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Post HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPIDER-MAN :D $114m OW
on this date in 2002 SPIDER-MAN opened and went on to gross $114 million :zonks:

STILL A SHOCKER! :noway: $24 MILLION MORE than previous record holder (Harry Potter 1)

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Unreal achievement and still remember the day.

Do wish though Xmen (2000) got more appreciation too. It had a pretty massive opening and feel helped re-open the door for Spidy to do as well as it did!


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Such an epic, deserving film. What a box office beast it was.

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A game changer. Kinda bizarre to think how far superhero films have gone.


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Do wish though Xmen (2000) got more appreciation too. It had a pretty massive opening and feel helped re-open the door for Spidy to do as well as it did!


It did ;) 2 years ago on its 20th anniversary

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A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.

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A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.


How old were you then?

I was 25 :tears:

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I still remember visiting Box Office Mojo Saturday afternoon to see if they had any news about the Friday numbers and completely losing my mind when I saw it had crushed Harry Potter's first day, and thinking it could it open to over $100 million????" Then the next day my dad tuned in to news radio station after church and their TOP story was Spider-Man having a $110M+ opening weekend. :shock: One of those moments that hooked me on box office tracking for life.


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I still remember visiting Box Office Mojo Saturday afternoon to see if they had any news about the Friday numbers and completely losing my mind when I saw it had crushed Harry Potter's first day, and thinking it could it open to over $100 million????" Then the next day my dad tuned in to news radio station after church and their TOP story was Spider-Man having a $110M+ opening weekend. :shock: One of those moments that hooked me on box office tracking for life.


the box office mojo forum (before WOKJ) was going crazy :lol: all weekend. good times

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Rev wrote:
Barrabás wrote:
A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.


How old were you then?

I was 25 :tears:


I was only twee

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zwackerm wrote:
Rev wrote:
Barrabás wrote:
A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.


How old were you then?

I was 25 :tears:


I was only twee

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I recall going opening weekend and being surprised to see one of my teachers in front of me in line. He noticed me a few moments later and we had a brief talk about liking Spider-Man. I shouldn't have been surprised an "old guy" (50s, I think) was a Spider-Man fan, really, but it was sort of a "WTF?! Mr. Mertz likes Spider-Man, too?!" moment.

The theater was absolutely packed. And I recall the movie was everywhere with its marketing. I was a bit Spider-Man obsessed that summer (got the game, clothes, soundtrack, etc.). Marketing team understood their assignment.

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Rev wrote:
Barrabás wrote:
A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.


How old were you then?

I was 25 :tears:


I was 9 years old when it came out

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Thrilling, one of the box office weekends that got me hooked for life.

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Remember how shocked we were that films were making 68 to 73 million just a few months earlier. Those were the days !

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The Feb 2001 to Dec 2002 period was epic from OW end. Hannibal started the year 2001 to open at #3 of all time behind only SW Ep. 1 and JP2. By the end of 2002 just 23 months later it was #15!

Today that would be the equivalent of a movie opening to $258M+ (to get to #3) and see another 12 movies do that by Dec. 2023.


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The Feb 2001 to Dec 2002 period was epic from OW end. Hannibal started the year 2001 to open at #3 of all time behind only SW Ep. 1 and JP2. By the end of 2002 just 23 months later it was #15!

Today that would be the equivalent of a movie opening to $258M+ (to get to #3) and see another 12 movies do that by Dec. 2023.


That was ridiculous :noway:

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Rev wrote:
Barrabás wrote:
A true classic of the superhero genre. This was THE movie to watch as a kid. Spider-Man was everything.


How old were you then?

I was 25 :tears:


I was 24. Glory days.

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To me that's still the greatest OW to follow ever. Just an amazing weekend. The fact that the first day was about as big as full weekend openings of films like Twister, Deep Impact and The Mummy was just incredible.

Only the current top 3 OW's are in the same league.

It also had an epic feel-good quality perhaps a result of opening post 911. It's 2nd and 3rd weekend holds were also great (dethroning the untouchable Star Wars in the process)

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The Feb 2001 to Dec 2002 period was epic from OW end. Hannibal started the year 2001 to open at #3 of all time behind only SW Ep. 1 and JP2. By the end of 2002 just 23 months later it was #15!

Today that would be the equivalent of a movie opening to $258M+ (to get to #3) and see another 12 movies do that by Dec. 2023.


:thumbsup:

The 2001-2004 period remains the golden era of box office. We were lucky to have witnessed it in our prime. The 2001-2002 OW smash-a-thon in particular was epic (reminiscent of 1989).

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It was like a paradigm shift. Wait, what? 9 digit opening weekend?? I was shocked. It was like that Lost World opening weekend where we were all gob smacked that something could gross that much. Years later, Spiderman elicited the same reaction. The movie was a 4-quadrant mega success.

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So to celebrate Sony's 100 year anniversary it's re-releasing 8 Spider-man films?

We're getting Shrek 2 and Spider-man 2 this April on their 20th anniversaries.

Spider-Man (2002) – Monday, April 15
Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Monday, April 22
Spider-Man 3 (2007) – Monday, April 29
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) – Monday, May 6
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) – Monday, May 13
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Monday, May 20
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) – Monday, May 27
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) – Monday, June 3

Probably won't make that much but surprised they don't re-release Spider-verse 1 and 2 as well. Studios without product due to the strike being creative.


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