Spider-Man Movie Box Office History: Which Spidey Film Grossed The Most Domestically And Globally?

Since releasing “Spider-Man” to movie theaters in 2002, Sony Group Corp SONY has wowed audiences with one of the most popular superhero characters of all-time.

Sony gained the rights to the popular character from Marvel Comics prior to the comic book company being acquired by the Walt Disney Company DIS. The rights have led to several tense battles between Sony and Disney, and rumors of a purchase by Disney to gain the rights back to the character or the entire Spider-Man film library.

The latest Spider-Man installment “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was released in theaters Dec. 17 and expected to be the top-grossing film of the weekend. Estimates from Sony call for  a domestic box office opening of $130 million. Meanwhile, entertainment media outlets anticipate a domestic box office opening of $175 million to $200 million across 4,235 screens.

Movie theater operators like AMC Entertainment Holdings AMC and Cinemark Holdings CNK saw huge ticket demand and are bracing for post COVID-19 pandemic records for the latest Spidey film. 

Here is a look at the box office history of the Spider-Man movies.

Domestic Box Office:

• “Spider-Man” (2002): $403.7 million
• “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019): $390.5 million
• “Spider-Man 2” (2004): $373.6 million
• “Spider-Man 3” (2007): $336.5 million
• “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017): $334.2 million
• “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012): $262.0 million
• “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014): $202.9 million
• “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): $190.2 million

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Global Box Office:

• “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019): $1.13 billion
• “Spider-Man 3” (2007): $895.0 million
• “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017): $880.2 million
• “Spider-Man” (2002): $821.7 million
• “Spider-Man 2” (2004): $788.6 million
• “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012): $757.9 million
• “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014): $704.0 million
• “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (2018): $375.5 million

The Spider-Man character from Sony played by Tom Holland in the most recent movie trilogy also appeared in several Marvel Cinematic Universe movies from Disney thanks to a rights deal arranged by the two companies.

Those movies saw huge box office numbers, listed below:

• “Captain America: Civil War” (2016): Domestic $408.1 million, Global $1.2 billion
• “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018): Domestic $678.8 million, Global $2.0 billion
• “Avengers: Endgame” (2019): Domestic $858.4 million, Global $2.8 billion

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