Spider-Man: Power

Spider-Man: Power is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and a sequel to Spider-Man. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Vanderbilt. It is the eighth * film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on July 3, 2012.

The film stars Andrew Garfield, Kate Mara, Denis Leary, Laura Harrier, Corey Hawkins, Sally Field, and Jeffrey Wright. The film received very positive reviews from critics. A third film, Spider-Man: Graduation Day, was released on July 18, 2014.

Cast

 * Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Kate Mara as Mary Jane Watson
 * Denis Leary as George Stacy
 * Laura Harrier as Liz Allan
 * Corey Hawkins as Jason Ionello
 * Sally Field as May Parker
 * Jeffrey Wright as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus

Box office
Spider-Man: Power grossed $383.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $629.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.013 billion. It had a worldwide opening of $410.1 million, the second-biggest of all time. It is the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2012.

Critical reception
On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 282 reviews and an average rating of 6.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The storyline arc may seem a tad familiar to fans of the original, but Spider-Man: Power offers enough action, comedy, and visual sparkle to compensate." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

* 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.