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A long list of factors, to varying degrees....

Posted by: notfabio on Dec 27, 15:24 in response to SenJohnBlutarsky's post What caused this Spider-Man film to perform so strongly?

Spider-Man (2002) lifted the superhero films, from a genre to 4 quadrant tentpole. To some it's their formative years STAR WARS, Tobey is probably the most popular movie meme goto besides SHREK with that age group (how they've not tried again with a Shrek rebootquel at this point is beyond me). Garfield not anywhere near as much so, but he has his fans.  Also Cumberbatch fans (though I doubt anywhere near as significant as the Spideys)

The first real direct continuation with major MCU characters post-COVID vs a "spin-off" (also wasn't stuck in a can a year+).   

A pretty barren theatrical marketplace after a hot streak in October. ETERNALS had a long time to play out and GHOSTBUSTERS:AFTERLIFE had played out as well. 

Maybe a bit of Zendaya factor, I'm not especially sold on that as being a definining aspect, but it's not nothing either. 

What caused this Spider-Man film to perform so strongly? SenJohnBlutarsky Dec 27, 15:02

I've always found it curious that Spiderman keeps getting rebooted again and again, and always finds a way to make truckloads of money {nm} slappydavid Dec 27, 15:16

It was combination of a few factors. This is the first film that fells "like an event" and not watered down or compromised. {nm} VictorY Dec 27, 15:16

The film also delivers for fans big, and doesn't tell them to just accpet changes that limits their own fandom. {nm} VictorY Dec 27, 15:18

A long list of factors, to varying degrees.... notfabio Dec 27, 15:24

It has 3 generations of Spider-Man characters. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 15:24

I don't think this has ever been done before, combine 3 different timelines/universe into one. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 15:30

Star Trek: First Contact did 2 generations. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 15:34

I meant Generations {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 15:35

X-MEN Days of Future Past is probably the closest comparison almost doubled X-Men First Class (but barely nudged higher than X-Men 3) {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 15:43

Huge interest, 1st trailer huge views/likes, 2nd trailer huge views/likes, 1st day of sales 42M (1-2M behind only EG all time) {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 15:46

3 Spideys, all villains back, then reviews were good (which was the only thing holding it back under 200M OW {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 15:47

Should we screen it at Delta House if we have not seen the two predecessors? Or should we find the others first? Thank you. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Dec 27, 16:19

You should watch the previous two to get the full impact. Helps to have knowledge from the Maguire and Garfield films as well. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 16:41

Sounds like an enormous investment for a comic book movie, but maybe. Thanks! {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Dec 27, 17:36





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