It turns there are still some momentum in the Spider-Man franchise, as the third modern iteration of the wall-crawling superhero did big business at this weekend’s box office, with the Tom Holland-starring “Spider-Man: Homecoming” walking away with the top spot at the box office and over $117 million in domestic returns alone. Now aligned with Marvel and its cinematic universe, the Jon Watts film has effectively re-introduced both Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego to a moviegoing public who might have felt a little burnt out on the iconic hero after sitting through five other movies and two different series in less than two decades.
Spidey is back, and based on his blockbuster first weekend and plans for a sequel, he’s not going anywhere. So how did Sony and Marvel re-re-boot the comic book kid into something fresh and new? And what can other superhero movies learn...
Spidey is back, and based on his blockbuster first weekend and plans for a sequel, he’s not going anywhere. So how did Sony and Marvel re-re-boot the comic book kid into something fresh and new? And what can other superhero movies learn...
- 7/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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