Spider-Man: Graduation Day

Spider-Man: Graduation Day is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and a sequel to Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Power. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Vanderbilt and Mark Boal. It is the thirteenth * film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on July 18, 2014.

The film stars Andrew Garfield, Kate Mara, Denis Leary, Jamie Foxx, Laura Harrier, Sally Field, and Michael Keaton. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Bigelow's directing, Garfield's performance, production values, and visual effects. The Amazing Spider-Man, the start of a new trilogy, was released on July 7, 2017.

Cast

 * Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Kate Mara as Mary Jane Watson
 * Denis Leary as George Stacy
 * Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro
 * Laura Harrier as Liz Allan
 * Sally Field as May Parker
 * Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture

Box office
Spider-Man: Graduation Day earned $450.6 million in the United States and Canada and $707.8 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $1.158 billion, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2014. In North America, it earned $44.7 million on its opening day (July 18, 2014). During its opening weekend, the film topped the box office with $119.8 million. It managed to stay at number one for four consecutive weekends, before dropping to second, behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in its fifth weekend.

Critical reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 71% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 358 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10/10. The consensus reads: "Spider-Man: Graduation Day is an epic superhero tale with rich storytelling backed by fantastic performances." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 37 reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A- on scale of A to F, the same score as Spider-Man, but down from the A received by Spider-Man: Power.

* This film, along with the two other Spider-Man films in this trilogy, were retroactively added to the MCU when Sony and Marvel Studios entered a joint agreement to allow them to use Spider-Man in their films.