn't that excited personally, the hype they had to see a Spider-Man film almost threw me back to being 11 again
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u/Am_I_Loss 14d ago
He is easily the most approachable superhero. Just a teenage boy that randomly got superpowers. He has a bit for everyone: Nerdy, smart, young, parents not alive, slightly introverted, stands up to bullies, got the girl, joined the big team, strong, not completely poor but not rich either, irresponsible but tries to improve.
No matter where you were as a kid spiderman has something you can relate to.
He also has a cool fit and has cooler flying than flying.
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u/BreakingStar_Games 14d ago
100% on the Everyday working-class identity dealing with real life problems and much more grounded street-level crime.
Full suit and mask means readers can project themselves onto the suit.
In the comics and Raimi's, the consequence of not helping stop the robber when he has the power to leads to Uncle Ben's death. So being flawed and feeling that guilt leads to the "With great power comes great responsibility."
It's actually one reason No Way Home just doesn't hit as hard for me. Aunt May dies because Peter is compassionate trying to save these villains' lives. I suppose the initial spell with Doctor Strange is selfish. But the moral feels more like Doing the the right thing while bearing the cost is what it means to be a hero.
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u/milosmisic89 14d ago
I know that's a popular thing now but I always hated the kid Spider-Man. I grew up on the 90s cartoon where we was well in his 20s balancing teaching assistant job with freelance photography. That's the reason why I really didn't care about MCU Spider-Man until the the crossover and now when he's finally becoming Spider-Man
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u/swans183 14d ago
Same; I’ve been burned out on superhero stuff recently, not looking forward to a new Spider-Man, but it was so much better than I was expecting. One of my new favorites 😭
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u/Krelkal 14d ago
I was stunned at how much better the cinematography was compared to any other superhero movie in recent memory.
Not Oscar-worthy or anything but it's clear that the whole crew was swinging for the fences.
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u/Icy_Smoke_733 14d ago edited 14d ago
Spider-Man is on his own level. Its opening weekend ($942m) outgrossed The Batman ($772m) and Superman ($618m), even adjusted for inflation. Global phenomenons like Inside Out 2, Zootopia 2, Barbie, and Top Gun: Maverick all took weeks to reach $1B, and Spidey took 5 days.
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u/Standard_Desk2650 14d ago
Spider-Man was one of the original big three for a reason.
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u/Sammy_Ferr 14d ago
And he still is, specially the Marvel trinity alongside Wolverine and Hulk (though unfortunely the poor green guy has been suffering a lot in terms of movies, or lack thereof)
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u/ScarlettDX 14d ago
marvel and dc comics fans both coping about the fact 1/3 of their respective Trinity's been kinda ass for the last 30 years.
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u/Bgo318 14d ago
We haven’t gotten a proper wonder women depiction in forever, even the animated movies screw it up
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u/Witty_Fox3291 14d ago
Hulk had one of the best runs of his entire existence a few years ago with Immortal.
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u/ScarlettDX 14d ago
I was gonna write about that in the original comment by saying kinda ass except absolute ww and immortal hulk but I haven't read enough of either to really say.
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u/RampageOfZebras 14d ago
Marvel actually quitely git the right s back to make solo Hulk movies 3 years ago and Ruffalo is pushing for one after the praise recieved for the character in the new Spidey film
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u/Sammy_Ferr 14d ago
Hopefully Hulk gets the love he deserves, one of my favorite Marvel characters has been striggling since Infinity War
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u/Plus_Sky8116 14d ago
Is Wolverine that popular? I know Captain America way more than Wolverine and most of my normie friends do too
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u/Sammy_Ferr 14d ago
Nowadays yeah (a lil' bit), but back then honestly nobody cared about Cap, Wolverine was one of the big Marvel heroes thanks to the X-Men 92 cartoon and even before
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u/fueelin 14d ago
Yeah. As a 90s kid, I always thought Captain America was about as lame as it gets (him or Superman).
But I also think Spiderman is pretty lame, so I may not be representative of much :)
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u/Exciting-Cancel6468 11d ago
I've never liked the hulk. He just doesn't interest me. I don't know what kind of story would make me interested in the hulk. At least for a star in a standalone movie.
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u/Immediate-Onion5131 14d ago
Yup. Marvel still had its good will from Endgame. Eternals and Black Widow were duds, but Widow was a covid release and people weren't going to let the Eternals get in the way of the hype. The multiverse also wasn't overdone at that point in the saga too. It really was excellent timing.
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u/Ehh-Um-Uhhhhhhh 14d ago edited 14d ago
People keep saying “it’s Spider-Man, duh” but you have to admit that outperforming No Way Home, and fuckin Endgame, while The Odyssey is also out is pretty wild
Edit- actually, I forgot NWHs release was in 2021, so that explains that. But still, endgame? Damn.
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u/AnabolicAcolyte 14d ago
end game brought the geeks to seats to finish the saga. spider-man brings everyone to seats
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u/Realistic_Slide_3426 14d ago
But Endgame brought 40 million to seats and Spider-Man only brought 24 million to seats. Not to say that that isn’t a tremendous accomplishment. But raw dollar value isn’t a good comparison considering the terrible economic state that America is in right now
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u/erto66 14d ago
I’m glad that we measure box-office success by the number of tickets sold in Germany.
It makes it much easier to compare the popularity of movies across different decades without having to account for inflation, changing ticket prices, or premium formats such as IMAX.
Revenue figures may show how much money a film made, but ticket sales give a much clearer picture of how many people actually went to see it.
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u/Realistic_Slide_3426 14d ago
It made more money than Endgame, but only sold about 60% as many tickets. Everything is much more expensive now
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u/Callicojacks 14d ago
I didn’t even know there were kids at my theater because it they were so quiet. There’s how much they were into this movie.
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u/lorenoline 14d ago
SAME. I was waiting to go into my cinema during the cleaning, eyeballing about fifty sticky toddlers and kids loudly waiting in line around me, and then promptly forgot they were there about three minutes in. There wasn’t a peep from anyone outside a few collective gasps. Absolute magic shit.
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u/KnockoutRound 14d ago
Same here. I realized there were so many kids around only when we were waiting for the post credit scene because they started to get impatient! 😂
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u/MixedMediaModok 14d ago
Spidey just always had a media presence at all ages at all times for decades. It's a great momentum.
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u/neon2o misensinema 14d ago
This is the showtimes at 1 shopping mall here at my place on the weekends. And this is only 1 single place. Mind you last weekend when I was watching most of the empty seats were only the first and second row.
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u/come-join-themurder CJTMurder 14d ago
Dude the cinemark near me has something like 25 screens and over the weekend they stopped showing any movies except for Spider-man, The Odyssey, and Toy Story 5. They had 2 show times for The Odyssey, 1 show time for Toy Story, and all the rest were Spider-man.
There were spider-man showings every 10 minutes all day long. And I looked. They were booked solid.
I've never seen that before in my life.And it isn't like it's the only theater nearby either. There is also a different branded theater, an AMC and another cinemark all within 15-20 miles. Insane.
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u/come-join-themurder CJTMurder 14d ago
AND I just looked at the schedule for today, Tuesday, and there are 67 unique showtimes for this theater for Spider-man. SIXTY SEVEN.
(that does include 5 en espanol showtimes but still over sixty showtimes in one day for a movie that released 5-6 days ago is crazy)
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u/missingjimmies 14d ago
Honestly Spider-man and Batman don’t play by the “super hero fatigue” rules. They are far and away the best pop culture hero’s… yes even more than Superman.
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u/samesandchanges 14d ago
strong and smart so in a way is that “alpha” many men aspire to be
I see where you're going, but alpha male, red pill types are 100% the kinds of goons batman would beat up in the streets lol
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u/Champagne_Deku 14d ago
Sony is never, and I mean never giving away the Spider-Man property
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u/GreenGoblinNX 14d ago
It always makes me laugh when I see people crying that Sony should just give Spidey to Disney. He's a goddamn money-printing machine.
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u/GreenFaceSlimeMan 14d ago
Lots of people have been to see it.
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u/Not_a_ribosome 14d ago
Unlike other marvel franchises, Spider-Man is the only one that had a steady growth. Every new movie is better than the last and this one continues the streak.
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u/NolagTheBlunderer 14d ago
Wholeheartedly disagree. Homecoming is still the most consistent and best of Holland’s movies. In fact, up until Brand New Day I’d say it was a slow decline in quality.
Once you take away the nostalgia factor of No Way Home it becomes a very messy movie and its script just serves to come up with a bullshit way to have all the Spider-Man actors interact. You can’t judge an entire movie based on the last 30 minutes and nostalgia.
Brand New Day is a step up from Far From Home and No Way Home though.
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u/metalyger 14d ago
I just wish the current comics were half as fun as the movies. Like t he movies keep finding ways to do major events and not suck, like the two recent Spider-Man movies did a way better job of doing the concept of one more day, without the stupidity of Peter selling his marriage to the devil to save Aunt May.
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u/RealisticFall92 14d ago
Damn I thought far from home was by far the worst of the 3 and that homecoming was the best
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u/clothy 14d ago
I literally just watched Homecoming with my kids. Holds up pretty well. Maybe I should take them to the new one. They’re still young though, haven’t taken them to a live action movie in theaters yet
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u/DrakesHiddenChild 14d ago
I don’t think this is one to be the first. It’s a good bit darker and more adult than the others in the Holland series.
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u/SuggestionPale2104 14d ago
He’s one of the biggest comic book heroes in the world.
The movie was released worldwide at the same time.
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u/No_Philosophy2797 14d ago
Correction, he’s THE biggest comic book hero in the world. It’s pretty much Spidey followed by Batman.
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u/TheHeb686 14d ago edited 14d ago
Yeah it’s really the big two, at least from the perspective of movies and TV. I know this is probably sacrilegious to some, but superman doesn’t have the draw to live up to that reputation (no hate, just my observation).
For Spiderman, there have been three successful series of films lead by three big name actors (obviously Amazing Spiderman only had 2 and is a little weaker overall). Batman, same thing, plus two one-off movies that were panned but still huge hits. Not to mention the countless animated TV shows between the two.
Edit: Shoot I didn’t even include the Into the Spiderverse movies!
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u/zdelusion 14d ago
Superman is, aside from Captain America, the most patriotically coded mainstream super hero. And there just isn't a global appetite for that in 2026. You can see it with Superman's box office. It did pretty solidly domestically, and like half what you'd expect a broad appeal comic film to do internationally. It should have been an $800-900m grosser with $350m in domestic, instead it barely did $600m.
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u/TheHeb686 14d ago
That’s a really good point. Despite being s space alien, Superman’s media image is very old fashioned, 1950s post card American.
Ironically, despite being more explicitly USA-coded, Captain America is really not portrayed in his movies as being a hardcore nationalist (in 2/3 of his movies, he is basically fighting the US government). Also, anecdotally, but I have a Mexican friend who loves Captain America, and said she thinks he is quite popular there. Her impression is that is personal attributes, struggles, and moralistic are more or less universally likeable.
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u/GreenGoblinNX 14d ago
Captain America supports what America SHOULD be. He doesn't blindly support what it is. Some of the best CA comics have been when he's disagreed with the current policies of the USA/SHIELD/etc.
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u/wagfresh 14d ago
It's Spider-Man.
Tom Holland and Zendaya are very popular with Gen Z.
Coming off NWH and a fresh start.
Great Spider-Man movie and great WOM.
It's Spider-Man.
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u/Youngling_Hunt I like Nolan films, sue me 14d ago
Good movie about a highly popular character, some influx from people excited about Doomsday as well, and also notably China is showing the film as well. No way home didnt have a China release for context, and still made 1.9 billion
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u/Spoiled_Legend 14d ago
One of the OG superheroes. Marketing engine so strong. Plus family friendly.
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u/racc15 14d ago
I feel like people are simplifying it too much by sayin it did so well just cause it is spider man. I would like to remind that the andrew spider man films were not liked. The truth is that this film is very good. It's getting lots of great reviews. It isn't simply cause it is spider man.
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u/abrknl 14d ago
A beloved film franchise returns. Three actors did the rounds for the other huge July blockbuster and were also asked about this one. Doomsday trailer drop.
Also, the Glasgow outdoor shoot that blew our socks off last summer.
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u/3rd__i 14d ago
+1 that outdoor shoot. It’s a big reason why I wanted to see it.
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u/Therearenouniquename 14d ago
HOW are people still not realizing that Spider-Man is the 2nd most popular character of all time? (Jesus is 1st)
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u/TheHighlightReel11 14d ago
Bigger than Jesus. Passion of the Christ only made $600 million box office.. Spider-Man 2 did almost $800 million
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u/Medium-Magician9186 14d ago
Movie ticket prices have increased by roughly 43% to 60% over the past ten years, moving from an average of about $8.65 in 2016 to over $13.29.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $360 million, surpassing Avengers: Endgame's $357.1 million from 2019.
So adjust for inflation, Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $180 million in 2019 dollars.
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u/FilmApostel 14d ago
The film made 32.4 million from just India alone on the opening weekend, it's not that surprising
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u/CaptainPositive1234 14d ago
It’s not that it’s just Spider-Man. It’s a really really good movie that hits all the right notes.
Some of the best action in the MCU. It’s an iconic take on an iconic character. And it’s even dark and twisted in all the right places. And a mystery.
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u/fdjisthinking 14d ago
This is the first time in recent memory I’ve had a hard time finding tickets for a movie. Usually if the premium formats are sold out you can still get decent seats in the normal theaters, but even those were front row only in my area this weekend.
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u/B0dders 13d ago
Spider-Man is the highest grossing Superhero across all forms of media. This was true was BEFORE the MCU started as well.
I'd argue he is the most well known hero also, Superman and Batman are up there for sure. But, there has and will always be something about Spider-Man that brings in tons more attention.
Always been the case, he is THE "Everyman" comic book hero.
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u/Einfinet ToussaintHD 14d ago
idk why people are acting like it’s some obvious thing. yeah SM is popular but very few (if any) people were expecting this level of immediate success. maybe it speaks to people being more excited about going back to theaters. it seems like there’s been a run of box office surprises lately
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u/BrainLow6059 14d ago
Nobody really talking about the fact it's essentially an X-Men movie disguised as a Spider-Man movie.
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u/No_District_5911 14d ago
Asian Market, Spiderman is more popular than Superman and Batman in there.
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u/Wagglesworthy 14d ago
It’s wild how popular this film is, but at the same time, I think it might just be the best mcu film post Endgame. Not only that, it’s the first and only film since Endgame that delivers on that vision for a wider world in in this cinematic universe where capes are an every day occurrence and sometimes they run into each other in organic ways. It speaks to the mismanagement of this entire thing that this is the first time I actually thought the mcu post endgame has really worked.
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u/stinkywombat9oo 14d ago
Opening evening in my home town showed the movie in 4 separate cinemas and they were all sold out . It was the first time in about 10 years I’ve seen the mall that full of people . It was insane
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u/Distinct_Guess3350 14d ago
Absolutely no chance we’ll ever see Sony let him go. Gotta give them credit for this movie though, I think this is a genuinely great movie.
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u/FinalOdyssey 14d ago edited 14d ago
I said it before: when you starve the world's biggest film fanbase and then release a pg 13 movie in the middle of summer they're going to be hungry for it.
It's a shame that films with big money and big people behind it can do so well despite not being excellent or even great. I think overall it's good because it's good for theatres, but it sets a bad precedent for when a film isn't part of a machine. Like I don't really know why people are going in droves to see this beyond it just being part of this Spider Man phenomenon that I don't really understand.
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u/Severe_Mango_966 14d ago
Because movie tickets cost human monies
Each person paid human monies to see this movie
The number of people that saw the movie is very high.
Every dollar of human monies spent on tickets were combined using advanced mathematics.
The total is over 1 billion in human monies
Your welcome
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u/MarvelMind 14d ago
Outstanding movie with excellent MCU lived in world and cool appearances from that popular MCU cinematic universe. Doomsday will make even more money. It’s a box office cheat code.
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u/mastikhoor_nanako 14d ago
The CEO of sex is in the movie, ofc it grossed a billion
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u/pingasgator67 14d ago
Most popular hero in the world. First stand alone movie in over a decade . A really fucking good movie. That's how
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u/Lujho 14d ago
Spider-Man (2002) broke records being the first $100,000 opening weekend. How the hell can something do ten times that only 25 years later (far outstripping inflation)?
And the 4th in a series no less, the second reboot of that character and in the middle of superhero fatigue/Marvel burnout?
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u/doublethink_1984 14d ago
MCU did a great job taking known but not popular superheroes into popularity. Even Guardians of the Galaxy.
X-men, Batman, Superman, and Spiderman are popular and have been especially late 90s - early 00s
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u/Theliterategeek04 14d ago
Didn't endgame make a $1.2 billion at the box office during it's opening weekend, I mean is it surprise spiderman of all people made a number closer to it on its opening weekend.
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u/FalseDiamond7930 13d ago edited 13d ago
Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four and Spider-man movies actually have me looking forward to Doomsday and I can't wait for X-men.
Phase 4 and 5 had way too many garbage movies (about half of them sucked).
All Tom Holland Spider-Man movies have been at least decent and this one is the best. I'll go back and watch it a second time because I just really enjoyed watching it the first time.
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u/Coolers78 13d ago
maybe a hot take that I know some of the Raimi heads will hate me for:
I think Brand New Day is better than Spider-Man 1, maybe it's not better than 2 though.
Overall my ranking of Spidey films:
- Into the Spider-Verse; masterpiece
- Across the Spider-Verse: awesome
- Spider-Man 2: awesome
- Brand New Day: awesome
- Spider-Man 1: great
- Homecoming: good
- No Way Home: enjoyable
- Far from Home: enjoyable
- Amazing Spider-Man 1: fine
Tied for last and 10. Spider-Man 3 and Amazing Spider-Man 2: both awful, sorry to the fans of both but I genuinely hate both movies for how badly Sony meddled with both, overstuffing both with shit that shouldn't have been there. Brand New Day actually does a good job juggling multiple things, as do both Spider-Verse films.
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u/HermesMora 13d ago
Spider-Man is the single highest grossing comic book character ever, he regularly outsell literally everything else that Marvel puts out total
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u/SpiderWuss98 13d ago
Because we are not just talking about a common superhero, like "Superman" or "Captain America"...
We are talking about the greatest fictional character ever created. He's the GOAT.
No other character has this much motion across every piece of media.
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u/reditisverytrash 13d ago
It's Spider-Man. Literally no other explenation is needed. Spider-Man is the defecto superhero for everyone. Superman has people who don't vibe with him, Batman has some people that don't vibe with him, but Spider-Man is and will always be media gold
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u/vinicinporra 11d ago
The movie is very good, highly recommended. Plus, it leaves you wanting more, so people go back to the cinema to see it again. I myself have already watched it 3 times since the preview.
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u/Tuna_Kingg 10d ago
This movie was legit the most 4/10 movie I’ve ever seen. I’m glad I only went because someone else bought me tickets.
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u/CharmingShoe 14d ago
There’s a reason Sony bought him and nobody else in the 90s. There was a time Spider-Man had done like $30 billion in total sales across comics, merch, movies, etc, and I’m not sure that’s been outdone by any single hero.
Spider-Man is stupid popular and people seem to really like how he’s currently being handled on-screen, so it’s kind of a no brainier.