For the last two decades, superhero movies have been the most dominant genre at the box office. Thanks to the success of Bryan Singer’s X-Men in 2000, Hollywood was more willing to take a chance on comic book properties and three years later, director Sam Raim’s Spider-Man was introduced to the worldwide audiences with Tobey Maguire in the titular role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. As one of the most recognizable (and possibly the most popular) superhero characters in the world, the live-action adaptation helped catapult actors like Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, and even J.K.Simmons to pop culture stardom; while becoming one of the biggest box-office draws with a gross return of $821.7 million.
Thanks to that financial milestone, Raimi got the green light from Sony to continue with two more sequels, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. The trilogy did so well that Raimi even had plans for a Spider-Man 4, but for some reason, it wasn’t able to make it off the drawing board.
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